More commonly spelled as hopia. The spelling hopyà is based on native Tagalog orthography. The word comes from the Chinese hò pià (好餅), meaning ‘good pastry.’ Hopia is an inexpensive Filipino pastry traditionally filled with either munggo (dark beans) or kundol (white gourd cooked in lard to pass as baboy or pork). It was introduced by Fukienese immigrants from … Continue reading "HOPYA"
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