Lotus crisp

  • Lotus Crisp With the broadcast of "A Bite of China 3", lotus crisp and Longjing tea crisp became popular all over the country. Interestingly, until the broadcast, many authentic Hangzhou people said that they had never heard of it. In fact, the lotus cake is a banquet-level fancy midpoint, and it was once listed in the Manchu Han Dynasty.
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Lotus crisp

Lotus crisp
With the broadcast of "A Bite of China 3", lotus crisp and Longjing tea crisp became popular all over the country. Interestingly, until the broadcast, many authentic Hangzhou people said that they had never heard of it. In fact, the lotus cake is a fancy midpoint at the level of "banquet", and it was once listed on the menu of the Manchurian and Han Dynasty banquets, so it is normal for ordinary people not to see it. Now there are many teahouses in Hangzhou that have begun to supply lotus cakes, and it has suddenly become a high-value dim sum on people's tables.
The lotus crisp is similar to the Longjing tea crisp, with red noodles, white noodles and puff pastry, wrapped layer by layer, cut a few bites with a knife, fried in the pot, and the puff pastry slowly blooms with the beauty of the lotus. The lotus crisp belongs to the bright crisp, each layer of its "petals" is in complete contact with the hot oil, the texture is more crispy than the Longjing tea crisp, the thin puff pastry makes a fine crispy sound between the teeth, quite wonderful, and the filling of broad beans, red bean paste, purple potatoes and so on adds to its fresh aroma.
The lotus cake is freshly made and sold, and the color will become dark after a few hours, and the taste will deteriorate, making it difficult to package and mail. Therefore, if you want to eat lotus cake, you can only go to the restaurant, which is more strenuous. The price of different restaurants is not the same, and the Lakeside Tea House can only order tea packages together, and the packaged hall may be placed for a long time, and the flavor is slightly inferior; Hangzhou Restaurant, Tianxianglou Hotel, Zhiweiguan and other restaurants are relatively close to the people, generally more than 30 yuan a piece. However, some restaurants have poor techniques, and the puff pastry is lumpy, which affects the aesthetics; Or some restaurants use the oven to bake, and it doesn't taste as crispy as frying in a pan.
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