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	\|description=Turnip cake is a Cantonese steamed radish and rice-flour cake, often pan-fried for dim sum.		\|description=Turnip cake is a Cantonese steamed radish and rice-flour cake, often pan-fried for dim sum.
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	\| alternate_name = Lo bak go; radish cake; dim sum turnip cake		\| alternate_name = Lo bak go; radish cake; dim sum turnip cake; chai tow kway (related SE Asian forms)
	\| pinyin = Luóbo gāo		\| pinyin = Luóbo gāo
	\| type = Steamed savory cake		\| type = Steamed savory cake
	\| course = Dim sum / snack		\| course = Dim sum / snack
	\| country = China		\| country = China
	\| region = Guangdong / Hong Kong		\| region = Guangdong / Hong Kong (wider southern Chinese and diaspora spread)
	\| other = Pan-fried radish rice cake		\| other = Pan-fried radish rice cake
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	'''Turnip Cake''' (Simplified Chinese: 萝卜糕; Traditional Chinese: 蘿蔔糕; Pinyin: ''Luóbo gāo''; Cantonese: ''lo bak go'') is a savory cake of shredded daikon ~~radish and~~ rice flour, steamed then commonly pan-fried for [[Dim Sum]]. Despite the English name, the vegetable is daikon ~~(white~~ radish), not Western turnip.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip_cake English Wikipedia]</ref>		'''Turnip Cake''' (Simplified Chinese: 萝卜糕; Traditional Chinese: 蘿蔔糕; Pinyin: ''Luóbo gāo''; Cantonese: ''lo bak go'') is a savory cake of shredded Chinese white radish (daikon) bound with rice flour, steamed until set, then commonly sliced and pan-fried for [[Dim Sum]]. Despite the long-standing English name "turnip cake," the vegetable is daikon-type radish, not Western turnip; "radish cake" is the more accurate gloss.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip_cake English Wikipedia: Turnip cake]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==

	~~Interior is~~ soft ~~and savory~~; pan-fried faces ~~are~~ golden and ~~crisp~~. ~~Bits~~ of ~~cured meat~~ or ~~mushroom often stud the~~ cake.		A well-made cake tastes clearly of cooked radish rather than of plain starch. Steamed loaves are soft throughout; pan-fried faces add a thin golden crust while the interior stays tender. Cured pork sausage, dried shrimp, and mushrooms often stud the batter as savory flecks. Dim-sum restaurants may cut neat rectangles for the cart; home Lunar New Year loaves can be larger and denser.<ref name="wol">[https://thewoksoflife.com/turnip-cake-lo-bak-go/ The Woks of Life: turnip cake / lo bak go overview]</ref>

			Turnip cake is savory and rice-flour based, unlike sweet sticky [[Nian Gao]]. In Southeast Asia, related radish or rice cakes appear under names such as chai tow kway; Singapore English sometimes says "carrot cake" for a fried cube version—another translation quirk, not a Western dessert.

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==

	~~Daikon,~~ rice flour (sometimes with starch), cured ~~pork or~~ sausage, dried shrimp or ~~mushroom~~, salt, and white pepper. ~~New Year loaves may be larger~~.		Shredded Chinese radish/daikon; rice flour (sometimes blended with starch); optional cured sausage, dried shrimp or scallop, mushrooms; salt and white pepper. Water content controls whether the set cake is dense or pudding-soft. Overview only—not a recipe.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==

	A yum cha ~~standard~~ and ~~also~~ a Lunar New Year food in Cantonese households. ~~See~~ [~~[Dim Sum]]~~ and [[Hong Kong ~~Food]~~].		The cake is a standard of Cantonese yum cha and a familiar Lunar New Year home food in many Cantonese households. Soft festive readings circulate around winter radish abundance and auspicious sound-alikes—Cantonese ''gāo'' ("cake") echoing "high," and Hokkien fortune homophones for radish—treat these as folk symbolism, not ritual rules.<ref name="wp" /><ref name="bt">[https://beijingtimes.com/lifestyle/2025/01/25/lo-bak-go-the-tradition-and-evolution-of-hong-kongs-radish-cake/ Beijing Times: Hong Kong lo bak go festive and restaurant context]</ref>

			Soft social note: as home cooking time shrank in late-20th-century urban Hong Kong, restaurant and congee-shop versions carried more of the everyday load, while XO-sauce fried radish-cake plates later joined deluxe menus. Chaoshan-linked stir-fried forms helped seed Southeast Asian hawker cousins; keep those as related branches rather than identical recipes.<ref name="bt" />

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==

	~~Sliced and~~ pan-fried, with chili sauce or ~~hoisin~~-~~style dips~~. See [[Dim Sum]] and [[Chinese Snack]].		Most dim-sum service presents pan-fried slices with chili sauce or a light soy-oyster dip. Steamed-only slices appear at home tables. SE Asian chai tow kway / "carrot cake" styles may cube and stir-fry the cake with egg and sauce. See [[Dim Sum]], [[Hong Kong Food]], [[Nian Gao]], and [[Chinese Snack]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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{{Infobox chinese food
| image = Turnip Cake.jpg
| caption = Turnip Cake
| alternate_name = Lo bak go; radish cake; dim sum turnip cake
| pinyin = Luóbo gāo
| type = Steamed savory cake
| course = Dim sum / snack
| country = China
| region = Guangdong / Hong Kong
| other = Pan-fried radish rice cake
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'''Turnip Cake''' (Simplified Chinese: 萝卜糕; Traditional Chinese: 蘿蔔糕; Pinyin: ''Luóbo gāo''; Cantonese: ''lo bak go'') is a savory cake of shredded daikon radish and rice flour, steamed then commonly pan-fried for [[Dim Sum]]. Despite the English name, the vegetable is daikon (white radish), not Western turnip.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip_cake English Wikipedia]</ref>

== Characteristics ==

Interior is soft and savory; pan-fried faces are golden and crisp. Bits of cured meat or mushroom often stud the cake.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Daikon, rice flour (sometimes with starch), cured pork or sausage, dried shrimp or mushroom, salt, and white pepper. New Year loaves may be larger.

== History and culture ==

A yum cha standard and also a Lunar New Year food in Cantonese households. See [[Dim Sum]] and [[Hong Kong Food]].

== Serving and variations ==

Sliced and pan-fried, with chili sauce or hoisin-style dips. See [[Dim Sum]] and [[Chinese Snack]].

== See also ==

* [[Dim Sum]]
* [[Hong Kong Food]]
* [[Chinese Snack]]
* [[Nian Gao]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

== References ==

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