Today I bought Wan Fuxing's cake dumplings.
Suzhou people pay attention to not eating from time to time, what cake dumplings to eat in what season, support cake, Dingsheng cake, green ball, pine flower ball, sugar rice cake, a variety of things, each with its own characteristics.
In the summer, it is the cake balls that are also the taste of summer.
A few days ago, friends from other places mentioned the green dough to me, I said that the spring dim sum of the green dough and the pine blossom dough is now gone, and the seasonal cake balls in the summer are fried meat dumplings, double brewed dumplings and mint cakes.
Fried meat stuffing dumplings are traditional snacks in Suzhou, with steamed glutinous rice, stalk rice wrapped fried filling, the filling heart has pork, flat tip, Kaiyang, bamboo shoots, fungus, golden needle vegetables, but also put the whole shrimp into it, the boss will pack a little soup for guests to take home, when eating, poured, a bite down fresh eyebrows.
The appearance of the double brewed dough is not proud, in fact, it is very delicious, the glutinous rice is wrapped in bean paste and sesame seeds, two kinds of filling, it is fragrant and sticky and sweet.
I also bought Komoto pine and mint cake. It's all mint flavored and perfect for summer.