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Almond biscuit

Traditional Chinese

杏仁餅

Simplified Chinese

杏仁饼

Hanyu Pinyin

xìng rén bǐng

Literal meaning

almond biscuit

Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin	xìng rén bǐng
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping	hang6 jan beng2

Almond biscuit (also called almond cake or almond cookie) is a type of Chinese pastry. The biscuit is one of the most standard pastries in Canton, and can also be found in some Chinatown bakery shops overseas. Most that are sold overseas are imported from Macau. The biscuits are small with no filling by default. It is also crunchy, sometimes crumbling on first bite.

In Macau, the snack has been one of the most popular specialty products. Especially near the Ruins of the Cathedral of St. Paul, streets are packed with 10 to 20 stores all selling different flavors of almond biscuits next to one another. Hawkers line up on the street to push the merchandise. It is recommended on the official Macau tourism website as a famous Macanese snack.^[1] Koi Kei almond cookies are one of the famous brands from Macau.

References

^ Macau.com "Where To Eat, What To Eat in Macau"

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