The status of pear paste candy in Shanghai can be on a par with Banlan root, and it is widely loved by middle-aged and elderly people because of its medicinal properties, and in the past, there were even sugar sellers who made up a small song to "praise" the medicinal value of pear paste candy. Although the pear paste candy does not look conspicuous, it also has a clear gang division, such as the Su Gang, the Hangzhou Gang, the Yang Gang, the Bengang, etc., in the early years, the old city God's Temple sold the pear paste candy of the gang. According to its edible effect, pear paste candy is divided into color pear paste candy and curative pear paste candy. The ingredients used in the pear paste candy are generally peanuts, fruits, pine nuts, osmanthus, bean paste, etc., which are sweet and delicious, sweet but not greasy, mainly for eating and playing. The curative pear paste candy has some traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, which are made of pear juice, loquat juice, honey, Chuanbei, almonds, banxia, and poria cocos, and even add cloves and bergamot, which is said to have various "effects".
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Shanghai pear paste candy (Yuyuan Mall store)
Business district: Shanghai City God's Temple/Xiaonanmen
Address: 1st Floor, Yuyuan Mall, No. 288 Fuyou Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Phone: 021-63559999
Business hours: Monday to Sunday 09:00-21:00
Per capita: 30 yuan