I. Meaning:

1, egg tart (dàntà)(EggTart) is a western-style pie with egg paste as the filling; Taiwan Province Province is called the Egg Tower, and "Egg tart" is a transliteration of the English word "tart", which means a pie with exposed stuffing (a pie whose back is covered by a pie crust and a sealed stuffing); Egg tart is a "tart" with egg paste as filling.

Second, the production method: put the cake crust into a small round pot-shaped cake mold, then pour in the egg paste mixed with sugar and eggs, and then put it in the oven; The baked egg tart has a crispy crust on the outer layer and a sweet yellow solidified egg paste on the inner layer.

3. Egg tarts (mini-egg tarts) are also included in the menus of many restaurants in China. LauraMason pointed out in "Traditional British Food" that as early as the Middle Ages, the British had made food similar to egg tarts with milk, sugar, eggs and different spices. Pointed egg tart is also one of the dishes of the sixth banquet in China in the17th century.

Fourth, the development process:

1. Although egg tart is very popular in Hong Kong, its history in Hong Kong is still very short. According to the research of Wu Hao, an amateur Hong Kong historian, in the1920s, there was fierce competition among the major department stores in Guangzhou. In order to attract customers, department store chefs design a "weekly beauty spot" every week to attract customers, and it is at this time that egg tarts appeared in Guangzhou.

2. There is no exact year when egg tarts were introduced into Hong Kong. Some people say that egg tarts appeared in Hong Kong cake shops from the 1960s+0940s, and entered most tea restaurants from the 1960s+0950s to the 1960s+0980s. At first, the egg tarts in tea restaurants were relatively large, and an egg tart could become an afternoon tea meal.