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Notes on Suan La Tang in Taiwan
A bowl that supports dumplings When I enter a dumpling shop in Taiwan,suan la tang is almost always listed near the top of the menu. It is not clear.It is cloudy.Many ingredients are cut into thin stripsand sink into a soup thickened jus... -
Notes on Bafang Yunji and the Yellow Sign in Taiwan
The yellow sign that appears everywhere Walking through a Taiwanese city,I notice the same colors again and again.Yellow and red, as frequent as 7-Eleven. The sign reads Bafang Yunji. It is not a tourist destination.There are no long lin... -
Notes on Gongwan Soup in Taiwan
One of the Most Basic Soups Pork ball soup is introduced first as Pork ball soup (gongwan tang), appearing in Taiwanese lunch shops where steam drifts low across the room. Metal pots touch lightly, water splashes as noodles are drained, ... -
Notes on Turkey Rice: The Roots of Taiwanese Chicken Rice
―― A place name on every sign ―― In Taipei, and in Kaohsiung.On signs for Taiwanese chicken rice, the same two characters appear again and again. Chiayi. In narrow alleys and station-front diners,the place name repeats like a mark of ori... -
Notes on Shaobing and Youtiao in Taiwan
A pair of carbohydrates that holds up the morning Before night has fully withdrawn, one corner of the alley begins to move. Dough is laid onto an iron griddle, while in a pot of oil long strips of batter slowly swell. The oil snaps and s... -
Notes on Youtiao and the Structure of the Taiwanese Morning
The smell of oil at daybreak In a Taiwanese breakfast shop,the smell of oil always rises from somewhere.At the center of it is youtiao. At first glance, it looks like nothing more than fried bread.But when its lightness, hollow interior,... -
Notes on Dan Bing and the Thin Egg of the Morning in Taiwan
A thin circle on the griddle In Taiwanese breakfast shops, the most common sight is a thin circle spreading quietly on a hot griddle.An egg is cracked, folded, and lightly pressed with the back of a knife.From this sequence comes dan bin... -
Notes on Xian Doujiang and the Structure Behind Set Soy Milk in Taiwan
A dish that settles between steam In a Taiwanese morning, inside the steam rising from soy milk,a bowl appears that is neither porridge nor soup.This is xian doujiang. It sits apart from sweet soy milk.It resembles chawanmushi or soft cu... -
Notes on Xian Doujiang and Youtiao in the Taiwanese Morning
Savory soy milk, the hardest dish to explain In a Taiwanese breakfast shop, there is one dish that is often the hardest to understand.It is xian doujiang. Literally translated, it means savory soy milk.In practice, it is not simply a sou... -
Notes on Fan Tuan in the Taiwanese Morning
A different kind of density Fan tuan, sold at Taiwanese breakfast stalls, looks similar to Japanese onigiri.The idea behind it is different. The main difference is the rice.Japanese onigiri uses non-glutinous rice.Fan tuan uses glutinous...
