How to write the so called wooden tomato / wooden potato in Chinese (and where to find it)? I once went to a Chinese restaurant with a Chinese friend, and there was this sort of yam which was white colored and covered with a whole bunch of red/pink dots resembling freckles and these dots would be found inside of it whenever cut. This food was then boiled in a pot of water and other stuff on the table and once soft it could be eaten just like a yam or potato and was very delicious.

My friend said in Chinese it's called wooden potato or wooden potato (something like "mu shu", perhaps 木薯). However, I wasn't able to find this anywhere on the Internet (or, at least, I was not able to find the one with all the red/pink freckles). Anyone know what this kind is properly called (in Chinese and in English), where to find more information about it, and where to buy it?

Thanks.
By your description I would say it's taro or 芋头 (yu tao) in chinese

https://www.google.ca/search?q=mu+shu&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=J862VLp1ivxSvZODoAM&amp;ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&amp;biw=1394&amp;bih=827#tbm=isch&amp;q=%E8%8A%8B%E5%A4%B4&amp;imgdii=_



It can be bought in most chinese supermarkets

For more info http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taro