Foreigners will never eat frozen dumplings that have been shipped to China, because frozen dumplings, even if they have a shelf life, still taste different from freshly made dumplings. There is a huge difference between the taste of foreigners and Chinese people. In fact, the dumplings served in foreign restaurants have been modified in many ways, and although the shape has not changed, the filling has been made to suit the Westerner's eating habits.
The reason why dumplings are expensive for foreigners to eat is in the cost of labor, but most of all in the cost of the filling. Now in foreign countries is the most popular beef dumplings, and in the choice of beef is very careful, usually more than two years of beef cattle, and is fat and lean brisket meat, mixing is invisible to the onion and ginger and other seasonings, stuffing can only be generally Chinese-style spices onion, ginger and water and American black pepper and other seasonings, and can not be put on the taste of the fresh can only be stewed in a variety of broth to refresh the meat soup or seafood juice soaked onion, ginger and water plus westerners like black pepper or curry. The seasoning of black pepper or curry and so on that westerners like and then beat into the filling, of course, there is also the Chinese secret ingredient after mixing to make the filling completely on the strength before wrapping.
The meat filling is also very delicate, and the meat must be hand-chopped by hand, and with a blunt knife, so you can imagine how much it costs. And even if the dumplings have a variety of vegetables is also a very low percentage, just point to point, some vegetables can not be added, such as chives foreigners do not eat, their favorite filling with carrots, onions or celery, and even potatoes, but also just a little bit on it, the ratio is very low.
So the dumplings that foreigners eat are basically all meat, even shrimp and other seafood is similar to the way McDonald's does fish and shrimp, of course, even with the American seasoning improvement, the dumplings still have a strong Chinese flavor, the kind of tenderness, moistness, soup rich in flavorful feeling is still wonderful, just the meat and vegetables with the way the dumplings and the domestic is very different. So there is a reason why it is expensive. If a dumpling costs five dollars in China, no one will buy it, but this is very normal in the United States, and a plate of dumplings for one hundred yuan is not expensive at all. Domestic dumplings of slightly better quality is also a dollar a dollar, a piece of five, two dollars a is also quite a lot.