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Peking ravioli

Peking ravioli, from #7 Chinese Cuisine in West Roxbury.Peking ravioli, from #7 Chinese Cuisine in West Roxbury.

A dumpling filled with meat, found only at Boston-area Chinese restaurants, unlike in the rest of the world, where they eat just dumplings or potstickers (except for Paris, where they loves them some raviolis pekinoise). Joyce Chen came up with the name in the late 1950s and it, well, stuck.

-- Marty St. George.


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What do they call Peking ravioli westa Wuhstuh?

Storified by Adam Gaffin· Fri, Feb 01 2013 05:59:47

@universalhub Chinese potstickersJenn
@universalhub shouldn't "ravioli" be refered as "Italian potstickers"?lablu∞z
@universalhub Just dumplings. Plus MA is the only place I know in US with real duck sauce (not packets) and Italian bread with Chinese food.Chris Faraone
@universalhub Usually just pan-fried or steamed dumplings if memory serves me rightLaurence Grosbaum
@ellenrossano @universalhub could be anything, people outside Of Mass are weird! ;)Kelly Elizabeth
@universalhub potstickers, dumplings, jiaozi, or gyoza if you're at a Japanese restaurantriptor
@universalhub dumplings or potstickers. Also I had never had scallion pancake until I moved here--not on NC Chinese menusPrairie Rose Clayton
@universalhub Pot stickers! Joyce Chen seems to have changed the name here.Penny Cherubino
@chrisboulanger @universalhub A DELICIOUS aberration.Gradon Tripp
@universalhub That is the joy/libety/occasional exceptionalism of immigrant food: the whatever works mix-match. (;lablu∞z
@universalhub #TOronto's Chinatown(best I've ever seen), is a fmr Jewish neighbourhood. Many Chinese places served bagels, a few lox (;lablu∞z
@universalhub that term is unheard of in WMass. We called them dumplings. I had no idea what peking ravioli were when I first moved hereDrew
@universalhub RAVIOLI? what colonialist named them ravioli? keep your European dough out of Asia!jK
@universalhub Potstickers. Mmmm. Now I want some ...jenny
@chrisboulanger @universalhub Learn about the Kitchen God & Chinese New Years & more Chinese food lore http://bit.ly/UNAUzxLDGourmet
@universalhub In Peking they call them Boston raviolis.Neil Keefe
“@universalhub: Question for travelers who like Chinese food: What do they call Peking ravioli outside MA?” Nasty!?Matt Rafuse

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There is one other place where I've seen them called Peking Ravioli - it's what they're called in Paris. It's Ravioles Pékinois there.

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Something very local, found in Salem at the Willows, is a "Chop Suey Sandwich" using a hamburger roll.

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Um, dumplings, I think. But more importantly, where did you get that sticker?

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And have been holding onto them ever since. Finally decided to slap one on my laptop ...

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