What are the best Taiwanese snacks?

Shengjian Bao, oyster omelette, meat dumplings, scallion pancakes, stinky tofu, pearl milk tea

1. Shengjian steamed buns is a famous snack in Taiwan, referred to as shengjian, shengjian Bao, also known as "water fried buns", for the fried stuffed buns. The filling of the steamed buns is divided into "water" and "mixed water", the difference is whether or not to use meat jelly. The prevalent "mixed water" school is based on fresh pork and meat jelly, and different kinds of shengjian are also made with chicken, while shrimp and crab meat flavored shengjian can also be found in some sophisticated stores. The ingredients are wrapped in semi-leavened dough and then discharged in a pan with oil, which is sprayed with water several times until the bottom surface is yellow, hard and crispy.

The finished product is white, soft and fluffy, with tender meat, marinade, sesame and scallion flavor when you bite and chew it, served with chicken and duck blood soup or beef soup or oil tofu vermicelli soup.

2. In southern Fujian and Taiwan, "oyster" is generally referred to as "oyster" ("oyster" is a common word, the same sound as "oyster"), but in folklore it is common to call it "oyster". ", but in the folk generally popular). In Hong Kong, it is generally called oyster omelet, oyster cake or oyster cake. In English, it is generally translated as Oyster omelette (牡蛎蛋饼).

The way to do it is to heat the oil in a pan first, put oysters, stirred eggs, coriander or cabbage and then drizzle with thickened water, and when the oysters are ripe, sheng up and drizzle with sweet and spicy sauce to eat, easy to make and delicious, almost every night market in Taiwan can be found selling oyster omelette stalls. This unique seafood delicacy can also be savored in the southern Fujian region. In Hong Kong to eat oyster omelette, generally have to go to Chiu Chow special food store to have to eat, Hong Kong people patronize these Chiu Chow special food store behavior is commonly known as "playing cold", and Hong Kong people eat "oyster omelette" will generally be accompanied by fish sauce and bean paste.

However, because of the special flavor and texture of oysters, some people may not be able to swallow them, so many oyster omelette stalls will also sell "flower branch omelette," "shrimp omelette," "egg omelette," etc., as the name suggests. "As the name suggests, the oyster omelette is made with flowers and shrimp instead of oysters, or simply a combination of eggs, vegetables and gravy.

In Taiwan, one of the famous oyster omelette locations are the old oyster omelette store in the Ningxia Market near the former Taipei Circle Night Market, which is still open for decades and still maintains a nostalgic good taste, although the store does not look like an old-fashioned flavor.

The oyster omelette at the Miaodong Night Market in Fengyuan City, Taichung County, is famous for its crispy texture and spinach.

The coastal city of Bubu in Chiayi County produces oysters, and there are many oyster-related products.

3. Taiwan's dumplings are also close to the same way in southern China, wrapped in hemp bamboo leaves or bamboo culm sheaths and then tied with white cotton thread or salty grass, the style of the more into a cone in the shape of the four corners, but at the same time in the south of Taiwan and the north of Taiwan between the method also exists a certain difference between the Taiwanese are often referred to as the "southern rice dumplings", "After 1949, a large number of soldiers and civilians moved to Taiwan with the national government, and also introduced into the provinces dumpling cuisine.

North

The northern Taiwan method is rice soaked in water, drained and fried in oil, and add five-spice powder, pepper, soy sauce and other seasonings. After steaming the rice, close to the "oil rice", and then wrapped in bamboo leaves to fill the filling, once again to make the flavor. There are also people directly with oil will be fried to half-cooked rice, wrapped filling steamed. Bamboo leaves used in the northern Taiwan dumplings are mostly bamboo shoots shells, brownish-yellow color, slightly speckled, the texture is quite tough.

