Daxiang Xian Tao Xingzhi once wrote a poem praising the small sesame pancakes in his hometown: "Three crab shell yolks, two bowls of mung bean porridge, eat them in your stomach, and enjoy immeasurable blessings together." The poem was written several times It is almost a vernacular, but it also sketches the leisurely life of Huizhou people. This is a traditional snack in Huizhou. The shape is small and plump, yellow in color, like a crab shell, so it is called "crab shell yellow".

Who is the originator of calling the small sesame cakes crab shell yellow? I really can’t tell. As a snack, it is also very popular in Shanghai. "Smell the aroma before seeing the bakery, and the crispy cakes are pouring out of your mouth." Whether it is white-collar workers or ordinary people, they all love this dish.

There are sweet and salty styles of Shanghai style: the sweet version mainly uses white sugar lard as the filling, but also roses, date paste, bean paste, etc.; the salty version mainly uses diced pork, and the more sophisticated ones add crab powder. , shrimps and the like. Of course, the stuffing of shredded radish mixed with scallions and one green and two white is also very popular.

At the door of many teahouses in Shanghai in the early days, there was a barrel-shaped oven and a flat-bottomed frying pan oven. The former grilled crab shell roe and the latter made pan-fried buns, two very different styles of snacks. Working hand in hand, they complement each other. A rickshaw came rustling over, and those who got off were either newspaper editors who stayed up late, or teachers who had just finished class. Here we ordered two pan-fried steamed buns with crab shell yolk. Over there, the glass door of the teahouse has been opened. The waiter bends down and invites you in. This is the beginning of a petty bourgeois life on the beach in Shanghai.