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Hakka Steamed Rice Buns 客家菜包
Hakka Steamed Rice Buns (客家菜包) are a Taiwanese Hakka rice snack: a savoury radish filling wrapped in a skin of glutinous rice and steamed.
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Hakka Savory Rice Ball Soup 客家咸汤圆
Hakka Savory Rice Ball Soup (客家咸汤圆) is small glutinous rice balls served in a savoury broth of pork, dried shiitake, dried shrimp and garland chrysanthemum greens, a Hakka dish that the Taoyuan (桃園) City Government features on its Meet Hakka (尋客) food site.
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Zhongli Beef Noodle Soup 中坜牛肉面
Zhongli Beef Noodle Soup (中坜牛肉面) is the beef noodle soup of Zhongli (中壢), a district of Taoyuan (桃園), Taiwan.
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Longgang Flat Rice Noodle Soup 龙冈米干
Longgang Flat Rice Noodle Soup (龙冈米干) is a Yunnan-style dish of flat rice noodles in bone broth, a common dish in the Longgang (龙冈) area of Taoyuan (桃园) around Zhongzhen Market (忠贞市场).
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Daxi Moonlight Cake 大溪月光饼
Daxi Moonlight Cake (大溪月光饼) is a round sweet-potato-filled cake from Daxi (大溪), Taoyuan (桃園). Its name refers to its resemblance to the full moon, and its filling makes use of the area's sweet potatoes.
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Shimen Live Fish Banquet 石门活鱼
Shimen Live Fish Banquet (石门活鱼) is the freshwater fish cooking of the restaurants around Shiyifen (十一分) in Longtan District (龙潭区), Taoyuan (桃园市), which built their name on fish taken from Shimen Reservoir (石门水库).
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Taoyuan Pork Intestine Vermicelli 桃园大肠面线
Taoyuan Pork Intestine Vermicelli (桃园大肠面线) is a soup of thin vermicelli (面线) topped with braised pork large intestine, a close relative of Taiwan's oyster vermicelli (蚵仔面线).
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Sun Cake 太阳饼
Sun Cake (太阳饼) is a thin, roughly round pastry with a sweet filling that comes from Taichung (台中市) in central Taiwan. Its crust is flaky and breaks easily, and the filling is usually maltose.
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Thick Alkaline Noodle Soup 大面羹
Thick Alkaline Noodle Soup (大面羹) is a noodle dish that Chinese Wikipedia describes as found only in Taichung (台中), Taiwan.
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Dongquan Sweet Chili Fried Noodles 东泉甜辣酱炒面
Dongquan Sweet Chili Fried Noodles (东泉甜辣酱炒面) is the Taichung (台中) breakfast of fried noodles dressed with Dongquan chilli sauce (东泉辣椒酱), the sauce of a Taichung food factory founded in 1963.
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Jute Leaf Soup 麻薏汤
Jute Leaf Soup (麻薏汤) is a thick green soup made from the young leaves and shoots of the jute plant, a summer dish of Taichung (台中).
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Dajia Taro Pastry 大甲芋头酥
Dajia Taro Pastry (大甲芋头酥) is a round, flaky pastry with a sweet taro filling, tied to Dajia District (大甲区) in the northwest corner of Taichung (台中), Taiwan.
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Qingshui Glutinous Rice with Braised Pork 清水米糕
Qingshui Glutinous Rice with Braised Pork (清水米糕) is the sticky rice made in small tubes in Qingshui District (清水區) in Taichung (臺中), Taiwan, served with pork and a sweet-and-salty sauce.
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Fengyuan Crispy Pork Rib Noodles 丰原排骨酥面
Fengyuan Crispy Pork Rib Noodles (丰原排骨酥面) is a noodle soup from Fengyuan (丰原), a district of Taichung (台中), made with pork ribs that are fried and then steamed until they melt in the mouth.
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Dongshi Hakka Flat Noodles 东势客家粄条
Dongshi Hakka Flat Noodles (东势客家粄条) is listed among the local specialties of Taichung City, Taiwan. It is grouped here with street food & snacks; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Feng Chia Sausage in Sticky Rice Sausage 逢甲大肠包小肠
Feng Chia Sausage in Sticky Rice Sausage (逢甲大肠包小肠) is listed among the local specialties of Taichung City, Taiwan. It is grouped here with meat & poultry dishes; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Zhongxiao Night Market Grilled Skewers 忠孝夜市烤肉
Zhongxiao Night Market Grilled Skewers (忠孝夜市烤肉) is listed among the local specialties of Taichung City, Taiwan. 烤 describes roasting or grilling.
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Beef Soup 牛肉汤
Beef Soup (牛肉汤) in Tainan (台南) is a bowl of thinly sliced fresh beef cooked by pouring a clear beef-bone broth over it. The meat is 'warm-body' beef (溫體牛肉): local Taiwanese beef slaughtered early the same morning and never frozen.
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Fried Shrimp Rolls 虾卷
Fried Shrimp Rolls (虾卷) are a Tainan (台南) snack of shrimp bound with fish paste and minced pork, wrapped in pig caul fat and deep-fried until golden, then cut into bite-sized pieces.
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Milkfish Congee 虱目鱼粥
Milkfish Congee (虱目鱼粥) is a savoury rice porridge with milkfish, eaten as a traditional breakfast in Tainan (台南), southern Taiwan.
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Stir-Fried Eel with Yimian Noodles 鳝鱼意面
Stir-Fried Eel with Yimian Noodles (鳝鱼意面) combines crisp-textured eel and yimian noodles in a sweet, sour and savoury thick sauce.
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Sticky Rice with Braised Pork Sauce 米糕
Sticky Rice with Braised Pork Sauce (米糕) is a small bowl of cooked glutinous rice spooned with minced braised pork and its sauce and topped with fish floss, one of the rice snacks of Tainan (台南).
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Bowl-Steamed Rice Cake 碗粿
Bowl-Steamed Rice Cake (碗粿) is a steamed rice cake found in Tainan (台南). At Xiaoxijiao (小西脚), the documented version uses local rice and a filling of family-recipe braised minced pork, fresh shrimp, mushrooms and egg yolk.
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Minced Pork Rice 肉燥饭
Minced Pork Rice (肉燥饭) combines rice and pork sauce in Tainan’s (台南) food culture.
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