TaiwanSnacks are Taiwanese life and cultureStreet foodThe general term. The special feature of Taiwanese snacks is to take local ingredients. Because Taiwan is surrounded by the sea and rich in fishery products, seafood is one of the common street dishes.
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It is not so easy to define the accuracy of Taiwanese snacks. Perhaps you can try to make the following distinction: in a narrow sense, it only refers to snacks originating in Taiwan, such as: bubble tea; and because of the high variability of snacks, it is easy to follow. There are breakthrough developments in region and time, so in a broad sense, it can also include those common folk delicacies that flourish and innovate in Taiwan, and can be seen everywhere in Taiwan, such as: fried oysters, meat dumplings, cut buns, and Sishen soup , Danzi noodles, braised pork rice, fried chicken, grilled corn, grilled sausage, scallion pancake, red bean cake, stinky tofu, meatballs, oyster noodles, mochi, etc.; beverages, such as: world-renowned bubble tea, love Yubing, papaya milk, etc. As for the broadest definition, it can even include any snack or dessert that is very popular in Taiwan.
history
Taiwanese snacksThe reason why it looks delicious has its historical origins and twists and turns. In Taiwan since Zheng Chenggong drove out the Dutch at the end of Ming Dynasty, the agriculture of the Han people in this area was gradually reclaimed on a large scale with the military garrison system. In addition, around 1720, during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Chinese immigrants came to Taiwan for reclaiming again, and crowds gathered. There are usually temple fairs and other faith centers, and many markets and snacks also follow, the allusion is like this.
After 1895, the style of Taiwanese snacks, with the Japanese colonization, some masters began to learn the skills of making cakes and food in Japan.
Approximately after 1949, after the Nationalist government moved to Taiwan, a large number of military family members brought special dishes from various provinces in mainland China, gradually increasing the diversity of Taiwanese snacks.
In recent decades, as Taiwan’s economy has taken off, many large urban department stores have planned their floors as food courts, and they can enjoy air-conditioning to avoid the sun and rain. Snacks have also been given a modern meaning.
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Some snacks will be called by the name of the region because of the difference between regions. For example, the word Wanluan in Wanluan pig's feet is the place name; however, some place-name signs in Taiwan are purely gimmicks and do not represent the place of origin, such as Mongolia The barbecue is not from Mongolia, the Wenzhou wonton is not from Wenzhou, the Tianjin Scallion Cake is not from Tianjin (the mainland is called Taiwan Hand Cake), and the Sichuan Beef Noodle is not from Sichuan (the famous Lanzhou Beef Noodle in Mainland China). It is better to use it as a proper noun. Street snacks that have not yet become famous often do not have a storefront, but there is only one stall. Many stores use disposable tableware and plastic bags, and they will not issue invoices to consumers. The unit prices of most snacks are quite low. In addition, Taiwanese snacks have inherited the cooking habit of salty and sweet in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, especially in the south. Tainan snacks are the representative.
Local development
TaipeiThe snacks can be divided into two types: market vendor snacks and old shop snacks. In addition to the snack stalls selling early snacks, which may be limited to the morning, night market snacks are concentrated in the night market. Due to the high degree of urbanization and the relatively long time for public activities, many food stalls will operate quite late to match Taipei’s "Night Night City". Because of this, it’s common to operate past 12 o’clock at midnight or even through the night. This kind of street vendor snacks mostly use non-washing tableware as containers due to motorization. As for the old snacks with a long history, they are concentrated in the earlier developed Taipei West District. For example, Mengjia (now Wanhua) and Jianhuanhuan, like most of the earlier developed ancient cities in Taiwan, these old shops are mostly concentrated in Around the temple, because there are many shops to facilitate the cleaning of tableware, the use of tableware is mainly non-disposable tableware.
The earliest developed in TaiwanTainanThe city is the most representative snack cultural town in the country, and themed tourism with snacks and historical sites has become an important tourism resource in the city. The famous snacks in Tainan are not concentrated in the night market, except for the many varieties of good quality and low price. They are usually concentrated in the Miaokou Temple, which has historical development, or the market that migrated due to sanitation or urban planning during the Japanese Occupation. (Such as stone mortar or Shakariba) Although these markets may have been eliminated or declined due to urban development, the scattered vendors in order to indicate their origin, some will add the origin of the products they sell, such as "Stone "Jingjiu seafood porridge" or "large vegetable market pasta", etc.
Famous
snack
- KeelungBubble ice
- Deep pitStinky Tofu
- Jinshangoose
- freshwaterAge
- Luo DongGarlic Braised
- Three GorgesGolden croissant
- HsinchuGongmaru
- TaichungBig noodles
- ChanghuaMeatballs
- LukangNoodle Paste
- DounanGinger Tomato
- ChiayiChicken rice
- Minxionggoose
- TainanSpaghetti with Unagi
- TainanCoffin board
- OkayamaLamb Stove
- WanluanPig's feet
- Beef noodles (mainly concentrated in the north)
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Hsinchu Gongwan
Thai moon shrimp cake invented in Taiwan
Zonghuigeng
Meat Soup Noodles
