{"id":61154,"date":"2026-06-16T14:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61154"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:33:59","slug":"7-great-places-to-buy-sticky-rice-dumplings-in-hong-kong-for-the-2026-dragon-boat-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61154","title":{"rendered":"7 great places to buy sticky rice dumplings in Hong Kong for the 2026 Dragon Boat Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Dragon Boat<\/span> or Tuen Ng Festival falls on June 19 this year, and during the lead-up, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">zongzi<\/em><\/span> \u2013 glutinous rice dumplings stuffed with all manner of ingredients, wrapped up in bamboo leaves \u2013 fill Hong Kong shops and kitchens.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">From traditional classics to new-school twists, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">zongzi<\/em> options are becoming much more diverse. Here is a list of some of the best on offer this year, from traditional <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">rice dumplings<\/span> filled with pork and salted egg yolk to vegetarian options.<\/div>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">1. The Peninsula Boutique<\/h3>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Peninsula Boutique\u2019s Dragon Boat Festival Collection with a palmier gift box. Photo: The Peninsula Boutique\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/06\/16\/fc2d0105-28d0-4873-a38a-b98e98e8053c_97114870.jpg\" title=\"The Peninsula Boutique\u2019s Dragon Boat Festival Collection with a palmier gift box. Photo: The Peninsula Boutique\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">The Peninsula Boutique\u2019s Dragon Boat Festival Collection with a palmier gift box. Photo: The Peninsula Boutique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This year, the Peninsula Boutique is offering gift sets featuring either savoury or sweet dumplings.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The savoury dumplings are filled with <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">XO sauce<\/span> pork and belly (HK$828 for the set), while the sweet ones feature coconut and egg custard (HK$448 for the set). All dumplings are made with slow-cooked Thai glutinous rice.<\/div>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">2. Yat Tung Heen<\/h3>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"For this year\u2019s Dragon Boat Festival, Yat Tung Heen has created a meat-filled type of zongzi and also one suitable for vegetarians. Photo: Yat Tung Heen\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/06\/16\/7d02b118-810d-421a-a61b-e5b9a4c44d9c_26ac57a5.jpg\" title=\"For this year\u2019s Dragon Boat Festival, Yat Tung Heen has created a meat-filled type of zongzi and also one suitable for vegetarians. Photo: Yat Tung Heen\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">For this year\u2019s Dragon Boat Festival, Yat Tung Heen has created a meat-filled type of zongzi and also one suitable for vegetarians. Photo: Yat Tung Heen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3357226\/7-great-places-buy-sticky-rice-dumplings-hong-kong-2026-dragon-boat-festival?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Boat or Tuen Ng Festival falls on June 19 this year, and during the lead-up, zongzi \u2013 glutinous rice dumplings stuffed with all manner&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7047,788,2539,6980,1901,1832,3569,5231,1396,1315,20344],"class_list":["post-61154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-boat","tag-buy","tag-dragon","tag-dumplings","tag-festival","tag-great","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-places","tag-rice","tag-sticky","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}