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 A kompia from Jian'ou in China's Fujian Province | |
| Alternative names | Kompyang |
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| Type | Bread |
| Place of origin | Fuzhou, Fujian [1] |
| Region or state | Fujian, Sarawak, Perak, Matsu, Ryukyus |
| Main ingredients | Flour, lard, onions, salt |
| Kompyang | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 光餅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 光饼 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 鹹光餅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Malay name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malay | kompia / roti kompyang | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indonesian | kompia / kompyang | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Okinawan name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Okinawan | 光餅 コンペン/ クンペン konpen / kunpen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kompia [2] or kompyang,also known as guang bing,is a bread product that originates from Fuzhou,the capital city of Fujian Province of China as well as Fuqing. [3] It is popular in Fujian and has spread to other areas including the Ryukyus,Taiwan,and parts of Southeast Asia including Indonesia and the Malaysian towns of Sitiawan,Sibu, [2] Ayer Tawar,Sarikei, [4] Bintangor and other places where the dominant Chinese community is of Fuzhou (alternatively romanized as "Foochow") and Fuqing ancestry (where it is sometimes nicknamed "Foochow bagels").
