2015年1月1日 星期四

Traditional snack food in Tamsui (Part 8 Icy treat)

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米苔目 (mi-tai-mu) is a short fat rice noodle usually served in brown-sugar water topped with shaved ice, with or without other ingredients ...
2014年12月31日 星期三

Traditional snack food in Tamsui (Part 7 Oily noodles)

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This is 切仔麵, noodle soup prepared with 油麵oily noodles: "Oily" noodles are in fact neither oily nor greasy, not at all, so c...
2014年12月30日 星期二

Traditional snack food in Tamsui (Part 6 New Year's cake)

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Fried sweet New Year's cake 甜稞 年糕, or New Year's Rice Cake, was traditionally home-made, Tamsui was no exception. It was a big d...
2014年12月29日 星期一

Traditional snack food in Tamsui (Part 5 Street vendors)

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A variety of snack food was available only from traveling street vendors. The b&w photos shown below were taken in the early 1960s or in...
2014年12月28日 星期日

Traditional snack food in Tamsui (Part 4 Winter melon meat pie)

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This delicious winter melon meat pie by 三協成餅舖 SanXieChen Bakeries has retain its popularity for over 70 years: No 81 Chung Cheng Road ...
2014年12月27日 星期六

Traditional snack food in Tamsui (Part 3 Fish crisps)

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Teng-feng Fish Crisps 淡水魚酥 [Tamsui fish crisps] was invented in Tamsui by Mr 林水木 Lin Shui-Mu & Co of the fishball fame. They are ma...
2014年12月26日 星期五

Traditional snack food in Tamsui (Part 2 Fishball)

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魚丸Fishball is made from fish pastes. In the old days, the little white solid spheres were produced, one at a time, by squeezing a handful ...