[ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILY TRIES EACH OTHER'S DUMPLINGS]

Hi, I'm Danielle.

- Hi, I'm Micah.

- Hi, I'm Joelle.

- Hi, I'm June.

- Hello, I'm Howard.

- Growing up in San Francisco as a Chinese and Korean family, we definitely ate a lot of dumplings growing up.

Now I'm challenging my family members to each make their own individual dumplings and then we're gonna have a taste test to see who's is the best.

- My dumplings are unique, because they look like little clams, like little ocean bivalve situation.

I don't know what I really put in them.

I really aim more for the aesthetic, and hopefully they taste good!

- So this one is Danielle's, which is sort of obviously by the ruffle.

I think it's very cute, but not Chinese or Korean.

- These look like Uncrustables.

So I can't say that's particularly appetizing.

However, I shouldn't judge just on aesthetics.

- Give it a good grade for the way it looks.

- But Danielle always does this and I always make fun of her for it, so whatever.

- It definitely looks like she threw some kimchi in there, 'cause it's kind of pink.

It's interesting, because to fold it this way, you have to add less filling.

- There's like lots of like loose skin.

- I would say this is a pretty good dumpling as well.

I taste the pork first and then I could also taste a little bit of the chives.

- This tastes like only pork.

- I like this one.

She adds some kimchi for the spice, which I like.

I do wish she were heavier on the shrimp though and not the pork, 'cause it is just kind of like a little meatball.

- I feel like it didn't have like the normal soy sauce, sesame oil.

Yeah, it just doesn't taste Asian, but it tastes fine.

- I give it a solid eight.

- I think maybe a six, only because I don't like the skin flaps.

- An eight or a nine, I really liked it.

- Five to six.

- Mine has a little bit of everything.

It's just like a solid pork dumpling.

I also think that mine are folded really nicely.

I actually made it for myself for lunch today, and I thought they were pretty good.

Taste good with soy sauce.

I think they're cute.

- It looks good! It's got a little bit of design to it.

- It's like a four fold situation.

Isn't it like the more folds, the longer you live or something, no?

- It looks like she includes some veggie, which is good, 'cause Micah doesn't normally like vegetables that much.

- Taste good.

- I like it a bit, flavored a little bit better. Seasoned better.

- Tastes like a meatball texture.

- The seasoning is very light.

I kind of wish she included a little bit more spice, maybe some more like soy sauce or ginger.

I can definitely taste a lot garlic.

- I taste mostly pork, so it's pretty one dimensional.

- I wouldn't change anything about it. I think it's pretty good.

- I think it's like a seven.

- I like it with the sauce, maybe a nine.

- It's kind of bland. I'd give it maybe like five?

- A seven.

- My dumpling is just a classic rendition.

I added a lot of different types of seasonings.

Obviously, salt and pepper, but also ginger, garlic, and my secret ingredient is truffle.

- I can automatically tell who's everybody is by the way they fold their dumplings.

- So this is dad's.

- And I like these the most, 'cause they have the most filling, so.

- I'm excited to try my dad's, 'cause I know it'll be very heavily stuffed, but I also saw him put a lot of like very strange seasonings that I don't know if they belong in dumplings.

- It's really sticky.

It's like stuck to the roof of my mouth.

- My dad used a food processor to blend everything together.

- I like seeing the chunks of stuff in it to know that it was like sort of made by hand rather than put in a food processor.

- So I don't really love how it tastes.

It's... The texture's a little too mush.

- I actually think it's pretty good.

I don't know why I'm so surprised.

There's just like a lot in there.

- I just think there's a little too much going on.

I can't really tell what the distinct flavor is.

- I don't know how to feel about this one.

Maybe I'll give it like a seven.

- Five out of 10.

- I would say it's an eight out of 10.

- I would give it a five out of 10, but since I know Howard made it and he never makes dumplings, I would say for effort a nine out of 10.

- In my dumplings, I like to include a lot of vegetable, and honestly, the less meat, the better.

I like seafood in mine, so I added shrimp, but no pork.

I also like a lot of different seasonings, so I used five spice, I used XO sauce, and of course, soy sauce and sesame oil.

And hopefully, it tastes all right.

- Nothing extraordinary about it, but looks fine.

- Nice folds.

- The traditional way to wrap things.

It's supposed to look like gold nuggets, I think they call it ingots that the Chinese people use to trade.

- Mm, there's a lot of kimchi.

- This one's a lot chunkier.

- It doesn't have the traditional flavor profile that I'm looking for.

I can't put my finger on it.

- It's a little spicy.

More spicy than I like, because it has kimchi in it, which sadly I don't like that much.

- There are lots of vegetables, lots of kimchi, which I like.

I think it's pretty flavorful.

- It feels very healthy.

- I would want more meat and more garlic.

- Out of ten, I would give it a good seven and a half.

- Six.

I keep noticing how spicy it is.

- I would rate it an eight out of ten.

- Seven point five.

- I think I made them the traditional Chinese way, the way my mother made them and she's from Shandong province, which is known for all their dumplings and noodles.

I added also a little bit of tofu, which is more an element that my Korean mother-in-law introduced to me.

And I made homemade wrappers, instead of the store bought wrappers.

- I'm the most excited to try my mom's, because she made these skins by hand.

- Such a luxury to be able to make homemade skin, so I'm really excited.

Obviously that means they don't look as perfect, but I don't mind.

- I hate to say it, but it looks the worst.

It looks kind of wimpy and there's no real form to the dumpling.

- Tastes like ravioli.

- Hmm, this has a very different flavor.

She didn't use any kimchi, at least not that I can see.

I can definitely taste like the five spice seasoning that she used.

- I feel like it has the right level of juiciness.

I don't know, someone like Danielle's were like a little dry.

- It feels like a harmony of textures.

- It's not really that flavorful, which is why I think it tastes like ravioli.

- I don't like the flavor profile of mom's either.

It has to be a nice balance of both meat and some of the vegetables.

I like a little bit of heat.

- I think the skin is really doing a lot for it.

- I'll probably give this like a nine.

- I give this kind of a low score, six.

- I think it's probably a nine out of ten.

- I think a six for dumpling, but a nine for ravioli.

- Yay, I won! The traditional Chinese flavors taste the best!

With the handmade, homemade skins.

Thank you!