I have a fairly large collection of Chinese menus from local restaurants. I am often asked to translate them.
I flicked through about 30 today. Only two had anything resembling desserts.
One was from a Hong Kong style restaurant. In its 58 page menu it has precisely 6 desserts.
Sweet sago cream with coconut milk
Red Bean Paste
Mung Bean Paste
Lotus Seed Snow Fungus
Glacier Snow Fungus
Guilinggao (see above)
The other is from a local hotel which has delusions of being "international'. In an even longer menu it has five.
Sweetened Coconut Juice with Minced Taro
Sweetened Cream of Red Beans with Dried Orange Peel
Sweetened Cream of Green Beans with Lotus Seeds
Sweetened Sago Cream with Coconut Juice
Fruit Platter
Still no guarantee that these will turn up at the end of the meal unless you don't order them until then.
