Name: Fenfen Huang
Scran: Fried Rice Cake
Mother Language: Linhai dialect of the Zhejiang province, China
Written: Chinese
炒糕，也叫炒年糕，是我最喜欢吃的东西，是我家乡浙江临海的地方特产，是浙江，上海，江苏那边的特色菜。
我从小就喜欢吃炒年糕。我记得小时候真的可以每天，每顿饭都吃炒糕。后来去了重庆读书，那边没有炒糕。再后来来英国，这边很少浙江，上海那年的菜。所以平时想吃呢，就自己去中国超市买年糕，自己烧着吃。每次回家，最想吃，最喜欢吃的东西还是炒糕。
所以炒糕对我来说，是家的味道，是小时候的味道。
English Translation:
“Fried Rice Cake, or Fried Chinese Gnocchi, is my favorite food. It’s a local speciality from my hometown Linhai in Zhejiang province. It’s a regional food from Zhejiang, Shanghai and Jiangsu region.
I have loved fried rice cake since I a small kid. I remember when I was little, I would eat that every day and every meal. I went to University in Chongqing, where there was no fried rice cake. After that, I came to the U.K; we rarely have Zhejiang or Shanghai cuisine here. So when I want to eat fried rice cake, I would buy rice cakes from a Chinese supermarket and cook it myself. Every time when I go back home in China, the thing I want and like the most is still fried rice cake.
Therefore, fried rice cake is the flavour of home and the taste of childhood for me.”
