Hong Kong Wife Biscuits

Thank you so much to my music teacher Kellyn who personally brough back a box of Hong Kong well known local delight called "Lou Poh Peng 老婆餅" (Wife Biscuits) freshly handmade from its origin place - "Yuen Long" old cake shop.

I had been heard of this long time ago, but it was my first time taste on its yesterday. It's very crunchy on the outer skin but the inner white lotus paste filling was very soft & chewy... Its very unique & tasty... yummy... I manage to finished it in a day... now I still missed the taste so much... perhaps I can only taste it again on my next trip to Hong Kong :)




More info from Wikipedia:

A sweetheart cake or wife cake (老婆餅) is a traditional Chinese pastry made with winter melon and almond paste.

There are many classes held in Hong Kong for making sweetheart cakes. The sweetheart cake, though it has such a long history, is still popular among many in Hong Kong. Many people in Hong Kong, as well as professional chefs, are reportedly modifying this pastry to make it more "modern" and better-tasting.

One of the most well-recognized sweetheart cake shop is the Heng Heung Cake Shop (恆香老餅家) in Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong

Legendary Origin

A long time ago in feudal China, there was a couple that lived a very poor life. They loved each other and lived in a small village.

Suddenly, a mysterious disease spread. The husband's father became very sick. The couple spent all of their money in order to treat the man's father, but he was still sick. The wife sold herself as a slave in exchange for money to buy medicine for her father-in-law.

Once the husband learned about what his wife did, he made a cake filled with winter melon and with a crispy crust. His cake became so popular that he was able to earn enough money to buy his wife back and reunited.