I used to love buying tang yuan (round balls of glutinous rice flour, also spelt tong yuen) in ginger broth from the vendors that popped up in Hong Kong streets as soon as the weather started to ...

or omo tuo—mashed rice balls—with dried fish; or the fermented corn called banku alongside an okra soup. But fufu is Ghanaian food, and everyone was watching carefully. “Dip in your hand ...