Li hing mui

Not to be confused with Lihing, a type of rice wine from Borneo.
Li hing mui

Li hing mui (Chinese: 旅行梅; Jyutping: leoi5 hang4 mui4), known as huamei (simplified Chinese: 话梅; traditional Chinese: 話梅; pinyin: Huà méi) in mainland China, is salty dried Chinese plum (Prunus mume). It has a strong, distinctive flavor and is often said to be an acquired taste, as it has a combination of sweet, sour, and salty taste.[1] Originally from Guangdong Province, the name "li hing mui" means "traveling plum". "Li hing" is "traveling" and "mui" is "plum" in Cantonese.[2] Li hung mui is called hoshiume (Japanese: 干し梅, dried plum) in Japan, where the salty and sour umeboshi is also popular. Li hing mui, along with li hing powder, is extremely popular as a snack in Hawaii.[3]

  1. ^ Hamm, Catharine (15 October 2017). "The Hawaiian snack li hing mui is everywhere, even margaritas and malasadas". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. ^ "What does li hing mui mean?". www.definitions.net.
  3. ^ Wong, Kathleen (4 May 2022). "What's 'crack seed,' one of Hawai'i's favorite snacks?". National Geographic. Retrieved 8 November 2023.