Southern

Southern Taiwan's method is to soak pure white glutinous rice and add meat, mushrooms, duck egg yolks, red onions, and peanuts, chestnuts, and dried radish, and more specifically squid and shrimp, the fillings must be salted, wrapped in bay leaves, and then boiled over high heat in a cauldron, with one to two additions of cold water in between to keep the water heated until it is cooked through, which can take from one and a half to two hours. It takes about one and a half to two hours. It takes about one and a half to two hours to cook through. When eaten, it has a light fragrance of bamboo leaves, and peanut powder and soy sauce paste may be added to make it edible. The moon peach leaves used in southern Taiwan's rice dumplings have a delicate texture and wider leaf surface, as well as a more aromatic flavor.

Hakka Rice Dumplings

Rice Dumplings: Steamed glutinous rice is wrapped with shrimp, red onion, preserved vegetables, shredded mushrooms, pork and other ingredients, and wrapped in sun-dried sesame leaves before steaming and eating. It is more time-consuming to make, so the flavor is also more special.

4. Scallion pancake is a kind of dough mixed with scallion plus a little seasoning "mixed dough", to be put on a hot iron plate with oil to fry, flatten, form a large round cake, the radius [source request] is about 30 centimeters, fried until golden brown that is, fried with a knife to cut the points, usually cut into eight equal parts, the second part of the folded and together, and will be Two equal parts stacked and together that is one, can add soy sauce paste seasoning, but also add fried eggs to eat, Taiwan streets, night markets can often be seen, but also a kind of snacks in Taiwan, Taiwan's way of selling most of the quarter of a round cake, that is, two small slices of a unit, a unit of price of about 15 to 30 yuan ranging from the Taiwan dollar, a whole piece is about 50 to 70 yuan. Shandong-style scallion pancakes are sold by the catty.

5. Stinky tofu sold in Taiwan is often accompanied by Taiwanese-style pickled vegetables to soothe the greasiness of the fried tofu.

6. Bubble tea, also known as boba milk tea, or simply milk, is a tea drink that has been passed down in Taiwan, and is made by adding powdered rice balls to milk tea, making it pearl milk tea. It is quite popular among teenagers because of its special taste.

Pearl milk tea is a part of Taiwan's "bubble tea" culture, although it is only added to the tapioca in the milk tea, but it has become one of Taiwan's most representative beverages and snacks.

In the past decade, pearl milk tea has been popular from Taiwan to Hong Kong, China, Southeast Asia, Japan and the United States, most of which are opened by Taiwanese.

Taiwan's early pearl milk tea was born in bubble tea stores, mostly emphasizing that the milk tea must be freshly shaken. Since the emergence of chain pearl milk tea, in order to taste management and speed up the speed of production and provision, many chain stores to use pre-mixed milk tea. Pre-adjusted milk tea is also most likely not before the opening of the store with black tea and creamer, but the head office directly in the form of milk tea powder to provide to the store, add water can be. In order to make milk tea into the form of milk tea powder, it is necessary to directly grind the black tea, so the flavor and the traditional shake of milk tea will have a difference. If you don't drink this kind of milk tea and let it sit for a few hours, you will find that the powder is completely precipitated, and on top of it is transparent sugar water, which proves that the black tea ingredient in this kind of milk tea is not dissolved in water. Therefore, some enthusiasts insist on drinking pearl milk tea.

The types of creamer used in milk tea, including liquid, powder, etc., Taiwan pearl milk tea is generally used in powdered creamer, due to the high calorie powdered creamer, and tapioca pearls also have a very high calorie content (one of the about dozens of calories ranging), an expert pointed out that a cup of 500cc of pearl milk tea calorie content, equivalent to the calorie content of an ordinary spare ribs lunch box for the commitment to reduce body weight of the people, should not be frequently

Since the pursuit of health is gradually being emphasized, the industry has also introduced the so-called fresh milk tea, the use of fresh milk instead of creamer, the taste and texture of the milk tea produced is also different from the traditional creamer modulation of milk tea.

