Nanjing people like sweetness, and cake dumplings are a major local dessert, which is one of the other must-try snacks when you come to Nanjing. Speaking of Fang Po cake shop, many old Nanjing feel very cordial. Although its opening time is not as good as Lianhu, its popularity and reputation are on par with Lianhu. The shop was founded in the 80s of the last century, and the owner Shi Fangpo made his fortune selling Nanjing's traditional pastry "steamed child cake" along the street, and later opened a store in Xinjiekou, mainly selling stuffed lantern festivals, sugar seedlings and various pastries. In business for more than 30 years, the taste has remained the same.

The store originally mainly sold pastries, but gradually expanded the variety and began to provide special snacks such as black rice balls, meat dumplings, and sugar seedlings. Instead of purple rice or black glutinous rice, black rice balls are mashed to extract juice and boiled in black juice to make rice. The rice is made of glutinous rice or japonica rice, which has a sticky and tough taste, and the rice is mixed with the fragrance of southern candle leaves. Rice balls can be wrapped with ingredients such as fritters and meat floss, which makes the taste richer and adds flavor to the rice balls. However, fried dough sticks often become soft due to the wetness of the rice balls, resulting in a poor taste, which is a common problem of black rice balls. The black rice balls are only served in the morning, but in the afternoon, they are also worth trying, such as red bean lantern festival, candied taro sprouts, and sake brew. The taro in the sugar taro seedlings is powdery, the soup is thick, and the taste is slightly sweet; The amount of wine brewed in the Lantern Festival is large, the meatballs have a strong flavor, and the light bite is full of wine aroma and moderate sweetness. As a breakfast shop, the old braised eggs and meat dumplings are also the best-selling foods in the store.

Today's Fang Po store is located on Wangfu Street, with a small face, and only a narrow aisle can be placed with six or seven tables and chairs, which is very cramped. The store is mainly sold at the window, and customers line up to buy it and eat it at the door or take it away. The clerks and aunts have a clear division of labor, high efficiency and enthusiastic attitude.