Chicago Trip - Chinatown Meetup

On Saturday SP and I went to Chinatown to participate in a What's Cookin Chicago Meetup. I'd heard about the event from Joelen, a member of a cooking board I frequent. To read more about the event and see more pictures, click here.

We did dim sum and I have no clue what anything is, but I'll try my best. I think these are shrimp dumplings:


Some kind of scallion cake:


More dumplings, probably pork:


These I know - ribs:


I think the filling had Chinese spinach:


Fried baby octopus


Turnip cakes (I love these):


Beef meatballs:


Beef spareribs in black bean sauce:


I think the filling had beef:


Fried dumplings:


These little packets were stuffed with delicious sticky rice:


Some kind of taro ball, I think:


Pork dumplings:


Egg tart:


Sticky rice:


Dumplings:


And more dumplings:


Pork sticky buns:


After the dim sum lunch we walked across the street to a shopping mall where they had all the zodiac signs represented in statues. I'm the rooster:


... and SP is the rabbit:


The view down one of the streets:


SP and I stopped at a bakery and got a sesame ball filled with red bean paste. Here's the outside:


... and the bean paste inside: