Tong Yuans are sexy. If you've ever had a Tong Yuan you'll have to agree with me. These Chinese sweet rice dumplings are smooth lusciously unctuous round balls of delightfully ricey gooeyness hiding a center of sublime sweetly fragrant filling just waiting to ooze out into your waiting mouth.
Now that I've totally grossed you out (and captured your attention!) let me state that I stand by all that I have just written. For it is all true, Tong Yuans, or 湯圓, are one of very few truly sexy chinese foods. The excitement of the mysterious center filling, the senses awakened by the richness of the filling contrasting the simplicity of the rice dough, the delightfully perfect round fullness, the absolute pleasure of the act of eating a tender, tasty, sexy Tong Yuan...
