From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tong sui
Tong sui
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Chinese 糖水
Literal meaning sugar water
Tian tang
Chinese 甜湯
Literal meaning sweet soup
sui, tong,
Tong sui also known as tim tong is a collective term for
any sweet, warm soup or custard served as a dessert at
the end of a meal in Cantonese cuisine. Tong sui are a
Cantonese specialty and are rarely found in other region-
al cuisines of China. Outside of Cantonese-speaking com-
munities, soupy desserts generally are not recognized as
a distinct category, and the term tong sui is not used.
There is a wide variety of tong sui and in Hong Kong
and Malaysia, there are often stalls which devote them-
selves just to selling different types of desserts. These
dessert stalls have also gained prominence in overseas
Chinese communities, and can be found in various parts
of Canada, Australia and the United States.
In Vietnamese cuisine, a similar dessert soup is called
chè.
Common varieties
See also
• Cantonese desserts
• Chè
• Compote
• Fruit cocktail
• Kissel
• Kompot
• Sâm bổ lượng
• Tangyuan (food)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tong sui
English name Chinese name Description
Black sesame paste 芝麻糊
Douhua 豆花, 豆腐花 Tofu pudding (The tofu itself is taste-
less; sweet syrup is served in a sepa-
rate bowl)
Egg tong sui 雞蛋糖水 popular in Hong Kong and southern
China
Got fan 葛粉 kudzu soup
Guilinggao 龜苓膏 made from three-lined box turtle
Hasma 雪蛤 A dessert made of dried fallopian
tubes of the frog with supposed
health benefits.
Red bean soup 紅豆湯, 紅豆沙
Sai mai lo or Sago 西米露 A dessert soup of pearl tapioca, co-
conut and evaporated milk
Mung bean soup 綠豆湯, 綠豆沙 Made from mung beans, sometimes
also served with seaweed
6 flavors 六味
Peanut paste soup 花生糊
Steamed egg custard 燉蛋
Steamed milk custard 燉奶
Sweet potato soup 番薯糖水
Sweet almond soup 杏仁糊
Sweet walnut soup 核桃糊
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