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Egg tart (EGG TART), tart is the transliteration of the English "tart", which means a pie with exposed fillings (as opposed to a pie whose surface is covered with crust and sealed with fillings); egg tart It is a "tart" with egg paste as filling. The method is to put the pie crust into a small round basin-shaped pie mold, pour in the egg slurry mixed with sugar and eggs, and then put it into the oven; the baked egg tart has a crispy tart crust on the outside and a crispy tart crust on the inside. It is a sweet yellow solidified egg paste. Even though egg tarts are very popular among Hong Kong people, their history is still short. According to research by Wu Hao, an amateur Hong Kong historian, in Guangzhou in the 1920s, major department stores competed fiercely. In order to attract customers, department store chefs would design a "weekly snack" every week to attract customers. It was at this time that egg tarts were sold on the market. Guangzhou appears. There is no precise year when egg tarts were introduced in Hong Kong. It is said that egg tarts have appeared in bakeries in Hong Kong since the 1940s, and were introduced to most tea restaurants from the 1950s to the 1980s. In the beginning, the egg tarts in tea restaurants were relatively large, and one egg tart could serve as an afternoon tea meal

FISH BALL (usually abbreviated as Yudan in restaurants) is the Cantonese name for fish balls. It is a common snack in Hong Kong, China.

According to a 2002 statistics[1], people in Hong Kong consume 55 metric tons, or about 3.75 million fish eggs, every day. This is equivalent to more than 1.3 billion fish eggs every year. Each Hong Kong resident eats an average of 196 fish eggs every year.

Fish eggs can be roughly divided into two categories. The first type is fried fish eggs, which is a street delicacy in Hong Kong, China. It started from mobile vendors in the 1950s. This kind of fish eggs are deep-fried, with a golden outer layer, and are made from cheaper shark meat. They are usually sold in several pieces on bamboo skewers, and are also served in paper cups. The price per skewer/cup at the snack stalls varies, and the price depends on the location of the food stall (about NT$4 to 10 per skewer/cup). Some food stalls specialize in selling fish eggs, similar to Western hot dog stalls. It is often eaten with chili sauce or sweet sauce.

The other type is called Teochew fish eggs, which are larger in size, white in color, and made from more expensive fish meat. The taste and texture are very different from street delicacies. This kind of fish balls is mostly eaten in hot soup with noodles in Teochew noodle stalls or tea restaurants (that is, fish ball noodles, priced from 10 to 25 Hong Kong dollars). In addition, this kind of fish eggs are sold in street markets and supermarkets. Hong Kong people also use fish eggs as ingredients for hot pot. The most famous fish eggs of this kind are those produced in Aberdeen, Hong Kong, China.

Counterfiet Shark’s Fin is one of the common street snacks in Hong Kong, China. In the past, it was usually sold by vendors on the street. It got its name because it is served in small bowls. In the past, many hawkers took some scattered shark fins (commonly known as "fin heads and tails") from restaurants and cooked them with mushrooms, fungus, shredded pork, broth, MSG, water chestnut powder (or bean powder), etc. When eating, pepper, vinegar, sesame oil, etc. are usually added for seasoning. Fish, shredded lettuce, etc. can also be added. Nowadays, there is no shark fin in the bowl of fin, it is just replaced by cheap vermicelli.

CHESE PASTRY is a traditional Cantonese cake that can also be found in Hong Kong, China.

Wife cake is round in shape, with a layer of puff pastry on the outside and winter melon puree on the inside. It is crispy on the outside and the filling is smooth but not greasy. It is better if it is freshly baked.

There are many legends about the origin of wife cake. One of them is that a poor couple in ancient times. The wife filled winter melon puree to make a round cake, and the husband sold it in the market, which became very popular. The husband named the cake "wife cake" to thank his wife.

Another legend is that Wife Cake was first created by Lian Xiang Restaurant in Guangzhou. In the early years, Lian Xiang Restaurant hired a pastry chef from Chaozhou who brought his wife’s home-made winter melon cake to other chefs in the restaurant to try. , other chefs thought it was delicious, so Lian Xianglou improved it and launched it. Since it was made by the wife of the Chaozhou chef, they named it "Wife Cake".

Stinky tofu (Fermented Bean Curd) is a fermented tofu product popular throughout China and other parts of the world, but the production and consumption methods vary greatly in different places. There are two types of stinky tofu: dried stinky tofu and stinky tofu curd, both of which are quite popular snacks. Stinky fermented bean curd was once served to the court as an imperial side dish. It was so loved by the Empress Dowager Cixi that she named it Yuqingfang.

Stinky tofu is usually made from fresh tofu through fermentation, pickling, soup and other processing procedures. However, with different regions and eating methods, the production methods and finished products also vary greatly

Milk tea is a drink that is flavored by mixing tea and milk. It can be found in many parts of the world, but they are not necessarily the same as each other.

Mongolian and Tibetan people in China all have the habit of making milk tea. Mongolian milk tea is made from brick tea, goat milk or horse milk, and ghee, and is seasoned with salt, so it tastes salty.

