There are many kinds of snacks in Chiayi, such as raw and fried duck soup and bowls in Xingang Township. Seafood in Dongshigang and Budai Town; The bamboo rice and wild vegetables in Alishan are very local. In addition, crispy square cakes and water-sprayed chicken rice made from delicious turkey are also delicious foods that Chiayi should not miss.

Bamboo rice in Alishan

In Alishan area, where bamboo forests are everywhere, "bamboo rice" is a special snack, especially among the local Zou people. The traditional practice is to put raw glutinous rice in the bamboo tube of Guizhu, and then plug the mouth of the bamboo tube with cabbage or mountain crisp and bake it with charcoal. It won't be long before you can smell the fragrant bamboo. After baking, peel off the bamboo tube, and the long white rice is wrapped in a transparent bamboo film, and the fragrance of Guizhu is mixed with the fragrance of rice. If it is served with the dipping sauce of Alishan specialty Washami and soy sauce, it will become a full-flavored Zou cuisine.

Water-sprayed chicken rice

Chiayi is the hometown of chicken rice, among which "Water-sprayed chicken rice" is the most famous, and "Liulichang chicken rice" in Gongming Road is also a super popular famous store. Chicken oil, special sauce, shredded chicken, oil onion and white rice have a delicious taste, which is unparalleled elsewhere. The development of chicken meat rice in Chiayi has exceeded one jiazi. At the earliest, chicken breast was torn into strips or slices, and it was placed on white rice with oil onion, chicken oil and soy sauce. Because the chicken oil and oil onion inspire charming aroma, which is very good with rice, and the taste is widely praised, chicken meat rice has gradually become the representative food of Chiayi, and gradually spread to all parts of Taiwan.

However, today's Chiayi chicken rice is mainly made of turkey with larger size, more meat and softer Q. Popular famous shops need to use 2 or 3 turkeys a day. Chicken rice is delicious, and turkey is the most difficult to handle. After the chicken is washed, it must be cooked first. Holding the fire and controlling the time are the keys. If it is overcooked, the meat is too old and dry. According to the industry, the delicious turkey must be full, juicy and fragrant. The chicken must never be cooked fully, and it needs to be "soaked" to present a soft and tender taste. Followed by sauce and scallions. Sauces are made in different ways. The specialty of * * * is that it is tasty, not salty, and it must have beautiful amber color. The oil onion is the finishing touch. Without the oil onion, chicken rice blooms everywhere in Taiwan Province. Even in Taipei and Kaohsiung, restaurants selling chicken rice are common, but the signboard must say "XX Chiayi Chicken Rice". Without the blessing of Chiayi name, it is not authentic.

Cube Crisp

Cube Crisp is one of the specialties in Chiayi area, and it is a kind of pastry snack. The original cube crisp is very big, bigger than the palm of your hand.

There are three famous pastry shops in Chiayi, which have a long history: Laoyang, Snowflake and Grace. Among them, "Grace Square Crisp" is an old-fashioned Yuanzu, carefully made with China's ancient exclusive formula and rich raw materials, and slowly baked one layer after another to produce a fragrant and crisp Chinese shortcake. The most popular one is Lao Yang Fang Kuai Su.

The production of square cakes is improved from the method of turning over the hair moon cakes and biscuits in Hebei, and it is changed into a square. The main materials are flour, vegetable oil, etc. The tastes are salty and sweet, and there are more than ten kinds of flavors, and it can be vegetarian: high fiber, chives, almonds, vegetables, eggs, almonds, matcha, brown sugar with high calcium, cheese, curry, tea plum, etc. Therefore, it is very popular and sells well at home and abroad.