Halal pastries

Last updated 2026-11-10 — Halal pastries refer to the collective name for freshly baked Halal pastry products from the Nan Hui Ethnicity Fresh-Baked Halal Pastry Shop in Zhaotong City. With a diverse range of varieties and excellent quality, they represent a fresh bloom among Hui ethnic pastries. Currently, Ma Weixian, the pastry chef at this shop, studied pastry-making techniques for two years at the “Yingjianglou” Pastry Factory in Kunming. More importantly, through long-term practice, Ma Weixian has taken into account the requirements of the Hui communities in Zhaotong City, Ludian County, and Weining County in Guizhou Province regarding pastry varieties, quality, and varying tastes. He combines theory with practice and constantly refines his skills. The pastries he produces are soft, richly textured, visually appealing, and delicious in flavor. Among them, puff pastry bread, lysine bread, block cakes, heavy oil cakes, fancy cakes, lotus seed paste crisps, scallion oil crispy egg-orange biscuits, and fennel cakes are particularly outstanding. The various pastries produced by the South Gate Halal Pastry Shop in Zhaotong enjoy a strong reputation among the Hui community, often selling out faster than they can be supplied. (Zhaotong)