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Best Suncake (Taiwan) in Toronto
“Flaky crusts filled with maltose, eaten with tea or dissolved into hot water for a porridge-like dessert.”
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A suncake, or taiyang bing, is a popular Taiwanese dessert originally from the city of Taichung, in central Taiwan. The typical fillings consist of maltose (condensed malt sugar), and they are usually sold in special gift boxes as souvenirs for visitors. Some famous suncake pastry shops always have long lines of people waiting to buy boxed suncakes. Suncakes are round, and they may vary in size. They are characterized by flaky crusts. Most people eat them with tea, and some people dissolve them in hot water to make a porridge-like dessert.
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Suncakes are round, flaky-crusted pastries born in Taichung that have become Taiwan's beloved souvenir. Filled with maltose—that deep, malty sweetness—they're meant for sharing, for gifting, for lingering over with tea. Some people dissolve them into hot water, watching them soften into something closer to porridge, a different pleasure entirely.
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- iconic Taiwanese souvenir
- versatile serving method
- long-standing popularity
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