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杏仁豆腐 奶油炸糕
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奶油炸糕

nǎiyóu zhágāo
noun Not spicy

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Meanings

  1. 1 fried butter puffs

About the dish

京菜 Beijing · 小吃 Snack

Small balls of a choux-like dough made with butter and egg, deep-fried until puffed and hollow, then rolled in sugar. Crisp outside and soft inside. There is no cream filling. A Beijing snack.

Usually contains egg, milk and wheat

Examples

HSK 6
Nǎiyóu zhágāo wàimian hěn cuì, lǐmian shì kōngxīn de.
Fried butter puffs are crisp outside and hollow inside.
HSK 7-9
Gāng zháhǎo de nǎiyóu zhágāo yào chènrè chī, liáng le jiù tā le.
Fried butter puffs fresh from the oil should be eaten hot; once they cool they go flat.

Tips

mistakes
Unlike plain 炸糕, a glutinous rice cake with bean paste inside, this is a wheat dough made with butter and egg, and there is no cream filling.

Stroke Order

奶 nǎi
油 yóu
炸 zhà
糕 gāo