11/15/2011

About Taiwanese Snacks

If you want to know about Taiwan, there are a lot of things to say. 
As you can see, Taiwanese foods are very famous in other countries.
So let's talk about Taiwanese snacks.


This is "Pineapple Cake".
The stuffing inside tastes sour and sweet.
It's very famous in Taiwan. A lot of people like it very much!


This is "Stinky Tofu".
It is a kind of fermented bean curd.
Every Taiwanese knows it. If you don't know this food, you're not from Taiwan!
The tofu is the yellow square with spring onions on the top.
The thing behind the tofu is kimchi. It's different from Korean kimchi.
The red thing on the top of the kimchi is spicy sauce. 
The stinky tofu tastes very great. By the way, it's not stinky. It smells good!


This is "Oyster Omelet."
It's a typical Taiwanese snack.
It smells very good. The oysters are fresh and sweet.
Eating with some ketchup is a perfect choice.
You can also add some bean sprouts or Chinese cabbage in it.


This is "Roast Yam or Roast Sweet Potato".
It is soft and sweet.
Long time ago Taiwanese people will eat roasted sweet potato for every meal.

This is how peolpe roast the sweet potatoes.

This is glutinous rice dumpling. Its shape is very special.
You will put some peanut powder and soy sauce on it.
There are some mushrooms, pork, dried shrimps and an egg yolk inside the rice dumpling.



This is "red bean pie". 
It's a kind of traditional dessert in Taiwan.
The most basic flavor is the red bean. But there are lots of flavors now,
like chocolate, butter, dried turnip etc.
It tastes sweet and smells good. It's a great Taiwanese snack.


This is a night market. You can enjoy lots of tasty Taiwanese food in it.

In a word, there are a lot of delicious foods in Taiwan more than I just mentioned. Hope you enjoy my introduction about Taiwanese snacks.

8 comments:

  1. Umm...The night market is soooooooooo crowded!!!

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  2. You must spend a lot of time on taking pictures.

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  3. The pictures are really good. Makes my mouth water just by looking at them. You must have put a lot of thought in your work. I like the way you put your own opinions.

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  4. Oh!Your pictures make me hungry!!Haha. Pineapple cake is really delicious!!

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  5. To Betty, Leo, Tina W and Emily
    Thanks a lot.I was hungry when I wrote the article, too. HaHa

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  6. Your article make me hurt.It's so colorful that I can't look it carefully.I'm just kidding.But you must spent a lot of time to do it.(Don't eat too much!)
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  7. I only like the cabbage in the stinky tofu, the sour and sweet taste goes really good with rice.

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  8. Sorry! The comment up there should be right here! But, anyway, where did you take these photos? They' re really great!

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