Pronunciation
English Name

Chinese doughnut

Cantonese (Traditional)

牛脷酥

Mandarin (Pinyin)

niú lì sū


Yale Romanization

ngàuh leih sōu

Chinese doughnut
About This Dish

Sweetened fried dough in an elliptical shape (really, like a doughnut) that supposedly resembles an ox tongue or horse ear, so it's also known as ox-tongue or horse-ear pastry.

牛脷 is ox tongue, and 酥 is pastrypastry), so 牛脷酥 is ox tongue pastry.

Quick Facts
Categories:
小食
餅店
Yale:
ngàuh leih sōu