It is a snack which is made by mixing fish paste, flour, protein and seasoning, wrapping it on bamboo sticks and twigs, and roasting or steaming it. Most of them have been made by machines instead of traditional methods.
People put salt, sugar, starch, protein and so on into the fish meat of Mytilapia, shark, flying fish, Carassius auratus, etc., and then put them in bamboo rings, thick sticks made of bamboo or metal are clamped, and then roasted or steamed. Japanese hot pot is more common in Guandong cooking.
Bamboo wheel is a kind of food, hollow and cylindrical, most of which are 2 cm in diameter and 4-6 cm in length, with light yellow head and tail, brown middle and wrinkled surface, just like being roasted. According to different regions, fish used, production forms and tastes, bamboo wheels have their own characteristics.
(Japanese: bamboo wheel, ちくわ, Japanese Roman character: chi ku wa), commonly known as poodle fish eggs, poodle balls, poodle rolls or poodle in Hong Kong and Macao.
In the 198s, a set of Japanese dubbing cartoon "Ninja Grinch" was broadcast on TVB children's program time in Hong Kong, in which the poodle loved to eat bamboo wheels. At that time, most people in Hong Kong didn't know this kind of food at all. Later, bamboo wheels were introduced to Hong Kong for sale, which was exactly the same as that shown in the animation. Therefore, many people in Hong Kong called bamboo wheels poodle fish eggs or poodle balls.
above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bamboo Wheel