5. 发糕 (fà gāo)
A quick one today and one I'm not that interested in but for the sake of completeness, I bring you 发糕 (fà gāo), a kind of steamed sponge cake. These are made in huge flat pans then cut into squares or cubes for sale. The Chinese version of Tik-Tok is full of videos of people slicing them. Why?
The only flavour (and colour) comes from the red sugar used. It is way too sweet for me, but I suppose it's good that in a country which usually overdecorates cakes in garish colours, something plain is a clear winner.
