Li hing mui
huamei
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. originally from guangdong province, the name "li hing mui" means "traveling plum". "li hing" is "traveling" and "mui" is "plum" in cantonese. li hung mui is called hoshiume (japanese: 干し梅, dried plum) in japan, where the salty and sour umeboshi is also popular.
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