Taiwanese Eating Culture–

Cuisine

Presented byTina Shen

Ingredient

• Agriculture products– rice, corn, tea

• Seafood– tuna, sardines, squid, tiny fish, cuttlefish, crab…

• Poultry– Pork, chicken

• Seasoning– soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil…

• Fruits– banana, pineapple, papaya, tomato…

Typical Dishes

• Ingredients are often rice, meat, egg, and some seasoning such as soy sauce, ginger, vinegar, cilantro, basil (nine-story tower)…

• They are common that we can often order them in restaurants. They are also main dishes that Taiwanese people have for meals.

Oily Rice Minced Pork Rice

• Containing savory oils and pork meat.

• Minced fatty pork served on rice.

Turkey Rice Bowl Pork Ball

• Strip turkey with braised pork. [Cha-yi]

• Often eaten in soup. [Chin-chu]

Oyster Noodles Tan Tzai Noodles

• Oyster + pig intestines + thin noodles + cilantro + vinegar

• Originated in Tainan with marinated eggs and some minced pork

Three-cup Chicken Pork Knuckles

• Fried Chicken with wine, sesame oil and soy Sauce

• The most famous one is Pin-tong pork knuckles. The common cooking way is braised with soy sauce.

Night Market Dishesor Snacks

• “Night market” is a very special feature of Taiwanese eating culture.

• Foods in night market are made of common Taiwanese food ingredients but added with some varieties and creativity when they are cooked.

Double Layer Roll Sausages

• Small sausage in large sausage. [Shi-ling night market]

• Taiwanese sausages with many flavors. [Everywhere]

Meat Circle Pork Thick Soup

• Sticky gelatinous dough filled with pork, bamboo shoots, shiitake, and served with a savory sweet sauce

• Pork made into long shape and cooked in thick soup. [Keelong]

Cuttlefish Soup Shawarma

• Thickened soup with cuttlefish wrapped in fish paste.

• Brought over from Turkey decades ago.• Chicken, cabbage, tomato, onions, ketchup, and mayonnaise in leavened bun.

Grilled Corn Grilled Squid

• A more recent appearance on the night market scene

• Put on a stick and often marinated, then grilled

Stinky Tofu Oyster Omelet

• Fermented tofu with special smell.

• Eaten with pickle.

• Made with egg, oyster, cilantro and vegetable.• Eaten with sweet mildly spicy sauce and topped with cilanto.

Fried Chicken Pieces Pork Blood Cake

• Small chunks of chicken sprinkled with peppers and basil flavor

• Made form pork blood and rice.• Cut into rectangular and topped with peanut paste, hot sauce, and cilantro

Coffin Bread Scallion Pancake

• Flour pancake with many thin layers, made with scallions.

• Thick cut bread fried with egg and filled with savory fillings.

Desserts

• Ingredients are mostly fruits and something made from taro or yam.

• Some ingredients are healthy with certain function.

Taiwanese Crepes Candied Crabapples

• wheat-based wrapper filled with a variety of choices, such as seafood, vegetable and dried tofu...

• Crabapples are stuffed with preserved plums, and then candied

Pearl Milk Tea

• Milk tea black tapioca pearls visible at the bottom of the cup.

• Taiwanese original drink and is famous in the world.

Grass Jelly Jelly Fig

• Gelatinous desserts which are healthy to human bodies. Both of them can calm our internal heat.

Fruits or Beans Smoothies Shaved Ice

• Milk or ice is blended on the spot with fresh papaya, mango, watermelon, red bean, or green bean

• Shaved ice with various toppings to choose from: red beans, green beans, pineapple, condensed milk, grass jelly, lychees, peanuts, rice balls, etc.

Taro Cake / Ice

• A dessert made of frozen taro root paste, and there’re many different kinds of form.

Conclusion

• Taiwanese people value eating very much. That’s why there are night markets, which allows people to eat anytime!

• There are many ways to cook dishes, and the use of seasoning is quite important.

• Now, there’s not only traditional Taiwanese food, but many cooking methods and ingredients used are affected by foreign dishes.

Reference

• Wikipedia

• Yahoo Picture Search

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