Dessert · Thrown & rolled
San Da Pao ("Three Cannons")
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The dish is served with a performance built in — the vendor throws three rice balls hard against a row of small copper cymbals before they bounce into soybean powder.
Balls of glutinous rice paste are thrown forcefully onto a metal-plate surface, bouncing with a loud clanging sound before landing in ground soybean and sesame powder, drizzled with brown sugar syrup.
Why it's made this way: The theatrical throwing technique turned a simple sticky rice dessert into street entertainment, helping vendors draw a crowd.
Roughly what's in it
280kcal
6gprotein
52gcarbs
7gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 690 dishes from 118 countries.
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