"Lovely Anping Canal, a coffin board, a bowl of ding-side files
meatball bowl, glutinous rice dumplings, fish noodles, danzi noodles, tuber rice cakes
, this is not Ruan Ai Bao
, please come to Tainan and run away
talk a long-winded is not Ruan Aibao
please come to Tainan to run away"
I accidentally heard this Taiwanese song "Come to Tainan" while watching an art exhibition. At first, I was attracted by its peculiar genre, and only after reading the lyrics did I realize that the lyrics of this song wrote about the food and historical sites in Tainan. Under the “instigation” of friends from Tainan, I resolutely set foot on the train going south. Revealed the mystery of the ancient taste of Tainan.
Tainan’s old taste feels very solid and grounded. I used to wonder why Tainan is different from most of the delicacies lurking in the night market. It is served from morning to night. Later, I found the answer in the mouth of the sister I met in the youth hostel. Most people in northern Taiwan sit in the office, so they eat a small sandwich for breakfast. Brunch is exquisite and simple, and the nightlife after get off work is rich; people in central and southern Taiwan mostly do physical work. Son, in order to be full of vitality every day, their food for the day is rich in carbohydrates and sugars.
is about to "drill the alleys" in Tainan. The scent of food wafts from the faint alleys. As soon as I entered, I found that there was a cave. I came out after a good meal. Looking back, I found that the shop has long been hidden in the clothes shop. I couldn’t help but laugh. The existence of these clothes shops is irrelevant. They exist as a cover for those gourmet shops, just like opening the door of sesame seeds. You have to say a spell, and ah, sincerely. spirit.
arrived in Tainan at 6 o'clock in the afternoon on the first day. It was dark. According to the tips of friends and the Google map navigation, I started a day and one night foraging
Step 1 Guohua Road, Section 2, "Chicken Rice, Duck Rice"
: Thicken sweet potato, thicken taro, thicken potato
Production method: the way sweet potatoes are made into fries, deep-fried
Taste: There are two types of sweet and salty, including sweet plum (first recommended), seaweed, sour, pepper, cheese, etc. Taste.
[evaluation] deep-fried thickened sweet potato taro is a delicacy found on the whole island of Taiwan. This one in Tainan is relatively special. It is of the same type as the outside and the inside is tender. However, the store sells them according to the softness and hardness of the internal ingredients according to customer needs. At the same time, the thickening and fluffy are out of the starch-rich roots and stems, instead of the powder tightly sticking to the ingredients like other stores, which not only reduces the calories of the food, makes the taste better, but the taste is relatively ordinary .
Price: 35 Taiwan dollars
Location: at the corner of Guohua Street 2nd section
Business hours: 12:00 noon-night
Recommended index: ★★★
Step 2 Sweet potato pine, white sugar kueh
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[evaluation] sweet potato puns are nothing special, nothing special; white sugar kuih is amazing, after frying, the outside is wrapped in a thick white sugar, sweet but not greasy, and the middle is empty Yes, it's crunchy and melts in your mouth.
Price: NT$20
Location: Corner of the second section of Guohua Street
Business hours: 12:00 noon-night
Recommended index: ★★★
Step 3 Almond tofu
Ingredients: almond dew, white jade tofu, mashed tofu, Barley
Production method: boiled, boiled
taste: slightly sweet
[evaluation] can choose different flavors of hot and cold. After eating the greasy fried food, come with a refreshing almond tofu. The taste is sweet and refreshing. .
Price: NT$40
Location: Guohua Street, a section of the night market side
Recommended index: ★★★
Step 4 Buddha love jade (original flavor)
Ingredients: Aiyu, honey, sugar water, smoothie
Flavor: Sweet
[evaluation] Aiyuzi is produced in the mountains of Chiayi. The old records did not record the name. At the beginning of Daoguang Dynasty, a certain Tongan people lived in Mazulou Street in the county government every time they came to Chiayi to purchase land. One day later, in Tai Po, it was very hot and thirsty. Drinking from the stream, the surface of the water became frozen. I drank it and refreshed my heart and spleen. I wonder if there is any ice in the heat here. Looking closely at the water, the trees are scattered and there is pulp when rubbed, so as to materialize it. Pick it up and go home, wash it with water, and instantly freeze it, and with sugar, the flavor is excellent, or with a little catechu, the color is like agate. A certain woman called Aiyu, 15 years old, Chu Chu was pleasant, and she had nothing to do for a long time, and she would sell it with coldness. The drinker would like it and call it Aiyudong. Since it spreads all over the market, there are more and more buyers, and they are allotted to Fujian and Guangdong. Press Aiyuzi, namely Ficus pumila, cool in nature and can relieve heat.
