Gift guide for the new year

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Spiced broad bean of City God Temple 老城隍廟五香豆

Price: 14.50 yuan / 220g

The history of spiced broad beans of City God Temple dates back to 1930s. At that time fennel beans were popular in Shanghai. A businessman named Guo Yingzhou improved the cooking method of fennel beans. He used broad beans produced in Jiading and cooked them with fennel, dried tangerine peel, Chinese cinnamon, sugar, flavoring essence and other ingredients. The beans of City God Temple are salty in flavor but smell like cream. You can buy them at the City God Temple.