crab roe topping
shumai (food)
The Cantonese variant of shaomai, a small Chinese steamed dumpling with an open top. Shumai, or Siu Mai, is the Cantonese word for "shaomai". The Cantonese variant is usually cup-shaped with yellow, sometimes white or translucent folded wrappers, minced pork and prawn fillings and topped off with crab roe (orange dot) or green bean (green dot).
For the Southern Chinese variant with a rice filling, see rice shaomai.
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