Saturday, January 02, 2010

Botan Rice Candy, Chan Pui Mui and Haw Flakes

Image Borrowed From The Internet

Image Borrowed From The Internet


Growing up, one of my favorite things to eat was Chan Pui Mui. It still is.

Chan Pui Mui is candied dried orange peels. There is also a variety of Chinese Preserved Plums which is shown here . These plums are available in many types, but the ones shown here are the sweet variety. Often, the plums are wrapped in two pieces of paper and then the final wrapping is a piece of plastic. Not much to look at, the plum inside is usually black in color and very sticky and has a sweet licorice flavor. It could have a pit in it, but some brands take the pit out.

Someone once told me that no respectable guy in Hong Kong or China would be caught dead buying or eating this as it wasn't the "manly" thing to do. Not sure if this is true or not, but if it is, then you can call me un-manly because I eat this stuff all the time!

Another product that is sure to rot your teeth is Haw Flakes. It's a sugar based "candy" that all Chinese kids are familiar with. And it's cheap too! This entire package was only $0.39!

Botan Rice Candy is also a well known Chinese product for kids. In the past, they used to give away a free toy. I don't believe these come with that any longer, but perhaps a comic sticker does still. I'm not sure as I have not had these in quite some time. The candies have a rice paper wrapping around them (after removing the outer paper wrapping.) The rice paper wrapping is fully edible and melts in your mouth. That's the fun part about eating Botan Rice Candy!

There are lots of other great Chinese candied products out there, but these are among my the most favorite.

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