This dumpling recipe bundle pays homage to mushroom (gu gu 菇菇) chicken soup, a warming elixir that draws deep flavor from dried shiitake and richness from chicken. Balanced with woody camellia oil and sweet goji berries, these dumplings will nourish your soul.

It is part of a series of three Lunar New Year dumpling bundles curated in partnership with The Dumpling Club, an online course by recipe developer CHOOCHOO-ca-CHEW. Because of their resemblance to Chinese ingots, dumplings symbolize prosperity—eat them in abundance to usher in wealth and good fortune for the coming year.

Each bundle includes the seasonings and tools you need to cook a Dumpling Club recipe that reinterprets a Taiwanese homestyle dish into a dumpling. For more flavors, check out the Fly’s Head Dumpling Bundle and the Bloom and Blossom Dumpling Bundle.

While supplies last, every order placed during the Lunar New Year period will also receive a Little Dumpling Book, with six Taiwanese dumpling recipes by The Dumpling Club, as well as a code for 10% off their online course.

Bundle Contents

• Firewood Soy Sauce: a brothy Japanese-style soy sauce flavored with licorice and mirin


• Camellia Oil: a woody, hazelnutty oil, cold-pressed from the seeds of the camellia oleifera tree


• Dried Shiitake Mushrooms: organic log-grown shiitake, smoke-dried over a longan wood fire


• MSG: crystalline shards of pure umami


• Dumpling Paddle: a lightweight, yet sturdy dumpling-filling tool, made from bamboo and engraved with the Yun Hai logo

Also included, while supplies last: Little Dumpling Book 餃子小書: a Yun Hai Press publication featuring recipes for six Taiwanese homestyle dishes reinterpreted as dumplings

About The Dumpling Club

The Dumpling Club is an invitation to cook alongside Tiffany of CHOOCHOO-ca-CHEW in your own kitchen. It will transform the way you cook, taste, and understand dumplings—giving you the confidence to make them part of everyday meals and meaningful celebrations alike.

What started as a way for Tiffany to reconnect with her Taiwanese roots through dough and filling has become an online dumpling masterclass that turns folding into a cultural journey. She’ll guide you through making soft, chewy wrappers and juicy, flavor-rich dumplings from scratch—showing you what to look for, what to feel, and why it matters.

Along the way, she will share the tips behind techniques, family stories, her mom’s secret recipes, and how thoughtful, high-quality Taiwanese ingredients elevate every bite. This is slow, intentional food—meant to be shared, remembered, and passed on.

Cook along at home, deepen your craft, or host a dumpling party with people you love. Join The Dumpling Club. Sign up today at TheDumplingClub.com.

Tasting Notes and Usage

Firewood Soy Sauce: warm and mellow salinity with roasted peanut, katsuobushi, and anisette notes

Use it straight out the bottle, drizzled over steamed fish or mixed into a dressing for wontons and steamed egg.

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Camellia Oil: light, sweet and woody with notes of raw hazelnuts and asparagus

Its light delicate flavor and high smoke point makes it ideal for dishes where you may wish to let the other ingredients shine. Use for dressings, stir fries, baking, or basting meats. Can be used to clean and protect the blades of cutting instruments.

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Dried Shiitake Mushrooms: deeply earthy and umami with a dense, meaty texture

For the best flavor and texture, soak in cool water for at least six hours and up to twenty-four hours. For an express soak, use warm water and soak for thirty minutes, or until thoroughly softened.

Use whole in braises, soups, and stocks (see our recipe for Shiitake Mushroom Stock 香菇高湯). Or slice and toss into stir fries. Also makes a great addition to congee.

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MSG: 100% umami shards

Use sparingly as a flavor enhancer to intensify the savoriness or meatiness of your soups and stews, stir-fries, braises, or anything else you’re looking to zhuzh up. We love it in stir-fried kong xin cai 空心菜, dry noodles, and steamed egg.

Ingredients and Instructions

Firewood Soy Sauce: water, non-GMO black soybeans, non-GMO yellow soybeans, non-GMO wheat, sea salt, sugar, mirin, licorice, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, alanine

Shelf stable for 2 years from printed manufacturing date. Keep refrigerated after opening.

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Camellia Oil: 100% camellia seed oil

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Dried Shiitake Mushrooms: organic shiitake mushrooms (medium and large sizes)

Seal tightly after use and store in a cool and dry place. For best flavor, consume shortly after opening.

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MSG: pure monosodium L-glutamate

Store at room temperature. After opening, keep away from high heat and high humidity.

About Yun Hai Selection

Yun Hai Selection is the house brand of Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry.

Specifications and Dimensions

Estimated Gross Weight: 3.5 lbs / 1.6 kg