Discover Chinese food
Local dishes, ingredients and the stories behind them.

Pork and Fish-Paste Shumai 烧卖
Pork and Fish-Paste Shumai (烧卖) is the Keelung (基隆) version of the open-topped steamed dumpling.
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Seafood Thick Soup 海鲜羹
Seafood Thick Soup (海鲜羹) is listed among the local specialties of Keelung City, Taiwan. The name includes 海鲜 (seafood). The term 羹 points to thick soup or soft bowl.
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Hsinchu Rice Vermicelli 新竹米粉
Hsinchu Rice Vermicelli (新竹米粉) is a well-known noodle of the Hsinchu (新竹) area of Taiwan.
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Pork Ball Soup 贡丸汤
Pork Ball Soup (贡丸汤) is a soup of gongwan (贡丸), the pounded pork balls for which Hsinchu (新竹) is the best-known producer in Taiwan.
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City God Temple Ba-Wan Dumplings 城隍庙肉圆
City God Temple Ba-Wan Dumplings (城隍庙肉圆) are the Hsinchu (新竹) version of ba-wan (肉圓), the Taiwanese snack of a pork filling in a translucent starch skin, sold in the food stalls around Hsinchu's City God Temple (城隍廟).
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Smoked Duck Rice 鸭香饭
Smoked Duck Rice (鸭香饭) is listed among the local specialties of Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The name includes 鸭 (duck).
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Zhuqian Meat Pastry 竹堑饼
Zhuqian Meat Pastry (竹堑饼) is a Han-style pastry (汉饼) from Hsinchu (新竹) with a salty-sweet filling of pork, lard, fried shallots and winter melon.
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Red Rice Lees Ba-Wan 红糟肉圆
Red Rice Lees Ba-Wan (红糟肉圆) in Hsinchu (新竹) has a red pork filling inside a translucent, chewy wrapper. The colour comes from red lees used to season the pork, together with sugar, soy sauce and finely chopped scallions.
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Pork Ball Rice Vermicelli 摃丸米粉
Pork Ball Rice Vermicelli (摃丸米粉) brings together two specialties of Hsinchu (新竹): pounded pork balls (摃丸) and Hsinchu rice noodles (新竹米粉).
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Steamed Sponge Cake 水蒸蛋糕
Steamed Sponge Cake (水蒸蛋糕) in Hsinchu City (新竹市) is a filled cake that is steamed rather than baked.
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Hakka Glutinous Rice Balls 客家汤圆
Hakka Glutinous Rice Balls (客家汤圆) is listed among the local specialties of Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The term 汤 points to soup.
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Chiayi Chicken Rice 嘉义鸡肉饭
Chiayi Chicken Rice (嘉义鸡肉饭) is associated with turkey served over white rice. In the traditional Chiayi (嘉義) preparation, poultry juices and lard dress the rice, with fried shallots adding aroma and a slice of pickled yellow radish alongside.
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Fish Head Casserole 砂锅鱼头
Fish Head Casserole (砂锅鱼头) is a clay-pot stew of fried bighead carp in a pork-bone and shacha broth, and a well-known dish of Chiayi City (嘉义市).
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Square Flaky Biscuits 方块酥
Square Flaky Biscuits (方块酥) are layered biscuits associated with Chiayi City (嘉義市). Flour, butter or lard, sesame and sugar form the local snack, which originated on Min Guo Road (民國路), near a military dependants' village.
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Cold Noodles with Mayonnaise 凉面加美乃滋
Cold Noodles with Mayonnaise (凉面加美乃滋) is the Chiayi City (嘉义市) way of serving cold noodles: wide, flat noodles dressed with sesame paste and mayonnaise, which people in Chiayi call "white vinegar" (白醋).
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Flat Rice Noodle Soup 粿仔汤
Flat Rice Noodle Soup (粿仔汤) is listed among the local specialties of Chiayi City, Taiwan. The term 汤 points to soup.
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Tofu Pudding in Soy Milk 豆浆豆花
Tofu Pudding in Soy Milk (豆浆豆花) appears in the local food directory for Taiwan. The Chinese introduction below explains the named food and its preparation in the linked culinary reference.
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Luoshan Sauced Sticky Rice 罗山米糕
Luoshan Sauced Sticky Rice (罗山米糕) is listed among the local specialties of Chiayi City, Taiwan. The term 糕 points to cakes.
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Sliced Turkey Rice 火鸡肉片饭
Sliced Turkey Rice (火鸡肉片饭) is the sliced-meat version of Chiayi turkey rice, the dish the Chiayi City (嘉义市) tourism website calls the city's most representative food.
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Master-Stock Braised Snacks 卤味
Master-Stock Braised Snacks (卤味) is listed among the local specialties of Chiayi City, Taiwan. 卤 describes seasoned braising.
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Beipu Hakka Ground Tea 北埔擂茶
Beipu Hakka Ground Tea (北埔擂茶) is a drink made by grinding tea leaves together with grains, beans and nuts and then pouring on hot water.
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Hakka Flat Rice Noodles 客家粄条
Hakka Flat Rice Noodles (客家粄条) are strips cut from a steamed sheet of rice slurry, a Hakka food found across southern China that in Hsinchu County (新竹縣), Taiwan, is most closely tied to the township of Xinpu (新埔).
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Neiwan Ginger Lily Rice Dumplings 内湾野姜花粽
Neiwan Ginger Lily Rice Dumplings (内湾野姜花粽) are a speciality of Neiwan (内湾), a Hakka settlement in Hengshan Township (横山乡), Hsinchu County (新竹县). Ginger lily supplies both the wrapping leaves and a powdered ingredient in the rice.
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Guanxi Mesona Grass Jelly 关西仙草
Guanxi Mesona Grass Jelly (关西仙草) is the grass jelly, tea and other foods made from mesona (仙草) grown in Guanxi Township (关西镇), Hsinchu County (新竹县).
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