Turnip Cake

Turnip cake is often enjoyed during Lunar New Year because its name symbolizes luck and prosperity. The word for cake, go 糕, is a homonym of the words for rising, growth, and achieving a higher level. The dish’s English translation, “turnip cake,” is actually a misnomer; it was uncommon to find a daikon outside of Asia, so travelers likened it to the closest European approximation, a white radish, and the name stuck before people realized the mistaken translation