Bamboo Tube Rice 竹筒饭

Bamboo Tube Rice (竹筒饭) is part of Hualien’s (花蓮) Indigenous food trade. The Ministry of Economic Affairs (經濟部)’s market guide describes a local example at Yuanxiang Dulun (原香嘟論) on the Indigenous food street in Dongdamen Night Market (東大門夜市).

Steamed rice and bamboo aroma

In the guide’s account, glutinous rice is steamed in bamboo tubes, retaining a chewy texture and rice fragrance. Cracking open the tube releases steam and bamboo aroma.

Family skills and several flavours

Third-generation operator Jiang Jiewu (蔣介武) inherited his grandmother’s craft. Alongside the original flavour, the stall’s recorded variations include salted pork, purple rice with longan, and brown sugar with longan. The latter combines brown-sugar fragrance and longan sweetness with the glutinous rice, showing how one family has extended its traditional preparation.