''Gan Guê To'' (; Teochew: ), also known as ''Buah Ze Guê'' (; Teochew: ), is a folk

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Chaoshan Chaoshan or Teoswa ( zh, s=潮汕, p=Cháoshàn, cy=Chìusaan; peng'im: ) is a cultural-linguistic region in the east of Guangdong, China. It is the origin of the Teochew Min language. The region, also known as Chiushan in Cantonese, consists of ...

area, similar to ''

put chai ko ''Put chai ko'' () is a popular snack in Hong Kong. It is a rice cake made from white or brown sugar, long-grain rice flour with a little wheat starch or cornstarch. Sometimes red beans are also added. The batter is poured into porcelain bowls ...

''. The production method is to grind

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into rice milk, put it into a special small ceramic bowl, steam it, and then deep-fry it. When eating, pour sauce made of

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on it. In Chaoshan, there used to be a saying that "even if you have money, you may not be able to buy ''Gan Guê To''" (; Teochew: ).

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Teochew cuisine Snack foods Jieyang {{China-cuisine-stub

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