Chinese filled sesame cookie

[kartoffel]

A colleague just returned from a trip from China and put out some cookies she had bought there. One kind came in a cylindrical container, with about a dozen flat, filled cookies coated in sesame seeds. About 4 inches in diameter, the cookies are made with some kind of wheat flour and filled with a filling I can't identify. It looks like dried fruit paste (?), with the occasional bit of pine nut, and has a decidedly smokey flavor. It is slightly sweet. Could it be a longan-based filling? Another colleague from Japan swears it must contain bonito or some other fish product. Does anyone recognize this item? (I'm sorry I don't have a picture.)

Thanks!

[Dave Hatfield]

A colleague just returned from a trip from China and put out some cookies she had bought there.  One kind came in a cylindrical container, with about a dozen flat, filled cookies coated in sesame seeds.  About 4 inches in diameter, the cookies are made with  some kind of wheat flour and filled with a filling I can't identify.  It looks like dried fruit paste (?), with the occasional bit of pine nut, and has a decidedly smokey flavor.  It is slightly sweet.  Could it be a longan-based filling?  Another colleague from Japan swears it must contain bonito or some other fish product.  Does anyone recognize this item?  (I'm sorry I don't have a picture.)

Thanks!

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As in your thread title. Its filled with Chinese. A bit gruesome, but some Asian food habits are.

Joke

[kartoffel]

Let's hope not!

Any other suggestions?

Edited July 25, 2007 by kartoffel (log)

[chocomoo]

I haven't had that cookie before, but if there's a smoky taste, it could very well be longan-based. The smoky taste is actually the reason why I don't like dried longan.

[spaghetttti]

kartoffel, did the cookies look anything like these?

It is such a coincidence that I had to gasp out loud at your post. A friend brought me some of these deliciously addictive cookies, but I cannot figure out what the filling is either.

[kartoffel]

kartoffel, did the cookies look anything like these?

It is such a coincidence that I had to gasp out loud at your post.  A friend brought me some of these deliciously addictive cookies, but I cannot figure out what the filling is either.

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The one I had looked somewhat like this, but yours look like they're sandwiches: two unfilled cookies put together with filling. Is that right? Mine was one cookie, with filling inside stretching almost to the edges. Do you have a picture of the inside of yours? Does it taste smoky?? Such a funny coincidence!

[SuzySushi]

kartoffel, did the cookies look anything like these?

It is such a coincidence that I had to gasp out loud at your post.  A friend brought me some of these deliciously addictive cookies, but I cannot figure out what the filling is either.

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You're back!!! Yetty, we missed you!!! Hope to see you around a lot more on eGullet!

[kartoffel]

Mystery solved! A Chinese friend of mine says that it's jujube, also called the Chinese date:

Jujube

She also says that she makes a sweet soup out of jujube and red beans--I'll have to get the recipe.

Thanks for your responses!

[onelittlesesame]

those cookies kind of look really tasty...is there any way to buy them in the stores?