Top 10 most famous Shanghai snacks

By Xu Lin
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Crab shell cake 蟹壳黄

Crab shell cake, one of the 'top 10 most famous Shanghai snacks' by China.org.cn.

Crab shell cakes


Crab shell cake is a kind of shortbread baked from ferment flour with oil, sesame seeds and salty or sweet fillings. The name comes from its color of brown yellow, which looks like a cooked crab shell. There are many options for the cake’s fillings: spring onion, pork, crab meat, shrimp, sugar, rose pedals, bean paste and jujube paste. The cake is crispy with a sesame flavor. The crab shell cakes, along with the pan-fried buns stuffed with pork, was the most popular snacks in many most Shanghai tea houses over the years.

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