![]() Hopia dice made it easier for street vendors to start selling them, since they don’t need big budgets to buy oven since these are made using a flat pan and long spatulas to shape as it cooks. Street vendors showcase their flat pan in front of their shops while cooking this cube shape hopia to lure passers-by with the scent and its drool worthy looks. Hopia dice on the other hand started to show in the streets of Manila when I was in High School, so I am guessing this would have been invented around the late 80’s. Many years later Eng Bee Tin different flavours was introduced by Eng Bee Tin like ube, pork floss, custard, durian, kundol, mango, pineapple and pandan which started around the 80’s. ![]() I love this pastry and I grew up eating a lot of this, it is sold everywhere and its quite inexpensive, I still remember before the popular Filipino Chinese brands today like Eng Bee Tin and Polland there was this Tipas where it is sold in boxes of 10 pieces. Bakpia is usually made with meat fillings it was later modified to suit the local palate and the mung bean variety came into light, eventually it became the more popular version in the Philippines. ![]() This pastry originated from the Chinese pastry called Bakpia which was introduced by the Fujianese immigrants around the turn of the twentieth century. Hopia is one of the favourite snacks in the Philippines where traditionally it is made with flaky pastry filled with mashed and sweetened green or red beans. ![]()
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