芋头糕 (yùtóugāo) · taro cake

Measure Word

一块芋头糕 kuài

Meanings

1 taro cake

Made with

芋头 yùtou 粘米粉 zhānmǐfěn 腊肠 làcháng 虾米 xiāmǐ 香菇 xiānggū

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 小吃 Snack

A Cantonese savoury cake of rice flour packed with diced taro, Chinese sausage and dried shrimp, steamed, then often sliced and pan-fried until crisp at the edges. Soft and starchy inside.

Usually contains shellfish

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

过年时广东人会蒸芋头糕和萝卜糕。

Guònián shí Guǎngdōng rén huì zhēng yùtóugāo hé luóbogāo.

At New Year, Cantonese people steam taro cake and radish cake.

HSK 7-9

芋头糕煎一下外脆里软，特别香。

Yùtóugāo jiān yíxià wài cuì lǐ ruǎn, tèbié xiāng.

Pan-fry the taro cake briefly - crisp outside, soft inside, and especially fragrant.

Tips

culture

A staple of Cantonese New Year tables alongside 萝卜糕 (radish cake) and 马蹄糕 (water-chestnut cake). 糕 shares its sound with 高 'high,' so eating these cakes is said to bring 步步高升 - 'each step higher' - in the year ahead.