Floral Ceramic Bowl with Built-In Sauce Cup for Dumplings and Fries

A glazed ceramic bowl about eight inches long, shaped like a teardrop, with a small flower-shaped cup built into its narrow end. The fries go in the bowl and the ketchup goes in the cup. Dumplings and soy sauce, salad and dressing, or strawberries and a spoonful of cream all work the same way, and the whole thing carries to the table in one hand.

A dense floral pattern covers it inside and out, on an ivory glaze with a fine cobalt edge, in blue, coral or red flowers. It holds 16.9 ounces, and when the food is gone it goes straight in the dishwasher.

The sauce gets its own place at the table

Most dipping happens out of something that was never meant for it. A ramekin balanced on the edge of a plate. Ketchup squeezed into a corner of the fries. Soy poured over the dumplings because there was nowhere else to put it, so the ones at the bottom sit in it and go soft before you reach them.

Here the cup is part of the dish. No ramekin to balance. It sits at the end of a short tab, its rim level with the main rim, so the sauce stays apart from the food until you want it there. You dip as you go, and afterwards there is one thing to wash instead of two.

Three patterns on the same ivory glaze

Blue Floral is the calmest of the three, with dusty blue flowers on fine curling vines, one large flower at the center and a row of small red dots just inside the rim. Coral Floral fills the bowl with soft coral-pink blossoms and small cobalt stars, framed by a blue lattice border that points down from the rim. Red Floral is the busiest, packed edge to edge with small red flowers, dark green leaves and flecks of yellow and blue.

Each pattern runs down the outside as well, so it still looks finished from across the table. The cup and the tab around it are left plain ivory, with the same cobalt line tracing their edges.

Sized for one good portion

At 8.1 by 6.4 inches and a little over two inches deep, it takes a serving of fries or dumplings for one, or a side salad for the middle of the table. It suits a snack in front of the game, a quick lunch at the counter, or fruit and yogurt at breakfast. Leftovers can go back in the microwave in it, and it is oven safe as well.

The food stays in the bowl, the sauce stays in its cup, and the table stays clear of extra dishes.

Specifications

Type: Serving bowl with built-in sauce cup

Material: Glazed ceramic

Patterns: Blue Floral, dusty blue flowers and vines with a red-dot rim; Coral Floral, coral-pink blossoms and cobalt stars under a blue lattice border; Red Floral, small red flowers with green leaves and yellow and blue florets

Sauce cup: Five-lobed cup built into the narrow end, rim level with the bowl

Capacity: 16.9 fl oz (500 ml)

Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.4 x 2.3 in (20.7 x 16.3 x 5.8 cm)

Use: Microwave and oven safe

Care: Dishwasher safe

Package Includes

1x Floral Ceramic Bowl with Sauce Cup