Steamed Rice Cakes with Sweet Stuffing (Ai Wo Wo) ( Huguosi Restaurant )
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Type:
Snacks -
Tel:
(010)66181705 -
Per Capita Consumption:
30 RMB 30 RMB -
Business hours:
5:30 - 21:00
Description
Steamed Rice Cakes with Sweet Stuffing (Ai Wo Wo)
Ai Wo Wo is a traditional Beijing snack with a very long history and receives a great popularity among the public. Usually, Ai Wo Wo is made of sticky rice as its appearance and various types of stuffings such as sesame paste, mushed Chinese date, red bean paste, walnuts, hawthorn berries, etc.
It is recorded that this snack appeared in the Ming Dynasty, while the other story believes that it was originated from the Qing Dynasty. It is said that during the reign of emperor Qianlong in...
Steamed Rice Cakes with Sweet Stuffing (Ai Wo Wo)
Ai Wo Wo is a traditional Beijing snack with a very long history and receives a great popularity among the public. Usually, Ai Wo Wo is made of sticky rice as its appearance and various types of stuffings such as sesame paste, mushed Chinese date, red bean paste, walnuts, hawthorn berries, etc.
It is recorded that this snack appeared in the Ming Dynasty, while the other story believes that it was originated from the Qing Dynasty. It is said that during the reign of emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, there was an imperial concubine from the Uyghurs. In order to please this imperial concubine, the emperor especially recruited a Uyghur chef to cook halal food for her, and this snack was her favorite one.
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In the old days, Aiwowo was on sale from the Chinese New Year to the late summer. Now people can buy them throughout the year.