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Snacks Asian Style

  • September 23, 2010 12:00 am

What do you consider a snack?

Fruits?  Chips?  Candy bar?

How about mustard covered peas?  Spicy ginger?  Dried clams?

I was recently back to Hawai’i for my grandmother’s funeral (another story) and needed to bring back some goods for my friends, you know… macadamia nuts, guava cookies and stuff.  But when I was a kid that stuff kinda sucked.

My favorites…

Haw flakes – Fruit of the Chinese hawthorne

Li Hing Mui – Salted dried plum

Arare – Rice crackers with soy sauce (da best)

So weird that these snacks are normal for me and I would eat them in public.  So the next time you see someone (like me) on the streets eating dried clams… don’t be grossed out… ask to try one and see!  Read more...

Double Happiness: Haw crack

  • November 4, 2009 10:42 pm

800px-Hawflakes

So you guys inspired me.  With all the communal nostalgia over Royal Dansk Butter Cookies, I am going to start a series called ‘Double Happiness’ that covers random Chinese/Chinese American clichés, universal truths, products, sayings, customs, etc.  In doing so, I’d love to know if all things Chinese for me are the same for you — Chinese or not.

I’ll begin with the famous Haw flakes.  These were flat candies that resemble Communion wafers except they are really tasty and addictive.  In addition to lots of sugar and unknown artificial ingredients, these flakes are made of dried ‘haw’ fruit which is a kind of sweet and tart plum that tastes like tamarind.  Packed like a fresh batch of bankrolled quarters, they are wonderfully small and compact.  Perfect for a kid to have in their pocket in case they need to replenish their sugar high.