Eating in China
Three golden cornmeal cakes with lightly browned surfaces; one is broken to show its coarse cohesive interior.

Corn cakes

玉米饼Yùmǐbǐng

Corn-based cakes served with fish stew.

Type
Flour & starch noodles

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Small corn-based cakes, often with a crisp crust, served alongside the fish.

In the kitchen

Served with Baiyangdian mixed-fish stew.

They may be cooked on the pot wall beside the fish or added when the finished stew is plated.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有玉米饼吗?

Does this dish contain Corn cakes?

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