話梅
wah mùih

preserved sour plum

Salted dried plums are a popular snack in China, Korea, and Japan, and brought by Chinese immigra...

年糕
nìhn gōu

New Year cake

New Year cake is a steamed cake made with sticky rice, often served fried or dipped in egg and fr...

鹽酥雞飯
yìhm sōu gāi faahn

popcorn chicken rice

Taiwanese popcorn chicken is a particularly crunchy and spicy (seasoned with Sichuan pepper) stre...

蝦片
hā pi

shrimp chips

Deep-fried shrimp-flavored chips, similar to potato chips (there's also a version shaped more lik...

魚肉燒賣
yùh yuhk sīu maaih

fish siu mai

A popular street snack, siu mai filled with minced fish. 魚肉 is fish meat, and 燒賣 is siu mai.

牛脷酥
ngàuh leih sōu

Chinese doughnut

Sweetened fried dough in an elliptical shape (really, like a doughnut) that supposedly resembles ...

鳳梨酥
fuhng lèih sōu

pineapple cake

Pineapple cakes, small butter shortcakes with a pineapple filling, are a Taiwanese specialty. The...

芋泥酥
wuh nàih sōu

taro paste pastry

flaky puff pastrypastry) filled with taro paste.

蛋黃酥
dáan wóng sōu

salted egg yolk pastry

Also known as Taiwanese mooncakes, this flaky puff pastrypastry) is filled with salted egg yolk. ...

皮蛋酥
pèih dáan sōu

preserved egg pastry

Flaky puff pastrypastry) filled with preserved egg. 酥 is pastrypastry), so 蛋黃酥 is egg yolk pastry.

綠豆酥
luhk dauh sōu

mung bean pastry

Flaky puff pastrypastry) filled with mung bean. 綠豆 is mung bean (綠 is green, and 豆 is bean, but ...

蓮蓉酥
lìhn yùhng sōu

lotus seed pastry

Flaky puff pastrypastry) filled with lotus seed paste.

紙包蛋糕
jí bāau daahn gōu

paper-wrapped cake

Paper-wrapped cake is a muffin-like cake common in Hong Kong and Chinatown bakeries, baked in a p...

蘿蔔糕
lò baahk gōu

turnip cake

A standard dim sum offering and also a traditional Chinese New Year dishm, turnip cakes are not m...