1. Oysters fry
Oyster fried is not a snack unique to Taiwan, in the Minnan language area (Minnan, Chaoshan) since ancient times, is a common home cooking, oyster fried is said to be a kind of creative cuisine invented under the poor society, is the ancestors of hardship, inability to eat the invention of alternative food, is a symbol of a poor life. In Southern Fujian, Taiwan, Chaoshan is basically the same root, in Taiwan its earliest name is "fried food chase", is the older generation of people in the Anping area of Tainan know the traditional dim sum, is a sweet potato powder after adding water wrapped in oysters, eggs, green onions, coriander and other ingredients fried into a cake.
There is an interesting story about its origins. Folk rumors, in 1661 AD, the Dutch army occupied Tainan, Quanzhou Nan'an zheng successfully led troops from Luermen to attack, intending to recover the lost land, Zheng army was like a bamboo defeat of the Dutch army, the Dutch army in a rage, the rice grains were all hidden, Zheng army in the lack of food in the emergency, simply took local materials to taiwan special oysters, sweet potato flour mixed with water and one and fried into cakes to eat, unexpectedly passed on to future generations, has become a popular snack in the province.
Another more rooted theory is that oyster fry was brought into Taiwan with the migration of Zheng Chenggong's army and Fujian and Chaoshan immigrants. It has become a delicious dish shared by people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Nowadays, Taiwan's oyster frying and southern Fujian region, especially Quanzhou's oyster frying process, are highly consistent.
2. Pepperloaf
Pepperloaf is a kind of noodle snack, is a common street snack in Taiwan, is a traditional snack from Fuzhou, Fujian Province, scallion meat cake (a kind of Fuzhou light cake) Taiwanese pepper cake inverted with fat and lean pork, other ingredients and methods are roughly the same as Fuzhou green onion meat cake. The main ingredients are medium gluten flour, sugar, baking powder, yeast powder, etc., and the accessories are plum blossom meat, green onions, soy sauce, sugar, salt, five-spice powder, black pepper powder and so on.
The "content" of the pepperloaf is very simple, fresh green onions, finely chopped ham meat, mixed into a salty and sweet taste, and then mixed with a certain amount of pepper and fragrant. In addition to the "hair noodles" of the general fried bun, the crust should also be added with a little "puff pastry" (that is, with lard and dough), so that the cake noodles are not too crispy, and they will not be old and hard to bite. The oven is a large water tank with an upside-down buckle, a hole in the bottom, a hole in the iron plate, and a large paint bucket on the jacket of the water tank. The baking method is to use charcoal to heat the stove, the iron plate is red, take out the charcoal fire and paste the cake on the wall of the tank, after more than ten minutes, the aroma is fragrant, and the pepper cake is about to come out. For some spicy diners who are afraid of the hot summer weather, pepperloaf can be regarded as a delicious snack in the summer.
3. Coffin board
Coffin board is a very famous snack in Taiwan. The predecessor was made with a Western-style crisp box with Chinese ingredients such as chicken liver. At first, it was not called a coffin board, but a chicken liver board. Its inventor was a Taiwanese master named Xu Liuyi. This snack first appeared in Tainan and later became popular in various parts of Taiwan.
Coffin board is one of the famous snacks in Tainan City, Taiwan. It was invented by Mr. Xu Liuyi. Some shopkeepers renamed it official money board in order to seek good fortune. The predecessor of the coffin board was made of a Western-style crisp box with Chinese ingredients such as chicken liver. At first, it was not called a coffin board, but a chicken liver board. It is reported that one day, the archaeological team of National Taiwan University came to this dim sum shop to taste chicken liver board. After tea and dinner, when the archaeology team and Mr. Xu Liuyi were chatting, a professor suddenly said: "This chicken liver plate looks very similar to the stone coffin we are excavating!" ”。 After mr. Xu Liuyi, who was optimistic and cheerful, listened, he replied cheerfully: "Then my chicken liver board will be named coffin board!" ”。 Therefore, this somewhat sensational name "coffin board" replaced the title of chicken liver board. Because of its special shape and sweet taste, the coffin board became a hit and became one of the famous snacks in Tainan, with vendors near Shakariba or Chihkan Tower. But in fact, the coffin board tastes greasy, and the sales are mainly for tourists, and are not often eaten by locals.
4. Adzon noodle line
"A zong noodle noodles" is an authentic Taiwanese snack that has a history of more than 30 years. The main raw material is Fujian rice noodles, which are characterized by thin black strips, tough and smooth tendons, pick up continuous strips, and clear fragrance and sharp taste. The delicate Fujian rice noodles are mixed with warm water and dough, put the appropriate amount of dough into the noodle bed and pressed into a pot of boiling water, cooked and fished into a warm water basin, and when eaten, it can be drizzled with seafood, pork, mushrooms and other toppings. Winter can be eaten hot, summer can be eaten cold, has the effect of stomach to cool down. There are more than 200 varieties of Azong noodle line. Azong noodle line epitomizes the abundant raw materials, exquisite technology and special eating methods of Taiwanese cuisine, and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.
