I believe that the friends who have been to Macau have been fascinated by the Portuguese-style art street and are believed to be attracted by the almond cakes sold through the street. The entrance is scattered, the scent is between the lips and teeth, and the almond cake that gives people an unspeakable sense of happiness, why did it become the "explosion" of the Macau Taipa official street?

If you want to get to the bottom of it, I am afraid that it has to be "decomposed" from its historical origin and later development. But it is worth mentioning that the almond cake is not an almond, but a mung bean. It is called an almond cake because it looks like an almond.

The origin of the macaroons, according to legend, during the early Ming Dynasty, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty constantly collected various taxes from the people, and the people were oppressed and looted more seriously. The most representative of the country was the uprising. The team is the insurrection army led by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang’s wife, Mars, is a very intelligent person. In the early days of the uprising, because of the wars and chaos, the food was often not enough. The army had to run around and fight. In order to facilitate the sergeant to carry dry food, Mars came up with wheat. Mung beans, soybeans and other things that can be eaten together, ground into powder, made into cakes, distributed to sergeants, not only easy to carry, but also can be eaten anytime, anywhere, and played a great help to the marching war. Because the cakes made by such messy things are more difficult to eat, the smart people add on the basis of the cake, or reduce the raw materials, update the method, and finally find that the raw materials such as mung bean powder and pork are used for filling. The cake that came out was very delicious. The entrance to the cake was sweet and fragrant, chewing, fat and not greasy, which formed the ancestor of the almond cake! Another source is the end of the Qing dynasty, which was widely recognized by later generations. It is said that Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City) has a scholarly family, the family road is sunset, and the economy is tight. At the time of his mother's birthday, he is worried about the expenses of entertaining relatives and friends. The name of his family's niece, Pan Yanxiang, is a clever, eager to learn, and a good craftsmanship. In a certain year, when the value of Xiao mother is born, everyone suffers from no gifts. At this time, Pan Yanxiang, a self-combed female helper from Daliang Shunde, used green beans to grind into a cake, sandwiched a thin sugar-salted pork in the middle of the cake, and baked it to make a fragrant mung bean cake. After the Xiaojia up and down and friends and relatives tasted it, I felt that the cake was shaped like almonds, with almond flavor, and the entrance was crisp and full of praise. Later, Xiao Youbai ordered Pan Yanxiang and Shi Yulin to give this cake to relatives and friends, and gave the mung bean cake to the famous county of Xiangshan for tasting. After the county magistrate Yu Shouyi had eaten the cake, the aftertaste was endless, and the inscription "tooth and cheeks" was immediately. Since then, Xiao Youbai has named this cake "mouth fragrant almond cake".