Changing Dips and Condiments
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
Philippines
November 25, 2015 3:41am CST
I steamed the store-brought pork siomai for lunch the other day. The ingredients listed on the plastic cover are: pork, flour, carrots, shrimp, squid and seasoning.
Siomai (chinese pork dumplings) can be eaten as a morning or afternoon snack (merienda) or with steamed rice (kanin). It can also be added to broth-based soups like sotanghon or misua.
Filipinos usually dip siomai in soy sauce with calamansi; some spice it up with short red chili.
This time, I experimented with white vinegar and fried garlic chips. It was good. 
Hmm, maybe I will try dipping siomai in catsup next time.
Have you tasted siomai or made your own?
For those who haven't, do you like experimenting with dips and condiments?
Hmm, maybe I will try dipping siomai in catsup next time.
Have you tasted siomai or made your own?
For those who haven't, do you like experimenting with dips and condiments?18 people like this
19 responses
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
25 Nov 15
I couldn't eat that as I have some food allergies, but I'm glad you can enjoy it.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
26 Nov 15
@Sheilamarie78 if you say you used to love it, does it mean you used to be able to eat without problem?
avocado here is usually eaten with milk, sugar and ice.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
26 Nov 15
@hereandthere I can eat most things, but shellfish, especially shrimp, is toxic to me. I don't want to describe what happens when I eat it because it will turn your stomach and I prefer you enjoy the shrimp for me. (I used to love it, by the way.)
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
26 Nov 15
@Sheilamarie78 And, yes, I can have condiments and dips. I like many of them, but I think my favorite is avocado.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Nov 15
i like, i like. whenever I go to school I bring home 3 orders of siomai with 5 pieces at P28. My son prepares the dip. I like a little spice (wasabi).
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
25 Nov 15
@ridingbet i've always preferred siomai over siopao. i see them being served fried now, but i think steamed is tastier.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
26 Nov 15
I have never tasted that kind of food although I am trying new flavours as much as I can get them.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Nov 15
@marguicha maybe you'll see it in asian stores or asian restaurants.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Nov 15
I had to think about this - I realized it was a different spelling from what I usually see - shumai. As much as a I love to cook, I have not made these yet (shhhh, easier to buy!) The Japanese have a similar one but different shape called gyoza. I'm not really a condiment person - I like to eat shumai just the way it is - and I will just about love any filling that is inside!! 
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Dec 15
@hereandthere I have probably had the fried ones, but I like the steamed ones too (probably healthier too). Yah, I hardly know anyone who makes their own!
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Nov 15
@much2say i wanted to include the wikipedia article, but it seems we're only allowed one link per discussion, either a reference or a picture. maybe i'll add it to the body of the discussion.
yes, we can make our own since we can buy the siomai wrappers and make the filling so it's authentic, but it's quite tedious and we're not really chinese so i'm glad ready-made/ready-to-cook are available now, though, of course, they're more 'commercial.'
i see siomai being fried now, but i still prefer steamed.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
25 Nov 15
@ladyduck really? you probably tasted siomai abroad during your travels.
i like catsup for fried food, but it should be tomato catsup, because we have banana catsup here.
i cannot eat spicy food, snacks, dips,condiments. 
i like catsup for fried food, but it should be tomato catsup, because we have banana catsup here.
i cannot eat spicy food, snacks, dips,condiments. 3 people like this
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
26 Nov 15
@LadyDuck nice to know there are also asian restaurants/other cuisines in france.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
25 Nov 15
@hereandthere I lived in France 25 years there are many Asian restaurants in France, I ate siomai there. I do not like the taste of tomato ketchup it's too sweet.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
25 Nov 15
@jabouk really? we use rock salt for cooking. one time i bought iodized rock salt and my mother didn't like it. she didn't like the taste.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
26 Nov 15
@salonga as i said it was just an experiment and i liked the result. i try to avoid rigid food rules.
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
3 Dec 15
@hereandthere So many tagalog words are similar to Bahasa Indonesia. Vinegar is 'cuka' and garlic is also 'bawang'.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Nov 15
@jstory7 a simple barbecue marinade someone gave me was to mix soy sauce, ketchup and sugar.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 Nov 15
sounds very tasty, never had though
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
3 Dec 15
I love it dipped in soysauce with chili garlic and drops of lemon juice . So yummy ! Makes me drool now. 
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Nov 15
I have not tasted it, but it sounds delicious! I love Asian foods, so I will have to give it a try.
@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
1 Dec 15
I like siomai but I haven't tried other dips aside from the one given at the store which is a mixture of soy sauce, calamansi and chili garlic.
@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
1 Dec 15
I like siomai but I haven't tried other dips aside from the one given at the store which is a mixture of soy sauce, calamansi and chili garlic.
