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Taiwan

Tamsui Iron Eggs 淡水铁蛋

Tamsui Iron Eggs (淡水铁蛋) are small, black, chewy eggs from Tamsui District (淡水区) in New Taipei (新北), Taiwan, made by braising and air-drying ordinary braised eggs over and over until they shrink and harden.

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Jiufen Taro Balls (九份芋圆) — dish photograph
Taiwan

Jiufen Taro Balls 九份芋圆

Jiufen Taro Balls (九份芋圆) are chewy balls made from taro, a traditional Taiwanese dessert closely tied to Jiufen (九份), an old hillside town in Ruifang District (瑞芳区), New Taipei.

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A plate of stir-fried dried tofu strips with pork and scallion in dark sauce
Taiwan

Hakka Stir-Fry 客家小炒

Hakka Stir-Fry (客家小炒) is a stir-fry of pork belly, dried squid and pressed tofu with celery and spring onion, one of the 'four stews and four stir-fries' (四炆四炒) that HakkaNews (客新聞) calls the classic set of Hakka dishes.

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Taiwan

Jiasian Taro Ice 甲仙芋冰

Jiasian Taro Ice (甲仙芋冰) is the frozen taro dessert of Jiasian District (甲仙区) in Kaohsiung (高雄), Taiwan, where a row of taro-ice shops forms what the Commerce Development Administration (商业发展署) of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs calls the Jiasian taro-ice street (芋冰一条街).

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Taiwan

Keelung Nutrition Sandwich 基隆营养三明治

Keelung Nutrition Sandwich (基隆营养三明治) is a deep-fried bread roll split and filled with mayonnaise, ham, tomato, cucumber and braised egg, a snack of the Miaokou night market (庙口夜市) in Keelung (基隆), Taiwan.

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Taiwan

Fish-Paste Tempura Cake 天妇罗

Fish-Paste Tempura Cake (天妇罗) is Keelung's (基隆) name for a thick, round cake of fish paste deep-fried until golden, cut into pieces and served with a sweet-and-spicy sauce.

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Wok-Edge Rice Noodle Soup (鼎边趖) — dish photograph
Taiwan

Wok-Edge Rice Noodle Soup 鼎边趖

Wok-Edge Rice Noodle Soup (鼎边趖) is a rice-batter soup associated with Keelung (基隆). A documented version at Wu Family Dingbiansuo (吳家鼎邊趖) combines springy rice pieces with a broth of daylily buds, squid and shiitake mushrooms.

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Taiwan

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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