Year of fire

Happy Chinese new year! Next Monday, January 23, marks the year of the dragon. If your age this year is a multiple of 12, you may want to consider buying some red underwear. Thankfully, I can finally retire mine.

Whatever your undergarment needs, remember that eating noodles and dumplings brings long life and wealth. I hope you find some like these…

Vegetable dumplings

Dan dan noodles

Wontons in red oil

Xiao long bao (soup dumplings)

The soup is inside the dumpling. How it gets there is one of life's greatest mysteries. (Not really, but humor me.)

I took these photos at the incomparable Din Tai Fung. When are they going to open one of these in Paris?