Osmanthus Wine Jelly (Gui Hua Dong / 桂花冻)
Hangzhou and Suzhou, Jiangnan region
Delicate chilled jelly dessert made from osmanthus flower syrup set with agar-agar or gelatine, typically pale gold in colour, flecked with dried osmanthus blossoms. A signature autumn dessert in Hangzhou and Suzhou where osmanthus (gui hua) trees bloom in September–October. Served with wolfberries, sweet rice wine (jiu niang), or longan.