taufufá

Macanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 豆腐花 (dau⁶ fu⁶ faa¹).

Noun

taufufá

1. tofu pudding (cold tofu served with a syrup made of rock sugar and ginger)

Usage notes

• Even though 豆腐花 exists in a savoury form in northern China, in a Macanese context it is almost exclusively a dessert.

Related terms

• taufú

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#t