Inquiry: Sesame balls in C-Town

[mascarpone]

I was in Chinatown tonight and I found some interesting sesame balls at a bakery on Mott that I did not get the name of but it is across the street from the Green Tea Cafe @ 45 Mott Street. The balls were actually made out of rice cake (mochi) material and were filled with red bean paste and were covered with sesame seeds and I think must have been deep fried in sesame oil. They are slightly smaller that a baseball, but were definitly larger that a golf ball. What are they called? They are delicious ($3.75 for six).

Edited June 19, 2005 by mascarpone (log)

[aprilmei]

In Cantonese they would be geen dueh, although I'm not sure if this is the correct pinyin.

[SuzySushi]

Here they're called jin doi or jin dui.

[aprilmei]

Here they're called jin doi or jin dui.

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Yours might be the right Cantonese pinyin. I'm learning Mandarin pinyin but know only know what they're called in Cantonese.

[mascarpone]

Thanks very much for the info.

[mascarpone]

The name of the place that I found the geen dueh (a.k.a sesame balls) is Fong Inn Too Inc. @ 46 Mott Street (just south of Bayard on the East side of the street). The telephone number is 212-962-5196.

I stopped in there again this evening at around 8:45 PM and they were sold out but they had some in the refrigerator that they recommended steaming before eating.

I passed on the offer.

[mascarpone]

Fong Inn Too Inc. also sells:

Soft, Hard Curd

White-Dry Curd

Flavored-dry Bean Curd

Brown and White Rice Cakes

Rice Noodle

Shrimp Noodle

Lai Fun

Needle noodle

Sweet Rice Powder

Plain Rice Powder

Soy Bean Custard

Chinese Jelly Grass

Soy Bean Milk

Egg Roll Skin

Egg Noodles

Cooked Noodles

Pan Fried Noodles

Won Ton Skins

M. Bean Sprouts

Soy Bean Sprouts

Gluten

Plain Rice Paste

Taro Cake

Radish Cake