Remember the dark pink candy is usually formed into discs one millimeter thick but sold in bout bout 30 pieces with paper wrapped packaging which u always buy from those uncle who sells small lil packet of snacks at the back of his bike while u were waiting for ur bus or parents to pick u up after school?
Yeap! the haw flakes(山楂饼)! During my time it was probably sold for only 20 or 30 cents only. I wonder what’s the price now.
When I was younger, I didn’t know Haw flakes was actually made from a fruit! It didn’t cross my mind or even bothered to find out how it looks like till my colleague brought his mom’s delicious home made Haw flakes cake to share at work and so I Google it.
Nah! For those who doesn’t know how Haw fruit/berries looks like.
Haw fruit/berries is also known as Chinese hawthorn or shan zha(山楂) or scientifically known as Crataegus pinnatifida. If you think this fruit looks familiar, you’d probably seen it on a stick, tanghulu(糖葫芦) - crystalline sugar-coated haws on a stick.
Btw, back to the cake, it’s Yummy! Great for those who are not totally into sweet stuff coz there’s hint of sourness in it. It also tasted a lil like the fruit cake u usually have around xmas just that it’s a lil more sour.
Aww…. eating this just brings back some childhood memories!
wao~ thanks for the info.
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