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Macau, a former Portuguese colony, is full of these pastries. This may be how they entered China...
by pkallberg 12y ago
Macau, a former Portuguese colony, is full of these pastries. This may be how they entered China...
- Umofomia 12y agoIndeed, they were popularized in Hong Kong via Macau: Custard tarts derived from the Portuguese pastry were introduced in Hong Kong in the 1940s by cha chaan tengs via the Portuguese colony of Macau. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_tart#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_tart#History