Shaobing
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Shaobing, also called huoshao, is a type of baked, unleavened, layered flatbread in northern Chinese cuisine. Shaobing can be made with or without stuffing, and with or without sesame on top. Shaobing
Typical shaobing. The round shaobing on the right are sweet and filled with sugar and the long shaobing on the left are savory and salted.
Sesame shaobing
Magao, or Changzhou sesame cake
Huangqiao shaobing
Mantou
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Mantou, often referred to as a Chinese steamed bun, is a white and soft type of steamed bread or bun popular in northern China. Folk etymology connects the name mantou to a tale about Zhuge Liang.
Shaobing
…and tofu, braised beef, smoked meat, or beef or pork with spices. Shaobing is not very well known in southern China, unlike other northern dishes like mantou, baozi, and youtiao. Most Shaobing are popular in the northern part of China. Different types of shaobing are often associated with certain cities and…
Classic white mantou
Deep-fried mantou, or "gold and silver mantou", is a popular Chinese dessert served with sweetened condensed milk.
Ming dynasty book illustration of Zhuge Liang offering mantou shaped into resembling human heads to the river
These peach mantous found at a Chinese restaurant in Japan contain red bean paste as fillings.