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AP PHOTOS: Move over peanuts, pistachio is the latest trend for Hong Kong New Year treats

Chan Long Hei,Alice Fung
Thursday 30 January 2025 03:13 GMT

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A Hong Kong culinary institution is acknowledging that changing times bring changing tastes and has found a hit in adding American pistachios to the range of flavors in its famed dumplings.

The Kwan Hong Bakery last year began offering the new flavor alongside the traditional peanut and red bean fillings that are the heart of the sweet, deep-fried pastry, which is hand-filled and folded like the wide range of sweet and savory dumplings known in the local dialect as ā€œkok zai.ā€

Demand is especially strong around the Lunar New Year, which fell on Wednesday, with long lines outside the 46-year-old family-owned business in the cityā€™s Sham Shui Po district.

ā€œWe hope that bringing more new flavors to customers would bring in more business,ā€ says Ho Yuet-yin, wife of the bakeryā€™s founder.

The older generation still go for the traditional flavors, but ā€œnow the younger people are more picky and we think the pistachio is an excellent new flavor,ā€ Ho says.

Walnuts and macadamia nuts were also considered but ultimately ā€œpistachio is the one which works out well,ā€ said Charles Ng, Kwan Hongā€™s manager.

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