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Tanghulu
A variety of bingtanghulu for sale on the street in Shanghai
Alternative namesBingtanghulu
TypePastry
Place of originChina
Region or stateBeijing
Main ingredientsCandied fruits, sugar syrup; sometimes chocolate, or sesame sprinkles
Tanghulu
Traditional Chinese糖葫蘆
Simplified Chinese糖葫芦
Literal meaningsugar gourd
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyintánghúlu
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingtong4 wu4 lou4*2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJthn̂g-hô͘-lô͘
bīngtánghúlu
Traditional Chinese冰糖葫蘆
Simplified Chinese冰糖葫芦
Literal meaningiced sugar bottle gourd
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinbīngtánghúlu
Southern Min
Hokkien POJpeng-thn̂g-hô͘-lô͘

Tanghulu, also called bingtanghulu, is a traditional Chinese snack of candied fruit.[1] It is commonly available in many Chinese cities, such as Beijing,[1] Tianjin, Shanghai, and other Chinese cities. It consists of candied fruits on bamboo skewers that are approximately 20cm long. This snack can be found widely along the Beijing snack street Wangfujing and also there are street vendors who travel from place to place selling it.

Tanghulu typically has a hardened sugar coating that comes from dipping the skewer in sugar syrup, but versions can also be found with a second chocolate coating, or sesame sprinkles. Traditionally, the fruit used has been Chinese hawthorn (山楂 shānzhā), but in recent times vendors have also used various other fruits, such as cherry tomatoes, mandarin oranges, strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, kiwifruit, bananas, or grapes.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bing Tang Hulu (Candied Haw in a Stick)". Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 1 November 2011.