At the table
Break or cut the bread to share, or hold it in its paper wrapper. Take a small first bite: the filling may be hot.
Contains wheat, sesame, peanuts and walnuts in this version. A different filling does not guarantee absence of nuts.
Plain and other filled versions also exist; choose the filling when ordering. Recipes differ by maker.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Plain and other filled versions also exist; choose the filling when ordering. Recipes differ by maker.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Mild wheat aroma and sweet, nutty filling.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Soft, chewy bread with a toasted surface and crushed-nut filling.
- How it’s made
- Wheat flour, water and yeast make a risen dough, with a little culinary alkali and salt. The sweet seed-and-nut filling is enclosed and the rounds are cooked on a griddle.
Plain and other filled versions also exist; choose the filling when ordering. Recipes differ by maker.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Yunnan.
About this regional connection
Yunnan: Guandu in Kunming; named wheat griddle bread.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有官渡粑粑吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
A bread from Guandu old town
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
In Kunming, baba can mean a bread or cake. Guandu baba is a wheat-based street snack associated with Guandu old town, with both plain and sweet-filled traditions. It differs from rice-based erkuai.
