hidden edition delicacy

Popoice(婆婆冰) By Lucy Lai It is hot in Kaohsiung’s summer day . Everyone tries to find some ways and makes him/ her feel cool. In Kaohsiung, “Popoice” is the first-choice ice cream shop. Eighty years ago, Taiwan was still an agricultural society. Most people had no much money to buy snacks. They used to cook sweet red beans soup or sweet mung beans soup as snacks. Popoice’s founder, Mrs. Tsai, got a recipe of making sailing fruits and traditional snacks. After a while, the neighborhood knew that Mrs.Tsai was good at making snacks, and they all loved to enjoy the delicious snacks. Shaven ice, fresh fruits, adds to some condensed milk and jam. Here is a wonderful ice bowl. Besides of shaven ices, Popoice has many kinds of ice snacks like snow ice with fresh fruits, traditional eight treasures ice, red beans with milk ice, etc. If customers want to taste some hot soup in cool weather, Popoice’s famous sweet red beans soup will bring warm and comfortable ___missing word (a noun). Information： Address：No.135, Qixian 3rd Rd., Yancheng Dist., Kaohsiung City 803, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Phone：07-561 6567 Open time：9:00-24:00 Pan Fried Stinky Tofu with Salad By Lucy Lai To west friends, stinky tofu could be one of horrible Taiwanese food. In a Kaohsiung small lane , a small vendor sells special stinky tofu. It attracts many customers to enjoy the small-eat but forget the special scent. Unlike traditional deep fried stinky tofu, the vendor first pan fried stinky tofu. When the surfaces of tofu turn into golden brown, the vendor tear cuts the tofu into pieces, and add egg sauce. To take paned food out of the panHe then puts it on a platter, and add some Taiwanese kimchi, some mayonnaise, and Dark dark Soy soy Saucesauce. Here is the tasty food. Salty, sour, sweet taste plus half crisp half tender stinky tofu, with stinky and fragrantsmell. This is an amazing and unforgettable experience. This hidden edition delicacy is just in Kaohsiung. Information Address：No.5, Ln. 17, Sanduo 3rd Rd., Lingya Dist., Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Phone：0952-320935 Open time：17:00-21:00 Soy Chicken By Sophie Jiang Taiwanese people like to go to night markets because they are convenient and the food is cheap. People can eat lots of food with less money. There are a lots of night markets in Kaohsiung, such as Rueifong Night Market, Jin-Zuan Night Market, Kaisyuan Night Market, Fongshan youth Night Market…etc. In Fongshan youth Night Market, the most impressive food is the Soy Chicken. When the store opens, a lot of people wait in the line. Although people have to wait, they will not wait too long. The owner already fries the chicken and puts them in the box. There are 4 kinds of chicken which are chicken nugget; chicken neck, chicken skewers and deep fried chicken breast people can choice. All of them are delicious but the most famous one is the chicken nugget. The owner uses the special soy to keep the chickens sweet. The chickens are put in the oil and fried them with prefect time. It is juicy when eating the chickens . They are not hard to bite so the elder people also can eat that. The Soy Chicken is worth to eat. I believe people will regret if they do not eat that. Taro Rice Balls Ice By Sophie Jiang The taro rice balls ice is the most famous snack in Fengshan youth Night Market. There are always a lot of people wait in the lline. Fortunately, the customers will not wait too long. The efficiency is good to save the time. The taro rice balls ice include sweet potato rice balls, green bean rice balls, Hsian-tsao jelly, Japanese Matcha Tea Jelly and a lot of beans. The top of the taro rice balls ice will add some cream to upgrade favor . The customers also can choice single unit. For example, Hsian-tsao jelly with sweet potato rice balls or Japanese Matcha Tea Jelly with beans. The bottom of the taro rice balls ice is brown sugar ice. It can make the taste better and refresh. It is a good choice to have a taro rice balls ice after the meal. Girls always like to have some sweets after meal. I believe the taro rice balls ice is the best choice. It can not only refresh your body but also satisfy the desire which people want to eat