Ruth Reichl mentioned this Evan Kleiman Eggplant Timbale recipe on Instagram today.
Intrigued by kafteji mentioned in a regional dining thread.
I had saved this recipe awhile back and forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me!
Making one of these veg kormas tonight What's For Dinner #80 - the Silly Bunny with Eggs Edition - April 2022 - #469 by Rasam
I’ve always wanted to be ambitious and try making a version of this, but looks labor intensive. I love them at dim sum though. Note: this recipe uses tofu for much of the filling, but versions I’ve had are much more diced vegetables inside. Bamboo, wood ear fungus and other mushrooms, kohlrabi, and even bean thread.
That seems like a pretty loose interpretation of the word “easy.” Lotta ingredients! Lotta steps!
Now you know why I still haven’t tried making them. 
Luckily, I am going for dim sum tomorrow. Maybe someone else will make them for me!
Wing Lee Bakery, Clement Street.
If I go there, I won’t be able to sit with the people I’m meeting. Since it seems to be in another city entirely.
Well, there is that,
Did you get chicken feet? None of my go-tos had them last stop.
OOOps. Forgot. You would have had to order “impossible chicken feet”, something even harder to find.
I didn’t eat them, but they made it to the table - you can see them just a bit in the upper left of the photo I posted. General consensus: good, too much work. And no one wanted to have anything to do with the tripe.
