Other Cultures
Nian gao is also widely consumed in the Philippines during the Chinese New Year due to the Chinese living in the country. Nian gao is known as tikoy (from Hokkien 甜粿) in the Philippines and tikay တီကေ့ in Burma.
Japan and Korea both have similar glutinous rice foods, known as mochi and tteok, respectively, though tteok can be made with non-glutinous rice as well. This kind of tteok, which is like the Shanghai variety of niángāo, is traditionally eaten during Korean New Year (same as Chinese New Year) in a dish called tteokguk.
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