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black sesame soup
A dessert made with black sesame.
dessert
Chinese desserts include pastries, candies, cakes, jellies and puddings. Even though we translate...
mango pancake
A popular Hong Kong dessert, mango topped with whipped cream and wrapped in a crepe.
fried milk
Sometimes called fried milk custard or fried milk custard balls, this dessert is made with milk t...
grass jelly
Grass jelly is served as dessert or mixed in drinks.
taro ball
Taro balls are a Taiwanese dessert topping, like boba but made from mashed taro.
water chestnut cake
Water chestnut cake is a translucent jelly made from shredded Chinese water chestnuts.
coconut pudding
Coconut pudding (also known as coconut bar or coconut jelly) is a chilled jelly made with coconut...
mung bean cake
A cake filled with mung bean paste.
ice cream
Ice cream is thought of as a Western treat, but frozen desserts have (somehow) been available thr...
Chinese sugar doughnut
A fluffy, deep-fried spherical pastry coated in sugar. Also known as Chinese donuts, Chinese doug...
pumpkin custard ball
A pumpkin-flavored Chinese doughnut with a custard filling. I've only seen these at Tim Ho Wan, l...
egg tart
Small circular pastry shells filled with a yellow eggy custard. The crust is flaky and the custar...
Hong Kong-style egg tart
Portuguese egg tart
Portuguese-style egg tarts, originating from Macau and a specialty there, feature a burnt top on ...
egg waffle
Egg waffles, so named because the instead of indentations they feature egg-shaped bubbles, are a ...
chocolate egg waffle
sweet rice cake
This spongy cake is made from rice flour and sugar, fermented then steamed. Also known as steamed...