I may have mentioned how today is the Dragon boat festival here in China and there's a very special dish prepared during this festival called zongzi, which is sticky rice with or without fillings wrapped in lotus leaves (usually) and steamed, which is then eaten with honey (if the filling is just sticky rice and or red beans), however this part of China usually has dessert style zongzi.
How does it taste?
The aroma of the leaves that this filling has been steamed in infuses the zongzi or sticky rice dumpling as some foreigners call it with its unique flavours and to someone who isn't aware of Chinese style foods and tastes it might catch them unawares, not unpleasant by any length but surely a bit different, since most zongzi's don't have any assertive flavours and having them dipped in honey really does enhance their taste; it is an acquired taste and when eaten in the spirit of this festival it tends to lend a different hue to each mouthful which one might not otherwise feel on any mundane day.
My very benevolent Chinese friends sent me a lovely plateful of these Zongzi's and I must say the homemade version is both earthy and delicious.
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