Steamed cone-shaped cakes made of glutinous rice or millet with sweet filling first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, with different stuffing, such as rock sugar powder, hawthorn cake, sesame, green plum fruit, or mashed Chinese jujube.and were well received by the imperial families in the Ming Dynasty. Now it is one of Beijing's snacks loved by local people.
Taiwan's best-known snacks are present in the night markets. Chou doufu (fermented 'smelly' tofu) is one example; intimidating at first but can be an acquired taste. In these markets, one can also find delicious fried and steamed meat-filled buns, oyster-filled omelets, refreshing fruit ices, and much more.
Dongpo Pork (dong po rou) Hangzhou's trademark dish. To eat dongpo pork is to begin to understand the role of fat in making meat taste good.
The dish is named after revered Song Dynasty poet, artist and calligrapher Su Dongpo, who is supposed to have invented, or at least inspired it. The meat should be so tender that...
Dim Sum is the most famous in the long list of dishes in a Hongkong meal. Impressively shaped, bite-size portions of dumplings with lightly seasoned fillings of meat and seafish, fluffy buns with various fillings and glutinous rice - all deliciously steamed - just ignite the tastebuds.
Naked oat flour is processed out of naked oats. The naked oats, which is a low-yield, cold-resisting and salt-alkali-resisting crop with a short mature period, contain high protein, fat and many kinds of trace elements, such as iron, calcium and phosphorus.
The naked oat flour is processed in a special way. The food of various kinds can be made...
Shaomai is a local delicacy, which has a long history in Hohhot. The visitors who come to Hohhot always have a taste of shaomai. Shaomai is characteristic of unique technique, fine raw materials, nice and thin wrappers, delicious fillings and all necessary ingredients and seasoning. The hot shaomai taken just out of the steamer gives out pleasing smell. I...
Guangdong-style moon cake is the choicest one in the Mid-Autumn Festival. The rind of the moon cake is thin and soft with a golden color. It is beautifully shaped with clear and exquisite pattern. There are two different tastes: salty and sweet. The different fillings include: lotus seed, almond, olive kernel, peach kernel, green bean, sesame, salty egg, ...
Fried radish cake is the favorite pastry of Guangzhou natives. It is made of glutinous rice powder and shredded radish. To mix the glutinous rice powder and the cooked shredded radish into a paste, then add shelled shrimps, cured meat, lard, pepper powder, soy sauce, gourmet powder, salt and steam it. Families usually make this cake in the spring festival...