Come the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which falls on Jun 19 this year, many of us will tuck into a fragrant rice dumpling to commemorate the dragon boat festival. Perhaps the hardest decision, if you’re tasked with buying said rice dumplings, is which ones to choose when year after year, dumpling purveyors proffer a myriad of flavours from traditional pork belly with preserved vegetables to mala with pork and red beans. We sorted through the offerings so you can narrow down your options. 

STICKING TO TRADITION

To realise that traditional is best when it comes to seasonal eating is to come of age. Why hedge your calories on some faddish flavour when you know the good old Nyonya or Hokkien zhang that you eat year after year is unimpeachably good. To that end, Joo Chiat Kim Choo has set up about 30 pop-up stores across the island, from which you can pick up your stash of Nyonya rice dumplings (from S$7 for a mini dumpling). Soup Restaurant