5. Large intestine wraps small intestine
Large intestine wrapped small intestine is a special snack that emerged in Taiwan in the 1990s, which is similar to hot dogs in the United States. The combination of glutinous rice sausages and pork intestines makes its taste quite unique. Fragrant grilled sausages, accompanied by pickled radish, sauerkraut and cucumbers, plus a little garlic juice, wrapped in glutinous rice sausages, one bite, waiting in line is worth it! The main raw material is glutinous rice intestines to eat sweet and not greasy, and then the larger glutinous rice intestines are cut open, and then put into the Taiwanese sausage, and finally will be coated with various spices, garlic, coriander, cucumber shreds, peanut flour to enhance the taste, as well as original taste, black pepper flavor, spicy taste, mustard flavor and other options! Night markets in some parts of Taiwan also offer a luxurious version of the large sausage bun small sausage, in addition to the sausage, but also add a variety of ingredients such as garlic, peanut flour, sauerkraut and other ingredients to create a richer taste and texture.
6. Shaved ice
Authentic "shaved ice" is made by shaving ice cubes into snowflakes, and the inclusion of ice slag in "shaved ice" will seriously affect the taste. Shaved ice is very popular in Taiwan, so it is known as "Taiwan shaved ice". Shaved ice is a colorful snow ice formed by shaving ice cubes into a fine smoothie and then adding a variety of dried fruits, fruits, milk, juices, etc. It is varied and easy to make, and can be mixed with a variety of flavors. Shaved ice can basically be divided into three categories: smoothie, crushed ice and shaved ice, and must choose ingredients consistent with ice to be considered a perfect ice product, because this will not make the ice disappear faster than the ingredients and make the taste can not be "integrated" with each other, losing the role of ice itself, which is the so-called "consistency". Smoothies are the most delicate ice, usually mixed with fruit and very flavorful raw materials, broken up, eaten with straws, it feels like drinking.
7. Ding edge file
Ding Bian File, a famous snack in Keelung, Taiwan.
Dingbian file was originally a Fuzhou snack, which is a home-cooked snack in the homes of Fuzhou people. There are meat soup, shrimp soup, golden needles, shiitake mushrooms, fungus, squid, dried fish, bamboo shoots, cabbage, rich in content, is a standard soup good ingredient. However, this is only the ingredient, and the main dish is a white and tender slice called "Dingbian File". "File" is a Taiwanese word meaning to climb and roll. Its production is made of rice grinding into rice milk, rolling down along the edge of the cauldron, the action of rice milk sliding and rolling is called file, and the white piece is a piece of white, which is the ding edge file. Ding bian file is most famous for what the Xing family did.
8. Ginger hen duck
Originated from the imperial tonic in the Imperial Palace of the Shang Dynasty; duck meat is rich in nutrients, especially suitable for summer and autumn consumption, which can not only supplement the excessive consumption of nutrients, but also remove the discomfort caused by summer heat to the human body. Ginger hen duck is a popular winter snack in Taiwan since the 1980s. The restaurant provides cooked duck meat (Taiwanese specialty red noodle duck), old ginger (Taiwanese ginger mother), rice wine, hu hu oil, Chinese medicine herb packets, cooked together on the customer's table gas stove or charcoal fire, after eating the whole body warm, quite popular.
9. Raw stir-fried flower branches
Raw stir-fried flower branches are the famous food of Taipei Shilin Night Market, this dish is fresh cuttlefish and bamboo shoot slices, carrots are quickly fried together, hooked into a soup, and then seasoned with white vinegar, the taste is salty and slightly sweet and sour, and the cuttlefish is particularly tender and refreshing.
Due to the relationship of the seasons, there are no new fresh bamboo shoots in the north now, so use celery instead, celery and cuttlefish are a perfect match, so that not only the taste is more delicious, the color of the whole dish is also more beautiful!
10. Sweet and not spicy
Sweet and not spicy is a very characteristic snack in Taiwan, which is a food that mixes some ingredients (meat, seafood, fish, etc.) into a pulp and flour, and is fried and eaten with Thai sweet and spicy sauce. In addition to Taiwan, in other cities is basically difficult to eat, so after arriving in Taiwan, such a delicious taste of course to taste well, Taiwan night market inside the sweet is not spicy a lot, most of them are sold in small stalls, sweet is not spicy is a kind of food made of fish paste, after frying, cooked in broth. The fish paste is brown in the sauce, the flavor is rich, the sauce is mellow, much like the Taste of Japanese, and it is popular with young people.
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