There's often a paste of jujubes, green soybeans, and ormosia at the bottom of a bowl of eight-treasures rice, which makes an interesting contrast with the sticky glutinous rice that has gone before. Cantonese lien-jung [lotus seed paste] is another excellent treat of this kind.
八寶飯碗底下常有棗子、青豆、紅豆的泥，在吃了粘的糯米之後，再吃沙的東西，另有趣味。廣東人的蓮蓉，就是這種美品。