Lamp-Shaped Savoury Fritters 灯盏糕
Lamp-Shaped Savoury Fritters is featured among the local specialties of Zhejiang.
Lamp-Shaped Savoury Fritters (灯盏糕) are a fried snack associated with Wenzhou (温州). In an original China Government Procurement News (中国政府采购报) food essay, Liu Zhongmin (刘忠民) describes a street vendor making a golden, puffed fritter with a crisp outer layer and a radish, pork and egg filling.
A rice-and-soybean shell
The vendor’s batter uses soaked rice and soybeans ground into a slurry, with starch and seasoning added. Shredded radish is salted and squeezed, then seasoned with scallions, sugar and pepper; strips of pork loin are marinated separately.
Shaped in an iron ladle
Batter first coats an iron ladle and is briefly heated. The radish, pork and a raw egg go inside, followed by more batter to enclose the filling. The filled ladle is lowered into hot oil; the fritter swells and releases from it before being turned until golden. Its hollow, rounded shape recalls two old oil lamps placed together, explaining the name in this account.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and fact-checked against them on 2026-09-30. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.
Image credits & notes (1)
- A Wenzhou deng zhan gao, a deep-fried rice-flour cake filled with radish, egg and pork · 温州灯盏糕，油炸米浆糕，内馅萝卜丝、鸡蛋和猪肉Photo: Chen Zhao from Beijing, China · CC BY 2.0 · taken 2008-12-26Resized for the web; the photo itself has not been edited. Thumbnails may show a cropped view.
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