We often take interest in new vendors that appear in our neighborhood, and this was no exception. She had set up one afternoon and kept returning. It was unusual if only because most vendors leave late afternoon. But they arrive late afternoon and sell through the early evening.
On closer inspection, we discovered this delicate, sponge-cake like confection made of rice and tapioca flour sweetened with palm sugar and grated coconut. The first time we bought a small bow to try, and it was devoured before we made it up the hill, so we turned around and had to buy a bigger box!
Later we found out that this street food is endangered and becoming increasingly difficult to find.
~ Shien
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