🍽️ Ham Sui Kueh

Tiny rice cups with preserved radish.

Ham Sui Kueh is a small, savory morning snack common around Chaozhou, Guangdong. Rice batter is steamed in tiny porcelain cups until each forms a white, soft little cup with a hollow in the center, which is filled with stir-fried preserved-radish (cha-po) bits and a drizzle of soy sauce. A plate holds several of them: the rice cup smooth and tender, the radish salty-sweet and crisp, the soy adding savor. The name means 'salted water kueh,' referring to its savory, radish-driven taste as opposed to sweet kueh. Sold fresh by morning-market stalls in Chaozhou, it is eaten with plain congee or tea as a simple, satisfying breakfast. Inexpensive yet carefully made, it is one of the most representative old-school Teochew street snacks and a friendly find for visitors strolling old Chaozhou in the morning.