Shakespeare, also known as omelet ball, sand dune, ice egg ball and glazed egg ball, originated from one of the traditional fried sweets in China, and was popular in China, Guangdong, Henan and other places, and spread to Ryukyu Islands. There are some differences in Shakespeare nowadays, but they all mix eggs, oil and flour into dough, fry it and add sugar.

Fried egg balls appeared in Guangdong at the latest in the late Ming Dynasty. According to Qu Dajun's Guangdong Newspeak, at that time, Cantonese cooked glutinous rice flour with white sugar and lard, which was called "sand". At that time, sand was also the food for Chinese New Year. Later, flour was replaced by glutinous rice flour and eggs were added. Because it is fried with a layer of sugar, it looks like a white-haired old man, so it is also a sand Weng.