The Nyonya Baker of Penang Will Teach You Her Secret Dumplings – intro video

Your mother asked a go-between in Penang to arrange a match for you, and the other family sent back a single line: by the old custom, come before the Dragon Boat Festival and learn from her how to wrap a string of rice dumplings. In the steamy back kitchen after closing, she takes your hand and folds a bamboo leaf into a point. “If it falls apart, you can go home.”