Gift Cakes from Hong Kong
A few months back, a friend went to Hong Kong and what did I get? A box of cute snacks, of course. As 'banana' as I am, I have no idea what is its name, brand, ingredients etc. All I've got to show is the cute box, cute separate tin cans and cute individual wrappings. Please see below:-
I did not exaggerate, right? Cute huh.
The palm-sized cakes' texture were kind of like tight sponge cakes with 4 variety of fillings. If I remember correctly there were pineapple, green beans paste, lotus seeds paste and red beans paste. If you are able to read the characters, do correct me please. Actually I took a couple of bites only. Phitoy whacked the rest for breakfast, tea and supper over a weekend as the cans were conveniently placed in front of the TV. Tastewise, Phitoy agreed all were just average.
Banana here stands for 'yellow outside, white inside' aka 'Chinese exterior, England interior' (England spelt as such to reflect my Manglish). Still confused? Just means I am a born Chinese with yellow skin but illiterate in the Chinese language - Mandarin. In short, this 'ah-moi' no read nor write Chinese.
25 comments:
soooo cute! I really like this kind of lovely food packaging :)
free translation here 'share with true heart'. So it asked u to share the cakes with us lar.
xiu long bao, TQ for the free service. Sorry but think the cakes been 'converted' in Phitoy's digestion system di.
Hahaha.....after Phitoy whacked the rest for breakfast, tea and supper, he said it was just average??? ha ha ha...
So cute! It kinda looks like the Japanese snacks who also do the packaging beautifully.
eh welcome to the banana gang!..although you do know banana stands for something else also rite?..nvrmind no dirty talk in here..
yes it does look like a sinful tv snack..haha
wmw, as long as no preparation & cleaning needed, it's 'wallop all' time.
boo_licious, that's why I kept d empty cans!
joe, say I don't. U gonna reveal it like u exposed your 'raisins'? Lol!
*Whoosh, exodus of readers (fruits fans) from here to your blog*
Eh...with my limited knowledge of Chinese words....I still can identift a word or two. It's called 'Kei Wah'. Very cute packaging indeed.
precious pea, does it mean anything?
so cute....! is that an elephant?
Not sure if this sounds shallow, but sometimes, I go more for the packaging and design. If makan is average, never mind lor. Next time find something better.
But in meantime can keep those beautifully designed cans & containers ma... :)
Eh, I'm banana too... can't read or write but can speak. Which can be helpful in ordering food... ;)
meiyen, hahaha. 'Lil fat monks-like character-lar.
kenny mah, if as gift (giving/receiving) appearance matters a lot. But for own consumption, I'm not too particular.
So true. But sometimes, pointing out food choices works even more effectively. Nowadays, more hand gestures are needed when most staff are made of foreigners who have difficulty understanding when we order outside the menu or there's a need to 'customise' the dishes. *sigh*
Tak tau wor. I know how to read but dunno the meaning. Perhaps Jackson can help us in this.
precious pea, think our big piece boss very bc. He doesn't seem to have come by. =(
Kee Wah is a very popular HK bakery chain, I frequent their stores here for their creamy pineapple buns hehe..anyhoo, for these cute lil' bites, most Taiwanese would bring them back as souvenirs for friends. I especially love those flaky pineapple shortcakes and honeymelon chewy mochi-like cakes, yums !:)
Hahaha... Jackson MIA eh? But really cue lar, reminds me of the gift box I received from my ex boss 2 years ago fom Japan.
meltingwok, thx so much for d info. mext trip there, I'll look out for their mochi-like cakes.
jason, those Japanese packaging are known to be incredibly attractive indeed.
ARGH!!! NICE NICE NICE!! Im those ppl that get conned easily to buy stuff because of the packaging. :D
whoa look at all that packaging...
tummythoz,
The packaging is marvellous! Malaysia got sell or not?
The tin box so cute. Can I have one?
honey star & sze, a defect in all female? A fun defect, no doubt. Hey, it helps churn d economy, k.
kok, not that I know of.
the cooking ninja, hello hello or should it be ohio gazaimas! My only set so cannot give-lor. Then my set not complete d. U want picture instead? Nyek nyek nyek.
Very cute indeed..!
mama bok, welcome!
this is so cute. it is expencive? im new here anyway. nice meeting everyone!
memories, welcome welcome. No posts in your blog yet?
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