Mianwo

Mianwo
A plate of Mianwo from Wuhan
Traditional Chinese	麵窩
Simplified Chinese	面窝
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin miàn wō Yue: Cantonese Jyutping min6 wo1

Mianwo is a deep-fried, donut-shaped snack from Wuhan in Hubei province in central China. It is made from soy milk, rice milk, flour, sesame, and chopped Chinese scallion. Mianwo usually has a salty taste, but a sweeter variant may be made with diced sweet potato.

The origin of Mianwo is uncertain, but tradition dates it back to the Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty (1875–1909). A local sesame cake maker, Chang Ziren, supposedly created the first Mianwo while experimenting with novel seed cake varieties in Hankou.^[1]

• Hubei cuisine