
Sesame Seed Ball and Scotch Egg: Separated at Birth?
by The Magpie
Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year began on January 31, 2014. To celebrate start of the year of the horse, (don’t make the same mistake the BBC did) a friend of the Magpie shared a box of still-warm-from-the-bakery treats. While accepted graciously, said treat sat for some time while the Magpie studied it. A few web searches revealed that the item in question was a sesame seed ball or jin deui. It was the Magpie’s first taste of such a […]
Categories: culture, food, photographs • Tags: jin deui, lunar new year, scotch egg, sesame seed balls