| Travelers who wish to sample Asia at its | | | | with meat fillings to those stuffed with red beans. |
| wondrous best should visit Singapore, a fascinating | | | | These rice dumplings are more popularly known |
| country with a variety of tourist attractions, | | | | as Zongi and are triangular in shape due to the |
| luxurious restaurants and breathtaking historic | | | | traditional form of wrapping in bamboo leaves. |
| sites. While in Singapore visitors should not forget | | | | According to legend, a Chinese poet once |
| to go on a shopping spree, which is sure to be a | | | | sacrificed his life by jumping in to the Milo River to |
| memorable experience for the bargain hunter. | | | | put an end to the corruption and injustice which |
| The Dumpling Festival is a grand event which is | | | | prevailed in the region. In an effort to save the |
| celebrated during the fifth month of the lunar | | | | poet the local fishermen are said to have thrown |
| calendar. During this time of year many locals and | | | | rice dumplings in to the river while they took to |
| tourists alike engage in a dumpling eating frenzy, | | | | their boats moving up and down the river. To |
| which will no doubt prove to be quite | | | | commemorate the death of this Chinese poet |
| extraordinary for the first timer. During this | | | | Singaporeans organized a festival of nothing but |
| celebratory season visitors can buy dumplings | | | | boat racing and eating dumplings, thus the |
| from a variety of restaurants across the city | | | | Dumpling Festival was born. |
| which offer a wide selection, from rice dumplings | | | | |