Pronunciation
English Name

vegetarian duck

Cantonese (Traditional)

素鴨

Simplified Chinese

素鸭

Mandarin (Pinyin)

sù yā


Yale Romanization

sou ngaap

Character Breakdown

is vegetarian, and is duck, so 素鴨 is vegetarian duck.

This dish is often listed as vegetarian goose, which is 素鵝 ( is goose).

vegetarian duck
About This Dish

Long before tofu burgers and synthetic meat tech startups, Chinese Buddhists were fashioning mock duck meat from layered sheets of tofu skin.

Quick Facts
Categories:
春節
Yale:
sou ngaap