Butterfly Crisp is a traditional dish in Shanghai. Old Shanghainese especially like it, especially the butterfly crisp in the first food store in Nanjing Road, Shanghai. There is a long queue every day.

Butterfly cakes in Shanghai are shaped like butterflies. Butterflies piled up with various cakes are full of fragrance, especially those freshly baked, which are fragrant, sweet but not greasy, and can be eaten several times in one breath. At present, the price of Butterfly Crisp is relatively expensive. Although it costs 50 yuan a catty, it still can't stop people from buying and tasting it.

Butterfly crisp introduction:

Butterfly Crisp was introduced to China in the early 20th century. Combined with the taste characteristics of China people, it has been improved into a masterpiece of Shanghai dim sum.

Butterfly Crisp is a classic western dessert, which is very popular in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Jews. It is generally believed that this dessert was invented in France in the early 20th century, and some people think that it was first baked in Vienna, Austria, so this dessert has no exact origin.

It is generally believed that the development of butterfly crisp is based on the change of baking methods of nuts and honey cakes and other similar Middle Eastern desserts. Because of its shape, there are also images of "palm leaves", "elephant ears" and "glasses" in the west. In Germany, this dessert is also called "Schweineohren", which means pig's ear; Because it looks like a butterfly, it is called Butterfly Crisp in Chinese.