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Alternative names | Kompyang |
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Type | Bread |
Place of origin | Fuzhou, Fujian |
Region or state | Fujian, Sarawak, Perak, Matsu, Ryukyus |
Main ingredients | Flour, lard, onions, salt |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 光餅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 光饼 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Malay name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | kompia / roti kompyang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indonesian | kompia / kompyang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Okinawan name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Okinawan | 光餅 コンペン / クンペン konpen / kunpen |
Kompia[1] or kompyang is a bread product that originates from Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian Province of China as well as Fuqing.[2] It is popular in Fujian and has spread to other areas including the Ryukyus, Taiwan, and parts of Southeast Asia including Indonesia and the Malaysian towns of Sitiawan, Sibu,[1] Ayer Tawar, Sarikei,[3] Bintangor and other places where the dominant Chinese community is of Fuzhou (alternatively romanized as "Foochow") and Fuqing ancestry (where it is sometimes nicknamed "Foochow bagels").