15 Street Foods in Southeast Asia
| March 17, 2017
9. Carrot Cake (Chai tow kway) – Singapore
If you’re walking around Singaporean food stalls and spot one selling carrot cakes, I’m here to tell you it’s most definitely not carrot cake! The problem comes with its loose translation, where the word radish means white carrot.
The dish is a stir fry of cubed radish cake with preserved radish, eggs, and lots of spices. The “cake” is traditionally steamed and can sometimes be made of yam. You can have the “white” or “black” option, which is soaked with soy sauce.
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