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  1. 1 Pineapple bun Pineapple bun Sweet Pastry · China Nº 928
  2. 2 Egg waffle Egg waffle Street Food Sweets · China Nº 1,776
  3. 3 Thousand Layer Cake (Chien chang go) Thousand Layer Cake (Chien chang go) Cake · China Nº 2,879
  4. 4 Cocktail Bun Cocktail Bun Sweet Bread · China Nº 3,843
  5. 5 Nuomici Nuomici Sweet Pastry · China Nº 4,110
  6. 6 Egg tart Egg tart Sweet Pastry · China Nº 4,231
  7. 7 Steamed custard buns (Nai wong bao) Steamed custard buns (Nai wong bao) Dessert · China Nº 4,314
  8. 8 Zhi ma bao Zhi ma bao Dessert · China Nº 4,465
  9. 9 Paper Wrapped Cake Paper Wrapped Cake Cake · China Nº 4,503
  10. 10 Snow Skin Mooncake Snow Skin Mooncake Dessert · China Nº 4,562
  11. 11 Sachima Sachima Deep-fried Dessert · China Nº 4,802
  12. 12 Red Bean Cake Red Bean Cake Dessert · China Nº 4,966
  13. 13 Cream Bun Cream Bun Sweet Pastry · China Nº 5,165
  14. 14 Chinese mango pudding (Mangguo buding) Chinese mango pudding (Mangguo buding) Pudding · China Nº 6,102
  15. 15 Baobing Baobing Frozen Dessert · China Nº 6,243
  16. 16 Black Sesame Roll Black Sesame Roll Dessert · China Nº 6,285
  17. 17 Macau Almond Cookies Macau Almond Cookies Cookie · China Nº 6,493
  18. 18 Guilinggao Guilinggao Dessert · China Nº 7,190
  19. 19 Doushabao Doushabao Dessert · China Nº 7,675
  20. 20 Longevity Peach Longevity Peach Sweet Pastry · China Nº 7,968
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