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筒仔米糕, 何家排骨酥, 台北 (14330790184)
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筒仔米糕

tǒngzǎi mǐgāo
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 tube rice cake

About the dish

台湾菜 Taiwan · 小吃 Snack

Glutinous rice cooked with pork, shiitake and soy sauce, steamed in a small tube and turned out as a little round tower, topped with a sweet chili sauce and coriander. Sticky and savoury. A Taiwanese snack.

Examples

HSK 6
Zài Táiwān, tǒngzǎi mǐgāo yìbān yào línshàng tiánlàjiàng zài chī.
In Taiwan, tube rice cake is usually eaten with sweet chili sauce poured over it.
HSK 7-9
Tǒngzǎi mǐgāo shì bǎ nuòmǐ, zhūròu hé xiānggū fàngjìn xiǎo tǒng lǐ zhēng de.
Tube rice cake is made by steaming glutinous rice, pork and shiitake mushrooms in a small tube.

Tips

usage
米糕 in Taiwan usually means savory glutinous rice like this, not a cake. 仔 marks something small, here the little tube the rice is steamed in.

Stroke Order

筒 tǒng
仔 zǎi
米 mǐ
糕 gāo