20/12/2023
This savory turnip cake (sometimes called radish) lo bak go🥕 is a very traditional dish often served at dim sum houses🏠 and when I was a kid, it always showed up on the table on Chinese New Year’s Day. As a result, it’s been etched in my mind as a wonderfully delicious tradition‼️
😋Having sampled versions of turnip cake (or lo bak go, as it’s known in Cantonese) at many dim sum restaurants over the years🫣 I’ve come to the conclusion that they can’t be compared to our homemade recipe. The restaurants definitely skimp on the filling ingredients👍 including the star of the dish, the Chinese turnip. Most of what you get is rice flour and starch.
To be fair, I do have to say that adding fewer filling ingredients makes the restaurant versions much smoother–almost like pudding🍮 if you like that consistency. Also, the Chinese turnip is a very pungent vegetable that definitely falls into the love it or hate it category. For better or worse☝️ everyone in the house will know when you’re cooking Chinese turnip🔥