Buddha loves jade with a variety of flavors, mulberry and honey flavors are very popular, Q bombs are delicious, fullness is strong, interested friends can come and taste it~
Price: 40 Taiwan dollars
Location: 700 Tainan City Central
, No. 223, You'ai Street, West District Business hours: 11:00-22:00 Open
Recommended index: ★★★
Step 5 Chikan coffin board (original)
Ingredients: thick slices of toast, muscle, peas, radish, cuttlefish, etc.
Production method: deep-fry thick slices of toast until golden brown, then pick it up, hollow out the middle, then add chicken, peas, radish and cuttlefish in the broth and boil it with some milk to thicken, and then put on the toast lid. There are still materials such as chicken liver, which are no longer used.
taste: sweet and salty
[evaluation] "Chihkan Coffin Board" is an old shop near Chihkan Tower in Tainan. The first generation owner Mr. Xu is the founder of "Coffin Board". The founding store of Coffin Board is the "Shengchang Lao Chijian" store located in the Kangle Market, commonly known as Shakariba on Zhongzheng Road. In the 1940s, offal, such as chicken liver, belonged to top-notch food. The founder Xu Liuyi used chicken liver as the main filling and named it chicken liver plate. One day, after a professor from the Industrial School of National Chengchi University came to Shakaliba to eat chicken liver plates, he felt that it looked like a coffin. So Xu Liuyi named it "coffin board". According to other sources, the original name of the coffin board was the name of the organ board, a name that Master Xu came up with himself. After eight o'clock in the night, there are many local people ordering food in the store, it is really "a coffin board, two rooms are finished"! The
coffin plate is golden in whole body, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, full of aroma, and unique taste. What is more amazing is that to enjoy such a snack, three kinds of Western-style tableware, such as knife, fork and spoon, are used. And the old shop not only has original coffin plates, but also improved versions of different flavors such as curry, as well as the seamless combination of pasta, soup and other Eastern and Western foods. It is amazing and all reflects the quality of Tainan people in the old days. The attitude and pursuit of life.
Price: NT$60.
Location: 700, No. 180, Kangle Market, Youai Street, Central and Western District, Tainan City. Stock, cuttlefish, rice noodles, celery stalk
Production method: different from ordinary rice noodles, it uses Tainan's unique "coarse rice noodles" made from brown rice, which does not hurt the stomach, looks like rice moss, but tastes smooth It is tender and not soft. The small rolls are medium rolls imported from Indonesia's oceans. The meat is plump and delicious, with a chewy texture. Served with the original soup of boiled scallop rolls, finely minced celery, and a little pepper.
Taste: fresh and salty
[evaluation] The first "small roll rice noodle" in Taiwan was founded by Ye Shuilong in the "big vegetable market" in the old Tainankou. It has been sold for more than 60 years. The taste is delicious and delicious. I want to eat a second bowl. The hot soup and rice noodles make people sweat profusely. After eating in the morning, I feel full of energy. Because there is no artificial MSG and sugar added, even if my friends with poor digestion eat it. Still feel very comfortable.
Price: NT$90
Address: 700, No. 142, Section 2, Guohua Street, West Central District, Tainan CityRoom: 8:30—Sold out Monday public holiday
Recommended index: ★★★★
Step 7 Xujia Shrimp Meatballs/Taro Cakes
Ingredients: taro, meat grains, tapioca flour, shrimp, meat, secret broth
: Taro cakes are pressed from pure taro. The meatballs are made of tapioca flour. The meatballs and shrimps are inside.
Taste: fresh, salty and slightly sweet
[evaluation] The taro cakes have a solid taste and are topped with meat The attractive aroma of meat, full of carbohydrates, can’t stop after eating a piece.
The shell of shrimp meatballs is Q bomb, and the filling is delicious.
The grandmother who sells taro kueh and meatballs seems to be in her seventies. Because she eats Tainan by herself, there are 4 taro kueh and meatballs, and she is worried that she won’t be able to eat two. I talked to Grandma about whether I could make two copies. Grandma heard that I was from the mainland, and was very enthusiastic and only charged NT$50.
Later, I jokingly asked how old Grandma was. She smiled brightly and said, "I'm still young and younger than you." Then I turned around and asked, "Grandma, how long has our store been open? , Have you been working in the store?" "Yes, it's been more than sixty years!" "Grandma, you lied to me, are you younger than me after more than sixty years?" Grandma was speechless for a while Later, the smile on his face bloomed, and the wrinkles bloomed into a flower. Seeing the old grandma suddenly blushing, she thought she was so cute. Taiwanese women, no matter how old they are, maintain a childlike innocence. They are happy every day and always feel that they are still young. It is really great to live a life like this, not relying on the old and selling old, not pretentious and not pretentious.
price: 40 Taiwan dollars for one copy, 50 Taiwan dollars for two and a half copies can be combined with
Address: No. 8, Guohua Street, Section 3, West Central District, Tainan City
Business hours: 9:00-23:00
Recommended index: ★★★★
Step 8 Wang's fish skin crispy fish porridge, fried fish intestines
Ingredients: fish, rice, fish soup, fish intestines
Production method: boil, boil, fried
taste: fresh, salty
[evaluation], there is a lot of space in the shop The parking lot has a variety of foods, and the choice is strong. The porridge is soft and delicious. Although the fish intestines are fried, they are not greasy with ginger.