snacks. It is worth to eat thateating. Sweet Potato Balls By Candy Lu Have you ever eaten Sweet Potato Balls in the night markets? Yeah, there are many vendors who sell Sweet Potato Balls in the night markets. It is also called QQ eggs. That is one of the Taiwanese’s favorite snacks when people go to the night market. However, there is a kind of special food which is named “Yam Cake” in Chichin district of Kaohsiung city. It is different from Sweet Potato Balls. “Yam Cake” is a hidden edition delicacy in Kaohsiung, and only the local people there know it! We made inquiries about Yam Cake from the people in Kaohsiung. It is really a low-pitched delicacy for most of people from another place. Sweet Potato Balls is made of potato and flour; and Yam Cake is made of potato, flour and syrup specially. The latter one is tasted tenderly chewy with sweet syrup. The difference is the scent, saccharinity, firm texture. Yam Cake is very al dente (which means ?). It is the most perfect chewy snacks I have ever eaten. Also, Yam Cake is a reasonablye priced at of 10 NT dollars apiece; inexpensively good. Why “Yam Cake” is so popular for the local people? The reasons are the reasonable price and the sufficient stuffing in it. It mixes mashed potato with the syrup attracts a great affections for the public. So, if there is a chance you visit Chichin district, you must give it a try! Yam Cake is really worth to trytrying. And you will not regret tasting it. Almost everyone likes the Yam Cake at the first time he or she eats it. It is really an amazing favor! Su-a-ma Sponge Cake By Candy Lu “Su-a-ma Sponge Cake” is a special delicacy which nears Gushan ferry station of Kaohsiung city. Local people always stand in a queue from the stall to the opposite street. Let’s I’ll tell you how special it is! A-ma means “Grandmother” in Taiwanese and su-a-ma is the founder of the shop. When standing beside the stall, we could immediately smell the fragrance of the Sponge Cake. It doesn’t (missing verb here) like a normal egg cake. Sponge Cake is tasted crisp outside and soft inside the cake. How delicious it is! Besides the original flavor, there are also red bean and curry flavors. It is only 15 NT dollars for each one, and people can buy ten and get one for free. Why “su-a-ma Sponge Cake” is so popular for the local people? It is really a hidden edition delicacy in Kaohsiung city. We also obsessed with the Sponge Cake. However, we learned the reasons why people loved it so much. First, its surface is very crisp. When people tasted it at for the first time, they would be surprised with the sound and the flavor. Second, its stuffing is so soft that perishes (melts?) instantly. Most importantly, the price of the Sponge Cake is so cheap that is in touch with the people . We think that’s all the attract points that people love Sponge Cake so much. You must give it a try if you go to Gushan ferry station. “Su-a-ma Sponge Cake” may provoke your picky taste. You will get interested with good taste of Sponge Cake. Must try it! Kaohsiung Roast Duck By Peter Bai If you live or study in Kaohsiung and never have a try to eaten a “roast duck”, it’s terrible to miss this kind of delicacy. The roast duck store is always full of people during the meal time. Especially weekend! So, if you want to eat roast duck and do not want to wait for a long time, y. You have better WAKE UP early as possible as you can. Unlike other stores, Kaohsiung roast duck to roasts the duck by using coal to make it smell better. After roasting, chief the chef will cut the duck into pieces and the roast duck finally done and served on a platter. People can eat the roast duck directly. However, the store provides the “ Flour skin” for customer to mix the duck . According to people who have ever try tried this “combination” they claims that’s super delicious! Except in addition to roast duck, Kaohsiung store provides other delicacy delicacies such as fire(?) vegetable, rice blood, and so on. Next time if somebody comes to Kaohsiung to visit you, just take them here to enjoy the roast duck. Information: Address： Phone：(07)371-9315 Open time：Monday-Friday 14:00~20:00 Saturday, Sunday 10:30~20:00

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