Customized options

In Taiwan, pearl milk tea is quite autonomous, and pearl milk tea stores are usually operated in a complex manner, not only to provide black tea, green tea, milk tea, coffee and other beverages, as well as a wide variety of stores can represent the characteristics of the "special drinks", and some regulars will create their own unique flavors. Some regulars also create their own flavors.

Flavored teas:

Plums (sour plums): Plum oolong tea, plum black tea, plum green tea, and more.

Yuleto: yuleto black tea, yuleto green tea, etc.

Mixing materials (e.g., thin He syrup, pomegranate syrup, etc.): thin He green tea, pomegranate black tea, etc.

Floral teas: sold separately or added to milk tea, such as lavender milk tea.

Added ingredients:

Pearls: powder rounds, there are large (boba) and small.

Dragonballs: also known as "wrapped in the heart", adding a whole red bean in the core of the pearl, diameter of 10mm or more, there is a "soft outside and crunchy heart" taste

Coconut: such as coconut black tea, coconut green tea, coconut milk tea.

Dots: small cubes of coffee jelly that can be Q'd.

Pudding: Some stores add commercially available (or homemade) pudding in solid form, while others use pudding powder as a flavor, most often adding pudding to milk tea.

Senchao (known as "cold noodles" in Cantonese): A product of the summer transformation of some stores that originally sold roasted senchao in winter, it was later used by most stores to follow suit.

Aiyu: Similar to Xiancao, it was originally sold in traditional markets in the countryside, but was later transformed into a beverage with a different flavor, and is more common in some non-chain stores.

Konjac: A health food that became very popular some days ago, it was then widely used in various beverages because of the market's pursuit of a healthy orientation, mostly with a chewy texture.

Additional choices:

Sweetness: basically fructose-based, each store's basic sweetness is slightly different, and related to the production of the shopkeeper, if not specifically stated is the basic sweetness.

Full sugar / 10 percent sugar: the amount of fructose varies according to the standard of each store, and is put into the standard amount.

Half Sugar: The amount of fructose is only half of the store's standard.

Little sugar / micro sugar / three-minute sugar: the amount of fructose is less than half of the store's standard, mostly three-minute sugar (clear heart), or two-minute sugar (micro sugar).

No Sugar: No added sweetness, there are some customers who are worried about the calories of the pearls, or who just want to drink the sweet taste of the pearls will choose no sugar.

Twelve points of sugar: the amount of fructose is higher than the standard, due to the greater use of ice in some stores, some customers are worried about not sweet after a long time, so they will ask the store to add a little more sugar, this is a more "professional" statement, equivalent to the store to add a little more sugar, a bit of connoisseur of one of the ordering method.

Ice: Pearl Milk Tea is mostly a cold drink, so the ice will be added, but if the ice is too much time will make the drink flavor fade, therefore, some stores will deliberately adjust the milk tea sweeter, so that the ice melting can still retain the sweetness. However, since the ice cubes will take up the volume of the cup, and since most milk teas are pre-brewed and iced in the refrigerator, some budget-conscious people will ask for ice cubes in order to get more out of the drink. Many other health-conscious women also choose to have their drinks iced during certain times of the year.

Full ice: The amount of ice varies according to the standard of each store, and is put into a standard amount. Generally speaking, the amount of ice is almost always full ice if you don't specifically ask the store to reduce it. (Nearly half a cup or more of the volume is ice, winter drink up very cold, but also easy to cause the drink first sweet after the fade of the situation appeared).

Smaller ice: The amount of ice in the glass is half of the glass depending on the store's standard, but the standard is not necessarily half of the glass depending on the store's custom. Most customers will choose to have less ice to avoid having their drinks sweetened and then watered down, which is one of the ways of the connoisseur.

Smaller ice: Ice is placed in one to three layers on the top of the glass, and it is one of the methods requested by customers who want to finish their drinks in a short period of time.

De-icing: Putting only a few ice cubes in the glass so that the drink is only cold when the flavoring is complete and you can't see the ice cubes; some stores don't put any ice in the glass because the drink is already cold.