Some friends are accustomed to making a travel guide before traveling to Taiwan. When making a travel guide, you must try all the representative snacks of Taiwanese cuisine. Snacks play an important role in Taiwan. It is the general name for a series of special street foods in Ta

Some friends are accustomed to making a travel guide before traveling to Taiwan. When making a travel guide, you must try all the representative snacks of Taiwanese cuisine. Snacks play an important role in Taiwan. It is the general name for a series of Taiwan's special street foods and is also one of the best representatives of Taiwan's local culture.

Taiwan’s gourmet snacks are a mashup that combines the styles of Hokkien, Chaozhou and Japanese cuisine. The result of this mashup is a variety of taste enjoyment. In Taiwan, people treat food equally. Whether it is in a street restaurant or a high-end restaurant, only tastes good.

Zhongxiao Tofu

Zhongxiao Tofu is located at the intersection of Zhongxiao Road and Taichung Road. It has been in business for 30 to 40 years. The owner selects soybeans, gypsum, bean pollen and other raw materials, and adheres to the traditional production method. The taste of the tofu is soft and Q Slippery, as if it could be broken by playing with a bomb, and paired with slow-cooked peanut and ginger soup, it has a rich aroma. The shop also sells rice cakes, sesame cakes and sesame seeds, among which the hand-kneaded sesame seeds are the most popular.

Fenchihu train bento

Fenchihu train bento has been famous for decades, but when I took the Alishan train two or three years ago, the dishes I bought were different from today’s railway bento. Due to the age, most of the current bento operations have been passed on to the second generation. Due to competition, the bento menu has become more and more abundant, full of corporate philosophy.

Fenchihu Hotel provides three kinds of lunch boxes, including iron boxes, cypress boxes and wood chips. The price of the first two is of course higher, but when you finish eating, you can take the box home as a souvenir. Maintain the traditional wood chip lunch box (or eat in the restaurant, provide iron lunch box), 100 yuan per box.

Coffin Board

Coffin Board, formerly made from a Western-style pastry box with Chinese ingredients such as chicken livers, is particularly popular in Taiwan. It is specially made and has a special taste, plus the "weird" and "evil" name " has become a unique snack popular in Tainan, with golden toast, soft chicken, colorful peas, radishes, cuttlefish, etc., and milk custard, creating an eye-catching and delicious coffin rice. Just came out.

flavor Oysters Pan-fried

Allusion Zheng Chenggong attacked Taiwan. When there was a shortage of food, the soldiers used local materials and mixed oysters and sweet potato flour and fried them into cakes to make food, which later became a famous snack.

The first requirement for flavor is to use fresh oysters, the best ones are from Anping, Chiayi, and Donggang, Pingtung. The second is to have pure sweet potato flour. The selection of eggs is also very particular. Generally, free-range eggs are used. In winter, it is paired with swine polenta and in summer, it is paired with bok choy and fried in lard. The taste is sweet yet salty, and salty yet spicy.

Degree Xiaoyue Danzai Noodles

The founder Hong Yutou was originally a fisherman. During the windy summer and autumn, he set up a stall selling noodles in Shuixian Palace to spend the light "Xiaoyue". Due to the good response, the side job became a regular job. , also created the century-old legend of Du Xiaoyue; it has been passed down to four generations so far. The Hong family's children have opened branches in many places in the city and set up food factories, moving towards corporate management. The store still maintains the usual low stove, small bamboo stools, red lanterns, and a blackened pottery jar, adding to the ancient capital style.

Shengxing Cake Shop

Shengxing Cake Factory was founded in the 3rd year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1864). It is a famous old bakery that has been passed down for five generations. It is also the founding store of Penghu salty cakes. Due to the solid materials used, With its unique formula, Shengxing salty cake has become a famous product in Penghu. Salty cakes are mainly made from flour, pepper, salt, lard, sesame and other ingredients. They are crispy and refreshing, slightly salty and spicy, and have a very special taste. There are also peanut cakes, winter melon cakes and various dried seafood.

Ami Mochi

Another specialty of Hualien is the corn rice cake modified from "Du Lun", or Ami Mochi. The real Durun does not add any fillings. Nowadays, corn glutinous rice cakes have developed a variety of flavors such as red bean, mung bean, green tea, honey, etc. In addition to millet, it is also made with red glutinous rice.

Zhou Ji Tube Rice Cake

The rice grains are sticky and the meat is dry and fragrant. The fragrant flavor of Zhou Ji Tube Rice Cake comes from the meticulous production process; the glutinous rice with good stickiness is fried first, and the meat filling is selected from lean meat and stir-fried until fragrant. , then put it into the steamer and steam it until it is cooked; before serving it on the table, sprinkle it with peanut powder and sweet and spicy sauce, and chew it as a normal snack to make your cheeks fragrant.

Mung Bean Cake

Wuji Cake Shop is a well-known old cake shop in Kaohsiung area. It has a history of more than 60 years and is still made according to ancient methods. It is a well-known specialty sign in Fengshan. Among all kinds of cakes, mung bean cake is the most popular. Its brown outer skin and square shape look very special. Once you take a bite, the outer skin is crispy and oily, and the filling is delicate and dense, making you come back again and again.

Puli rice noodles

Puli rice noodles, which are as famous as Hsinchu rice noodles, are "gouache" made by boiling water. They have a thicker appearance. Due to the good water quality, mild climate, and purely imported rice, the taste is more fragrant Q. It has a chewy texture and is often a "local product" that tourists rush to buy.

Three Cup Chicken

Three Cup Chicken is one of Taiwan's famous dishes with a unique flavor. It is famous for its red and bright color, soft and tender chicken, and mellow and fragrant sauce. The reason why Three Cup Chicken is called "Three Cups" is because when cooking chicken nuggets, one cup of soy sauce, one cup of cooking oil and one cup of rice wine are added, without any soup, and the chicken nuggets are simmered directly over low heat. The finished dish will be fragrant after being cooked. Rich and rich, it induces a great increase in appetite.

gabao

gabao was originally a snack eaten only on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, but now you can also eat it casually at night markets in Taiwan. The flavor is like a hamburger, with a white, soft appearance, like a bun. When hot, it is stuffed with pork and sauerkraut that melt in your mouth, and then sprinkled with peanut powder and coriander. It has a fragrant smell and a great taste.

The attitude of foodies towards food has always been pious and simple. I guess every foodie is a kind-hearted person. Taiwan’s snacks can be said to be a grand slam among foodies, and it’s not easy to try them all. Don’t think about losing weight when you go to Taiwan~