Weird Chinese snacks?

[Domestic Goddess]

Haw flakes are also a favorite snack in the Philippines. We would play pretend mass and use the haw flakes as communion hosts. Talk about being sacrilegious Catholics.

[hzrt8w]

2. slice of raw ginger dunked in honey and chewed on

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This is a wonderful idea! Ginger and sugar/honey would go very well together. I will try this sometimes!

[JasonTrue]

I've had this at a Korean imperial-style multicourse restaurant using ginseng instead of ginger... thin slices, thick honey, and surprisingly refreshing.

2. slice of raw ginger dunked in honey and chewed on

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This is a wonderful idea! Ginger and sugar/honey would go very well together. I will try this sometimes!

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[Kent Wang]

How about those little glass vials of ginseng juice? I miss drinking those as a kid. I may have to pick that up again!

[annachan]

How about those little glass vials of ginseng juice? I miss drinking those as a kid. I may have to pick that up again!

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Don't forget the honey drinks!

[Dejah]

How about sweet/salty/sour: chun pei yuen - boogers - tiny, tiny cubes of orange peel in the little bottles.

The kids always called them boogers, and they loved to gross out their Canadian friends.

[aznsailorboi]

How about sweet/salty/sour: chun pei yuen - boogers - tiny, tiny cubes of orange peel in the little bottles.

The kids always called them boogers, and they loved to gross out their Canadian friends.

OMG hahahaha I remember those....geez they gross out most people not just westerners, haha I went to a chinese school, and still grossed out my classmates who are chinese! LOL

weird chinese snacks, I guess technically almost all chinese snacks are weird...coz everytime I bring a snack to work, my co-workers cringe in amazement with what I brought it, they said they felt like they were in the "eating" portion of fear factor. hahaha

[hzrt8w]

How about sweet/salty/sour: chun pei yuen - boogers - tiny, tiny cubes of orange peel  in the little bottles.

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Indeed. I think the "official" street name for those in Hong Kong is bei see. No no, no translation will be provided.

[prasantrin]

Haw flakes are also a favorite snack in the Philippines. We would play pretend mass and use the haw flakes as communion hosts. Talk about being sacrilegious Catholics.

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We did that, too! Glad to know we weren't the only heathens out there.

(I actually once snuck a host from church, just to see what it was like, and my pain-in-the-ass sister snitched on me, resulting in the worst scolding of my life. I don't think I ever used a haw flake as a host again...And my sister is still a pain in the ass!)

Edited December 11, 2006 by prasantrin (log)

[SuzySushi]

Oh, geez, now you guys have me craving haw flakes!

It's almost 11 on a Sunday night and noplace that sells them is open. Grumble grumble grumble.

[pearls]

Hi, ever tried japanese Konbu? You can snack on the plain Konbu or the one I prefer is Umeboshi-Konbu. Sun dried Japanese seaweed seasoned with Japanese plum paste.

My grandma used to snack on 'pan' in Hindi or 'Kapor serei' in malay. Anyone hear or know it? I think the older generation in malaysia's nyonya community still eats it but it is very well known in India.