Dan Logcher wrote:

Only rice cakes I've seen are Korean rice cake spicy appetizer.
Its usually a hot spicy dish with scallions and peppers. Same?


no these things are not like Korean rice cakes you
describe. they come in a stack or two and are
square in shape, in a very tight vacuum seal
package, with an all chinese script red label.
they're hard as a rock. i tried steaming for a
while but nothing happened, then i tried boiling.
still nothing. and if i remember it correctly it
emitted a not very pleasant smelt during cooking
[like glue?]. well it cost only 50 pence, i'm just
gutted i don't know what they're for.

i know someone who used to frequent here, he might
know something as he can read chinese script. i'll
post a follow up when i find out.