The bamboo dumpling steamers stacked up in a restaurant beside the narrow lanes of Tianzifang, Shanghai, China.

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Round bamboo steamers are absolutely iconic of Chinese cuisine, seen stacked up in restaurants throughout China, as in this image. They are used for steaming either Chinese dumplings, ravioli-like snacks stuffed with a mixture of meat and/or vegetables, called jiaozi or shuijiao, or bread-like buns, again stuffed meat and/or vegetables, or sweet desserts, such as red bean paste, and called baozi.

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Size: 3631px × 5446px
Location: Tianzifang district, Shanghai, China.
Photo credit: © Nigel Hicks / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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