萝卜糕 (luóbogāo) · radish cake, turnip cake

Measure Word

一块萝卜糕 kuài

Meanings

1 radish cake
2 turnip cake

Made with

白萝卜 báiluóbo 粘米粉 zhānmǐfěn 腊肠 làcháng 虾米 xiāmǐ

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 小吃 Snack

A firm steamed cake of shredded white radish and rice flour, often with bits of dried shrimp and Chinese sausage, often cut into slabs and pan-fried until crisp outside and soft inside. A dim sum dish.

Usually contains shellfish

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

饮茶的时候别忘了点一份萝卜糕。

Yǐnchá de shíhou bié wàng le diǎn yí fèn luóbogāo.

Don't forget to order a plate of radish cake when you go for dim sum.

HSK 7-9

过年的时候广东人家会自己蒸萝卜糕。

Guònián de shíhou Guǎngdōng rénjiā huì zìjǐ zhēng luóbogāo.

Cantonese families steam their own radish cake at Chinese New Year.

Tips

culture

A Cantonese dim-sum staple. Shredded daikon (白萝卜) is mixed with rice flour, dried shrimp, Chinese sausage and dried scallops, steamed into a firm cake, then pan-fried in slices so the outside crisps while the inside stays tender. Homonymous with 好彩头 "good omen" in Cantonese (菜头 choi-tau), making it lucky New Year food.