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biscuit roll
Biscuit rolls are crispy tubes made of flour, butter, egg and sugar. This is a bakery and snack i...
pineapple bun
Bun with a sweet crunchy top in a crosshatch pattern reminiscent of a pineapple. Sometimes there ...
beef jerky
Chinese beef jerky is marinaded with soy sauce and sugar, sometimes honey and other sauces, and n...
sesame candy
Sesame mixed into wafers with melted sugar.
haw flakes
Haw flakes are a traditional Chinese candy made from hawthorn in the form of small cylinders cut ...
almond cookie
These almond-flavored crumbly cookies were introduced by early Chinese-American immigrants but ar...
fortune cookie
Fortune cookies are ubiquitious in Chinese-American restaurants and can be found in bakeries and ...
snack
Chinese snacks run the gamut from bakery goods to street food to candy.
bakery
Chinese bakeries feature a variety of baked goods (naturally), snacks, and desserts, with some in...
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 ...
fish balls
Fish balls are essentially fish meatballs, fish paste shaped into balls and boiled. They're popul...
curry fish balls
Fish balls (fish meatballs) stewed in curry, are a popular Hong Kong street food and also dim sum...
fried fish balls
Deep-fried fish balls (fish meatballs), a street food, usually smaller and cheaper, than regular ...
latiao
Latiao, the Mandarin pronunciation, are a popular snack originating from the Hunan provice, consi...
fried dough
A stick of deep-fried dough, basically a long doughnut, listed variously in English as Chinese cr...