At the table
Cut or take a small bite of the soft rice ball; it is ready to eat.
The rice wrapper is sticky. This filling includes peanuts and sesame; check the filling if you have allergies.
Fillings vary, including nuts, fruit pastes and sweet osmanthus; ask what is inside.
Aiwowo has a soft, sticky glutinous-rice wrapper around a sweet nut-and-fruit filling. Offer a small cut piece only to a child already comfortable with sticky textures, and check the filling first.
Recipes vary. Ask the restaurant about ingredients and serving before you order.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
The filling can combine sesame, peanuts and sweet fruit preparations.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Sweet and nutty
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Soft and sticky.
- How it’s made
- Steam glutinous rice, pound and fill it, then dust with cooked rice flour.
The filling can combine sesame, peanuts and sweet fruit preparations.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Beijing.
About this regional connection
Beijing: A dish associated with Beijing; individual preparations vary.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有艾窝窝吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Aiwowo in a Qing poem of Beijing snacks
Aiwowo appears in a Qing-era poem about Beijing’s everyday foods, alongside shaobing and other snacks. Its place in the verse connects this little sweet with the city’s old street-food culture, where familiar calls and simple treats were part of daily life.