[xtypo_dropcap]N[/xtypo_dropcap]umerous different types of dumplings from different countries around the world were offered for sampling at the second annual Dumpling Festival. The event was held at the Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Saturday.
The festival also included an eating competition, Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest, where dozens of dumplings where devoured by contestants in mere seconds.
Joe Menchetti ate 55 dumplings in two minutes and won the men’s competition, according to DNAinfo.com. Menchetti set a record for dumpling eating in 2008, when he ate 66 in two minutes. He said that the decrease in quantity could be attributed to a recipe change.
“They switched to whole wheat,” he told DNAinfo. “It's a little more chewy, harder to swallow.”
Flora Lee won the women’s competition by scarfing down 38 dumplings.