Milk tea in Hong Kong, China, is also called "Hong Kong style Milk Tea". In mainland China, it is often called "Hong Kong style milk tea". It is made from black tea mixed with thick fresh milk and sugar. There may be a lot of milk and sugar, and the cup size is larger. Hot or frozen drinks are acceptable, but frozen drinks generally cost two yuan. Unlike British milk tea, Hong Kong-style milk tea is a popular drink among the general public and the lower class. It is usually drunk at breakfast or afternoon tea. If you eat out, you can also drink it at lunch or dinner. It is also available in tea restaurants and fast food restaurants. It is available at food stalls or food stalls and can be paired with Chinese or Western food. The reason why Hong Kong milk tea is called "100% milk tea" is because milk tea filtered with 100% is said to have a particularly smooth texture. Many tea restaurants have unique secret recipes for tea pairings or making milk tea as selling points to attract customers. There is another drink called "Yuanyang" in Hong Kong, which is a mixture of milk tea and coffee, fishball (鱼丹)

Fish paste with vegetable (Jian stuffed three treasures)

Egg ball (egg waffle)

Waffle (checkered cake)

Pudding with red be in ball (絵子饼)

Dragon Beard Candy (龙beard candy) )

Malt Syrup (malt sugar cake)

Fish meat shaomat (鱼肉丝肉)

Fake sparks fin soup (万子鸡)

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Banana Rolls

White Sugar Sponge

Tea Flavored Egg Eggs

Turnip Cakes

Peanut Rice Crispy

Soya Pig's Skin & Turnips

Dragon Beard Candy

Its outer layer looks like a white beard, so it has a very special name - Dragon Beard Candy.

Features: The hand-drawn icing is as thin as a layer of silk, wrapped with sesame seeds, coconut shreds and peanut kernels. It looks a bit like a cocoon, but of course it tastes great. If not, it wouldn’t be an inevitable choice in the list of nostalgic snacks promoted to foreigners! However, what foreigners eat is novelty, but what we eat is memories! I hope your memories are also sweet!

My childhood memories: When I was a child, I loved watching the people selling dragon beard candy. If they stretched the thick sugar coating into thin threads, I would not want to leave for a long time. ． ． . It's like magic. By the way, in the eyes of children, anything they don't understand will be regarded as magic, so their world will be full of soap bubbles!

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Dragon Beard Candy

Sugar Scallion Pancake

< p> Features: The appearance of the pancake is a bit like the corrugated paper used in the art studio when I was a child. The front of the iron box is equipped with glass, which seems to tell you what it means to be genuine.

My childhood memories: I might as well tell you frankly that when I was a child, I even dreamed of owning this box. In addition to these candied scallion pancakes, it was also filled with other candies of different styles. I took the box with me to school every day, and when I was hungry, I would find one to eat. What? Have you ever had this dream?

This snack has almost disappeared from the streets. If you want to taste it again, you can try your luck in Hin Keng Estate and San Tsui Estate in Shatin.

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Candy scallion pancake

Potzai cake

< p> Features: The original pottery cake may have been served in pottery, but the author has never seen it with my own eyes, so it is difficult to confirm. I believe that the version of pottery cake that most people have seen is served in a bowl. Perhaps due to hygiene issues, today’s pottery cakes are mostly served in plastic cups, which of course feels like a big loss!

My childhood memories: Do you remember the scene in "New Love" where Anita Yuen asked Lau Ching-wan to buy pot cakes? It is enough to prove that pottery cake is a food that makes people dream about it. If you don’t believe it, you can try giving one to the person of the opposite sex you are pursuing. You will definitely gain something unexpected. Because our childhood is more or less built on pottery cakes.

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Potato Cake

Fried Three Treasures

< p> Features: The variety of styles is a major feature of it. Just look at it, including fried dwarf melons, fried green peppers, tofu and fish balls. ． ． , no wonder it has remained standing in the snack market for so many years.

My childhood memories: The most profound thing is that my mother always warned us: Be careful with boiling oil! To be honest, this street snack has caused many accidents involving boiling oil and injuries!

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Fried Three Treasures

Ding Ding Candy

< p> Features: This kind of candy is called tinkle candy because it makes a tinkling sound when the large piece of candy is broken.

My childhood memories: The uncle who sold Ding Ding candy used a hammer and awl to break a large plate of candy into small pieces. Is this image deeply engraved in your mind?

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Ding Ding Candy

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Bowl Wings

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Stinky tofu

The real name of airplane olive oil is licorice Olive oil is made from licorice and other medicinal materials and salted.

It does not go bad after being stored for a long time. The licorice taste is strong but delicious. These olives were originally bottled in barrels

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"Airplane Lan" is a snack from a long time ago. Many children like to eat it, and even the elderly like it.

Love to eat it. Because it is sour and sweet, it is very delicious!

Airplane olives were first popular in Guangzhou and later sold in Hong Kong, China. Because the buildings in Hong Kong were very short in the past, with about two or three floors and a balcony, the sellers would throw them up hard and they would deliver them to the customers.

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Before removing the wrapping paper

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After removing the wrapping paper

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Cart noodles

Cart noodles have been very popular in the past. It is a delicious noodle and is now available.

There are no hard and fast rules for the material of the noodles, it can be based on everyone’s preference.

The most common main ingredients are: noodles (any), radish, fermented pork skin, pork belly, fried fish eggs, fried fish sticks,

Seasonings include salt, raw With smoke, sesame oil, pepper, ginger, soup, chili oil, water, etc.

You can cook some delicious noodles with these ingredients. Nowadays, you can eat it in many places

such as Mong Kok, restaurants, and even shopping malls.

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Maltose biscuits were a popular street snack a long time ago.

We have all tried it, and the maltose sandwich biscuits are indeed delicious. It is made of soda cake and maltose sandwiched together. After research, we learned that children in the past did not have money to buy maltose cakes, so they would exchange plastic toys with "salesmen" to get them.

I believe you also know that shark fins are very expensive. In fact, there is a "historical" story behind the bowl of fins!

People in the past were very poor, and a businessman thought that they had no money to eat. Real shark fins,

He used vermicelli as shark fins to cook "street fins",

People who don't have money to eat shark fins have the opportunity to eat "street fins" Wings!

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