Wrap Your Own Zongzi: A Dragon Boat Festival Tradition
Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, OR, United StatesCelebrate culture and community through food with Tommy Ly, owner of Old Town’s GeekEasy and Stumptown Otaku, in this hands-on zongzi (粽子) workshop for the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Jie, 端午節). Participants will learn to make Hong Kong-style pork belly zongzi, a savory sticky rice dumpling filled with pork belly, split mung beans, and traditional seasonings, then wrapped in fragrant bamboo leaves. Tommy will guide you through the folding, shaping, and tying techniques that give zongzi their iconic form and aroma.
