Hidden in an alley near Gongyi Road, Taichung Food War Zone, is a restaurant named Shi Jiu Que. The unique LOGO is impressive. In fact, if you look closely, it turns out to be 19=Shi Jiu. This is a pound cake specialty store that uses high-quality products. The ingredients are fresh and hand-made from Taiwan's local seasonal fruits and vegetables, and then baked and matured at low temperature, allowing the cake and fruit flavors to naturally blend and exude a wonderful taste!
As soon as I walked into the store, the space was actually not big, but although it was small, it had all the necessary features and felt very comfortable and comfortable.
And as soon as I walked into the store, the aroma of the cake kept coming to my nostrils, making the naughty monkey shout "What a delicious cake aroma!" Shi Jiu Que's pound cake is very special. In the past, Naughty Monkey believed that cakes are most delicious when they are made fresh and eaten on the same day. However, the owner with 20 years of baking experience shared with Naughty Monkey that pound cake is actually from Europe. In Europe, the portion of the pound cake is actually relatively large, so it will take two to three days to be eaten, and it will become more delicious as it sits. However, the weather in Taiwan is relatively humid, so after the quenched pound cake is baked and cooled, it is wrapped in plastic wrap and placed in a freezer at minus 20 degrees to mature for 3 days to allow the water to be slowly absorbed by the flour. The flavors of the other ingredients will blend in perfectly as well.
listened to the boss’ explanation while trying two pieces of pound cake.
Shijiu Pound Cake is made by mixing Cream Cheese and Parmigiano cheese from the Parma region of Italy. The first bite of this pound cake made the naughty monkey think it was special, with its strong cheese aroma. It keeps flowing in the mouth and nasal cavity, and coupled with the unique moist taste of pound cake, it completely subverts Naughty Monkey's previous impression of pound cake as dry and sweet.
Pistachio Carrot pound cake, topped with Sicily pistachio puree, Iran pistachios and local carrots from Taiwan, and finally sauteed with olive oil, you can feel the original and slight sweetness of the carrots It has a delicious taste and nutty aroma. Because the food is made from fresh fruits or carrots, the pound cake will have the natural moisture in the fruits and vegetables, allowing the pound cake to retain a moist texture and be quite delicious.
Shijiu Que is different from ordinary pastry shops, offering various styles of cakes. The boss said he wanted to specialize in making pound cakes, so he only has pound cakes to choose from in the store. However, there are also as many as seven or eight flavors. There are actually quite a lot of options in terms of flavors, and the flavors will be changed according to the season. Since the cake needs to be matured at low temperature for three days after being made, it is recommended to call in advance to reserve the flavor you want. If you buy it directly at the store, just Only ready-made flavors are available.
Finally, the naughty monkey chose three types. From left to right, they are Valrhona banana pound cake, port wine pineapple pound cake, and fermented honey apple pound cake.
After choosing the pound cake, it will be packaged in an exquisite box. The packaging feels so exquisite and is suitable for personal use or as a gift. Naughty Monkey thinks it is also a great choice as a full moon cake.
The first Naughty Monkey choice is to try the port wine pineapple pound cake.
As soon as I opened the box, I saw that there were many dried pear slices on this pound cake, which was as beautiful as a flower.
Select Taiwanese fresh pineapples and boil them in a pot with rock sugar, star anise, and Portuguese national wine port wine. Finally, they are baked with the ingredients for making pound cake. The sweetness of the rock sugar is used to maintain the original taste of the fruit itself. Let the fruit and cake blend naturally. In addition to the original moist feeling, the pound cake will also bite the flesh of the pear from time to time, making the whole taste more layered. Although the dried pear on top is very thin, it is , you can still taste the aroma of mandarin pear when you chew it.
Brewed Honey Apple Pound Cake.
Select small apples for their natural sourness, then add sweet fermented rice wine and longan honey, and then add the unique taste of pound cake to present a naturally sweet taste.
This pound cake tastes slightly honeyy, and you can taste a little bit of the apple pulp. The white frosting on top seems to have added more lemon, so it tastes slightly sweet and sour, which makes the naughty monkey and the monkey mother happy. Quite fond of it.
Valrhona Banana Pound Cake.
After mixing 70% pure chocolate and caramel banana, you can smell the rich chocolate aroma as soon as you open the box.
When you eat it, you will first feel the aroma of chocolate. It is not bitter and not overly sweet. The more you chew, the aroma of banana will slowly come out. The monkey mother who never likes chocolate also praised it for being delicious.
Shi Jiu Que's pound cake The store manager insists on using two grains of sand and fresh fruits and vegetables to make it. Because the store manager insists on the quality and food safety of his cakes, he insists on using ingredients that the human body can metabolize normally to make pound cakes. , I hope that in addition to enjoying delicious food, you can also eat healthily. In fact, Naughty Monkey didn't like to eat pound cake before, because the pound cake gave Naughty Monkey the impression that eating it would be extremely sweet and greasy, and it must be paired with a cup of coffee or a drink, otherwise it would feel stuck in the throat. However, , after coming into contact with Food Jiu Quenching this time, I discovered that pound cake can also have such a moist texture, and now it has become one of the naughty monkey’s favorite cakes!
