Biscuit roll

Biscuit roll
Biscuit roll
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Chinese name
Chinese
Literal meaning egg roll
Filipino name
Tagalog barquillos
Malay name
Malay kuih kapit
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese bánh quế

The biscuit roll, crispy biscuit roll, crisp biscuit roll or cookie roll is a type of biscuit snack commonly found in many parts of Asia. It is crunchy and can be easily broken into pieces.

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Name

The Chinese name of "蛋卷" is identical to that of the Chinese name for egg roll, despite both items being very different.

Regional

In Hong Kong, biscuit rolls are made of wheat flour, butter, egg, sugar, and vanilla flavour. The New Territories is one of the places that manufacturers biscuit rolls.

It is called barquillos in the Philippines and is commonly sold in souvenir shops or delicacy stores all over towns, cities, and highways along the provinces.

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