Manggong Cake (盲公饼 – literally blind-man biscuit) is a speciality of Foshan city in Guangdong province, China. It’s a traditional biscuit (despite officially named as cake) made of ground nuts and sesame seeds, first created in 1800 by a blind fortune teller… hence the name.
The Manggong Cake is a popular souvenir for foreigners who visit Foshan or Guangdong… and the most well known brand is Heji (pic above). Not the tastiest biscuit I’ve had to be frank, but we got to appreciate a traditional recipe that has existed for over two centuries.
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the biscuit doesn’t look appetizing :p
Ya, I know… I guess they are trying to keep the biscuit as traditional as it could be.
i’ve always heard of these biscuits, but i’ve never tried them.
they make me think of chinese almond cookies.
It does resemble the Chinese almond cookies in taste.
i’ve just tried those biscuits/cake 2 days ago, some relatives bought from their Hkg trip, taste like peanut biscuits.
Well, ground nuts are the main ingredient… I guess it doesn’t taste much different with peanuts lol.
The biscuit is lush, those who say it’s not are blaspheming! It has a lovely melt in your mouth crumbly texture
I went to the factory in Foshan and met the owner. There is a more expensive version of the cookie that has pig fat that is suppose to be more tastier. I didn’t like them at first but I learned to like them later on.