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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Run Mad after Sweets from Hainan Province


Ching Poo Luong


In the area of Beijing, sweets or desserts are eaten before the dinner. However, in the area of Guangdong, desserts are often eaten after the dinner, which can also be used as midnight snack. By contrast, it is completely different in Hainan province. Sweets are never treated as the supporting role in Hainan province such as nourish cool (or named Ching Poo Luong) and Chinese fevervine herb. Let us experience the unique charm and difference of desserts in Hainan.

It is not an easy thing to talk about the nourish cool in Hainan province. People would argue fiercely when regarding whose nourish cool is better. The reason is that this kind of dessert is so popular in Hainan province. It is said that there was this kind of nourish cool in 1920s, which was very cheap in that time.

There is also nourish cool in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, but the nourish cool is better just in the aspect of raw materials. The nourish cool in the above two provinces is only made from several materials. However, the nourish cool in Hainan needs at least ten kinds of materials and some kinds of nourish cool need more than twenty kinds of materials.

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