Showing posts with label sweets/candies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sweets/candies. Show all posts

Chan pei mui ??? (Chinese fruit candy)

Posted by yanti on Sunday, February 20, 2011

Anyone remembers and still eats Chan pei mui ???? Chan pei mui is a traditional Chinese candy. I love it since I was a kid. It is a fruit candy, looks brown/black soft and chewy with a strong citrus peel flavour.

From the name chan pei mui ???, you can guess the ingredients include chan pei or mandarin peel and the other is plum or in Chinese ? ('mui' in Cantonese or 'mei' in Mandarin).

I have
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Candied lotus seeds ???

Posted by yanti on Tuesday, February 9, 2010

During CNY many Chinese will have a box of candied fruits and nuts at home to welcome friends and families when they visit and also given them as gifts. Popular candied stuff like candied lotus root slices, lotus seeds, red dates (jujube), kumquats and winter melon.Candied lotus seeds (tang lan zi ???) are popular especially for any family wishing to have kids because the word lotus seeds in
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