Archive for August 26th, 2010
Portuguese egg tart, the predecessor of the Cantonese 蛋撻?
Thursday, August 26th, 2010I was in Penang, Malaysia when I saw the Portugese egg tart, also known as pastel de nata, at a local dessert chain called Maxim’s. These are theorized to be an inspiration for the Cantonese egg tart, called dan ta (蛋撻), as they got to Hong Kong via Macau, a Portugese colony when the Portugese […]