Does anyone remember this Chinese pastry from the 90s?
Virtually every Chinese bakery in Chinatown would carry this pastry in the 90s/00s. It was a relatively thin fried crunchy pastry covered in a sticky sugary coating. They used to be piled in large vats or fill an entire section of the display case at bakeries and they would all stick together and you’d have to get them with tongs and stuff them in a paper bag to take to check out. It was not fluffy on the inside or spongy or anything. And maybe they’d be around the size of a hand.
I just realized I haven’t seen this sweet pastry thing in any Chinese bakery in maybe 15 years and they used to be popular and in pretty much any bakery in Chinatown. Does anyone know what this is called? I tried googling these key terms but all I get is like bread thats thick and fluffy or filled with something. Why does no one make it anymore?
Edit// or if anyone remmebers the name of any Chinese bakery from like 15-20 years ago maybe I can try to dredge up some old photos and figure it out that way
Edit 2// omg after hours of searching (but ironically not long after I posted this) I found it. I went through hundreds of old photos from permanently closed Chinese bakeries. Here is a picture. It is called a honey twist in English. Does anyone know what this is called in mandarin and where I can get it ty
Edit 3// lol so many edits. I am so invested. OK it is called 旦 散, Dàn sàn and maybe it’s Cantonese? I still have no idea where to get them here. I’ve a bad feeling it was some trend and now they’re all gone :/
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