Price: fish porridge 60 NT dollars, fried fish sausage 60 NT dollars
Address: 708 Anping Road, Anping District, Tainan City 612
Business hours: 4:00-14:00
Recommended index: ★★★★
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Production method: boiled
Taste: sweet
[evaluation] said that Anping tofu is a must-eat shop near Anping Old Fort, Tainan, the taste of tofu is indeed relatively strong, a bowl of bean curd is small You can choose two kinds of materials for the small ones, and there are also black bean flowers to choose from, which is a good choice for relieving heat and satiety.
Price: TWD 30.
Address: 708, No. 433, Anbei Road, Anping District, Tainan City
Business Hours: 9:00-23:00
Recommended Index: ★★★
Step 10 Zhou's Shrimp Roll
Ingredients: thick green onions, shrimps Meat and sweet ginger slices
Production method: fried
Taste: salty
[evaluation] Zhou's shrimp rolls are a must-eat in Tainan, and they seem to be only available in Tainan. The name "shrimp rolls" is so wonderful, because of it It looks like a shrimp, and there are shrimps inside, so it is named shrimp roll. Deep-fried food, with sweet ginger slices, relieves greasiness and refreshing. You can also go to the self-service counter to choose sauces that suit your tastes (shacha sauce, mustard sauce, Japanese soy sauce paste, etc.) to mix and eat.
Price: NT$55
Address: 708-1 Anping Road, Anping District, Tainan City
Business Hours: 10:00-22:00
Recommended index: ★★★★
Step 11 Rongsheng rice cake
Ingredients: fish floss, glutinous rice, shiitake mushrooms, peanuts, small pieces of meat
Production method: steaming, boiling, boiled, fried.
taste: salty and sweet
[evaluation] According to the store introduction, the production process of Rongsheng rice cakes is cumbersome. The glutinous rice is soaked for more than 3-4 hours and then steamed after absorbing water to soft Q. The meat used in Tainan rice cakes The glutinous rice is also different from the meat glutinous rice which is poured on the braised pork rice. Special attention is paid to the production of the meat glutinous rice. It needs to be stir-fried for 1-2 hours, and the oil is removed while frying, and then marinated with good-quality, high-mellow pure soybean soy sauce. Paired with shiitake mushrooms from central Taiwan, it is delicious and crispy. Slightly sweet and not too oily, with two large shiitake mushrooms and pork floss. The minced pork sauce leaves the lips and teeth fragrant, the small and exquisite shiitake mushrooms are soft and tender, and the fish floss does not grab the taste, and the rice cake has a unique taste.
Rongsheng Dim Sum was opened in Tainan Kangle Market in the 25th of the Republic of China. It has not been relocated yet. It is an old store well known by locals. During the Japanese occupation of Kangle Market, it was called "Shengshi", which means night market and department store. The Japanese call rice cakes "mochi rice" and eat it as a snack after lunch. Therefore, rice cakes have been called dim sum.
Price: NT$40.
Address: No. 6, Lane 206, Youai Street, West Central District, Tainan City (Kangle Market 102, 106)
Business hours: 10: 00 ~ 19: 30
Recommended index: ★★★★
Step 12 Anping Old Street Store Some of the old-fashioned snacks
brown sugar "convex cake", is it scary to see how big it looks? In fact, it's just "puffiness". The hard shell is empty behind, and a layer of brown sugar filling is attached to the inner wall. The crunchy outside is soft and Q inside. The taste is very good, 20 Taiwan dollars, friends who like it can buy it and try Try
wedding cakes and a variety of pastry shops, near Anping Old Fort. The food in Tainan is sweet, but sweet but not greasy. It feels comfortable after eating.
Close-up of half a wedding cake (40 Taiwan dollars)
maltose sandwich biscuits (10 Taiwan dollars), maltose sandwich in the middle, QQ, crunchy biscuits on the outside, mostly concentrated in South China’s famous cuisine
Tips: 134zz4 Hua Street, Youai Street, Baoan Lane, Zhengxing Lane.
2. Guohua Street is divided into section 1, section 2, and section 3. Store opening times tend to be divided into three periods: morning, middle and evening according to the different numbers in each section.
3. Tainan stores are more casual, and the holidays of each store are different. Remember to be optimistic about the business hours and holidays before starting the food tour
