Sesame seed flatbread

Sesame seed flatbread

　　Sesame seed flatbread remains a popular and well-performing item in Tianjin’s current foodservice market. The sesame seeds are a light golden yellow, the flatbreads are perfectly round, with a crispy crust and soft, fluffy interior — fragrant and delicious. Typically, people enjoy a bowl of tofu pudding in the morning, paired with two sesame seed flatbreads, or a bowl of fried dough crumb soup with one sesame seed flatbread and a fried dough stick on the side — truly economical, tasty, and utterly delightful.

In 1978, Tianjin organized a major breakfast campaign, during which the foodservice industry saw the emergence of many skilled flatbread makers and pancake chefs. At the original丁字沽新村 (Dingziguxincun) grassroots food outlet in Hongqiao District, there was a Sister Li who made exceptionally high-quality sesame seed flatbreads. Quality inspectors weighed her flatbreads three times in a row, and each time they fell within the compliant weight range without even needing to adjust the scale weights.