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  • Unknown, but the research team needed to make an emergency run for red-bean mooncakes at 2am.

    Just because you're dead, that doesn't mean you can't still mellow out 2009

  • Keith nodded while Zora sipped her jasmine tea and nibbled on a red-bean rice cake.

    Substitute Me Lori L. Tharps 2010

  • Northern-style -- typically offered as small side dishes -- consists mostly of large buns filled with sweet red-bean fillings and items such as pot stickers and soup dumplings.

    The Heart of Dim Sum Amy Ma 2010

  • But it's not cheap and, cheap by nature, I'm afraid of spending $3.50 for something that ostensibly appears edible, only to get it home and discover it's filled with red-bean paste.

    One Delicious Way to Go 2010

  • Sweet zongzi look just like the savory kind, but in most cases they're filled with red-bean paste and are especially popular in the northern areas of China, says Chef Yan.

    Zongzi 2009

  • Din Tai Fung Zongzi is on the menu year-round at this Taiwanese restaurant chain, which serves the Hunan, or xian rou zong, a marinated-pork version and one filled with red-bean paste.

    Zongzi 2009

  • Pork zongzi, US$4. 15 each; red-bean zongzi, US$3. 60 each.

    Zongzi 2009

  • I hadn't tasted anything like it in this country since the late 1970s -- the bland white chunks of tofu set off by unashamed amounts of brown Sichuan peppercorns, red-bean paste and chiles, along with a scattering of ground beef and Chinese leek.

    Why Chinese Food Isn't Hip 2008

  • Oh, yes, I forgot about those red-bean ones, delicious!

    To Chinatown and Back Mercedes 2007

  • It reminds me of the time I went to a Japanese mall in NJ and purchased what I thought were chichi-dango a riceball desert with a caramel syrup….but instead were an-dango, a riceball desert stuffed with red-bean paste and covered in a SOY-based syrup.

    Computer and Steve Brust Geekery « Whatever 2006

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