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Answer to Quiz2: Kompyang(光餅)

Brief History: Kompyang(光餅) was named after Qi Jiguang, who invented it, taking the idea from Japanese onigiri. When Qi Jiguang led his troops into Fujian in 1562, the Japanese pirates, fearing his name, engaged mainly in guerrilla-style battles. Qi Jiguang noticed that the Japanese pirates could always trace where his troops camped because of the smoke that rose up to the sky when the soldiers prepared their meals. He found out the Japanese pirates had no such problem because they brought onigiri with them. So Qi Jiguang invented a kind of cake with a hole in the center so that they could be strung together to be conveniently carried along.

Later, to commemorate Qi Jiguang's victory against the pirate raiders, the cakes were named guang bing. If any one of you visit Sitiawan,Perak or Sibu, Kuching make sure you buy and try this, because its freakinlicious good... In Sitiawan they sell either plain or with pork.

For more info u may visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompyang