Dessert Recipes

A thick, hearty, earthy sweet soup. Chunks of starchy taro root are simmered until they begin to dissolve, thickening a sweet coconut milk broth into a creamy, purple-flecked porridge.

A modern dessert transforming the iconic, intensely strong Hong Kong-style milk tea into a silky, jiggly, chilled panna cotta-like pudding, often topped with boba pearls.

A sweet, chewy, golden-orange pan-fried dessert. Made by blending steamed kabocha squash with glutinous rice flour, stuffed with red bean paste, and coated in sesame seeds.

A modern, elegant, no-bake twist on the traditional mooncake. Eaten cold, featuring a soft, chewy, slightly translucent mochi-like skin, often filled with fruit, matcha, or custard.

A refreshing, translucent, golden-brown dim sum dessert cake. It boasts a perfectly bouncy, slightly chewy texture (thanks to water chestnut flour) loaded with crunchy bits of fresh water chestnut.

A visually spectacular, jewel-like dome of sweet, sticky glutinous rice, encasing a core of red bean paste, and heavily studded with eight 'treasures' of candied fruits, dates, and nuts.

Despite its name, this contains no tofu. A stark white, incredibly soft, trembling milk jelly flavored with intense almond extract, usually served cold with a fruit cocktail syrup.

The ultimate winter comfort dessert. Large, tender chunks of sweet potato simmered in a clear, intensely gingery, amber-colored rock sugar broth that warms you to the core.

One of the easiest and most universally beloved Chinese desserts. Chewy, translucent sago pearls swimming in a rich, sweetened bath of pure coconut and evaporated milk.

A nourishing, classic 'Tong Sui' (sweet soup) revered for its beauty benefits. Chunks of ripe papaya, gelatinous snow fungus, sweet red dates, and apricot kernels simmered in a light rock sugar syrup.

A culinary magic trick from Shunde. Hot milk is poured over fresh ginger juice, causing the milk proteins to instantly coagulate into a delicate, trembling, spicy-sweet pudding without any gelatin or thickeners.

A wildly popular Hong Kong dessert. A paper-thin, bright yellow crepe folded like a soft pillow around a massive chunk of fresh, sweet mango and lightly sweetened whipped cream.