food is the most important thing for people; Food is a culture, and Taiwan Province is no exception. It is not too much to call Taiwan Province a "gourmet island" or "eat in Taiwan Province". Taiwan Province is rich in natural resources, abundant in grain, abundant in vegetables and fruits, abundant in livestock and fish. Therefore, Taiwan Province people pay attention to diet. * * * has about 1, restaurants and 25, food stalls all over the island, and walks in the streets and lanes of big and small cities in Taiwan Province, with restaurants and snack bars going door to door. Generally speaking, Taiwan Province's eclipse meals, banquets, and snacks are basically the same as those in Fujian and Guangdong, but they have the following characteristics:

First, Taiwan Province's food tradition originated from Fujian and Guangdong, but it has changed, and it has its own local flavor in Taiwan Province. For example, the famous southern Fujian flavor snack "fried with midges" is fried with sweet potato powder and shredded garlic leaves in southern Fujian. Dip in hot sauce or ginger vinegar before eating, usually when winter midges are in full bloom. Taiwan Province's "fried midge" is available all the year round, with sweet potato powder and married seeds as the main ingredients, and leeks, shallots or their leafy vegetables in addition to shredded garlic. Serve with hot sauce, ginger vinegar, sand tea, curry and peanut butter before eating. Another example is that there are snake eaters in Guangdong, rats in Fujian, and rats and snakes in Taiwan Province, and a unique rat and snake museum has been created, which is better than that in Fujian and Guangdong.

Secondly, there are many snacks with Taiwan Province flavor. All the mainland provinces have it, and Taiwan Province has it, and there are many snack foods with unique local characteristics in Taiwan Province; Such as papaya milk, love jade ice, bubble water, taro ice and so on; Golden snail, silver pheasant, big red "rice cake" and so on; Noodles such as moon noodles and eel noodles; Meat tribute pills, mountain and river meat, "coffin rice" and so on; Seafood fried raw snails, fried nine holes, Xishi tongue, lobster hot pot and Changhua meatballs, Keelung tempura and Hsinchu tribute pills; Tainan Dingbianchao; Nourishing Sishen Soup and Danggui Duck all have their unique flavor and local flavor.

It is worth mentioning that there are famous snacks in all parts of Taiwan Province, including small towns, which Taiwan Province people relish. For example, there are dried beancurd in Daxi, Taoyuan, fish balls, grandmother's iron eggs and Agai in Danshui, Yonghe, Taipei County, authentic Yonghe soybean milk, tribute balls and rice noodles in Hsinchu County, chicken rice in Chiayi, rice cakes made of Shaoxing wine in Nantou, sun cakes and water lion's pig's feet in Taichung ... you really have everything. As for noodles, fried cuttlefish, preserved vegetable eggs, fish soup, and noodles, you can find them in almost every small shop in Taiwan Province. But friends in Taiwan Province will tell you which one is the most authentic, because it has been open for decades, or this one was the founder.

For example, Danzai Noodles, an authentic century-old shop, is located in Tainan City. Its line number is "Duxiaoyue Danzai Noodles", which is well known in Taiwan Province, and it is the only one without semicolons. The store furnishings have always maintained the traditional style. There are no high tables and chairs, but only small benches. Guests walk into the store and sit around the stove, while watching the on-site preparation of the waiter and gossiping about the history of "having an abortion". More than 9 years ago, there was a man named Hong Shantou in Tainan who made a living by fishing. However, from May to August every year, it is the season when typhoons are raging, and there is no way to go out to sea. So, he had to find another way to make a living, stir up the burden of a pot and a stove at one end and rice flour and noodles at the other, and sell the meat noodles of his hometown in Fujian. Because this time of year is called "Duxiaoyue" by fishermen, the noodles of Hong taro are also called "Duxiaoyue Danzi Noodles", which has been passed down to this day.

Speaking of Tainan, it reminds me of another famous snack, which has a shocking name, called "coffin board". It is made by frying thick slices of toast, hollowing it out, filling it with milk batter, chicken, potatoes, green beans, etc., and then covering the scraped bread crust. The coffin board is the "joke" of diners, and the boss simply named it after it.

thirdly, rice products are the most common food in Taiwan Province, and they are characterized by sweetness.

Taiwan Province is a famous "rice barn" in China, and there are many kinds of rice products, such as preserves, cakes, cakes, dumplings, rice, pills and rolls. There are more than a hundred names. There are many pastry shops in Taiwan Province, and each shop has its own secret method, refining all kinds of "signature pastry" to attract customers. Because Taiwan Province produces a lot of sugar, Taiwan Province food tends to be "sweet". Many delicacies at the banquet are sweetened, such as "fried chicken rolls", and a little sugar is removed from the plate, and sugar must be added to the soup with shredded pork and eggs. As for food in small shops, there are many desserts and preserves, even soup.

fourthly, snacks are concentrated in the night market.

I have eaten all these famous snacks in Taiwan Province, but I am deeply impressed by the fresh water fish balls, the crab soup at the mouth of Keelung Temple and the tomato slices in Kaohsiung Qijin. In Tamsui, Taipei, fish balls are made and sold everywhere. First, beat the first-class shark meat into pulp, then add a little thickening powder and water, mix well, wrap it in dried meat, and the meatballs are made. Freshwater fish balls are very biting, so you should be careful when eating them. You have to take a small bite of the fish balls and suck the meat and soup inside before you can chew them. The food stall at Miaokou in Keelung has existed since Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, and now there are two or three hundred stalls. The snack crab soup there is made of six kinds of materials, such as shredded fresh bamboo shoots, shredded fresh mushrooms, Nostoc flagelliforme and crab leg meat. It is delicious in the world when you sit by the stove and eat a bowl of crab soup. The tomato in Kaohsiung Qijin is cut into pieces, put on a plate, dipped in soy sauce and plum powder, and then sent to the mouth. The taste is really indescribable.

of course, the most concentrated place for snacks is the night market. Taipei has thus formed ten night markets, such as Shilin, Mansion, Huaxi Street, Normal University, Raohe Street, Liaoning Street, Ningxia Road, etc. The Tamsui Night Market in Taipei County is located in tam shui, the night market in Keelung is located in Miaokou, and the Hsinchu Night Market is located in Chenghuang Temple ... These night markets are well known by Taiwan Province people, and foreign tourists are often encouraged by the local people to make a big meal. As the saying goes, you can't miss it when you pass by! In addition to snacks, there are actually some special things in Taiwan Province, such as mountain vegetables, cats, betel nut flowers, sugarcane shoots (actually small sugarcane seedlings), etc., "President Fish" in Sun Moon Lake (originally named Quyao Fish, renamed because Chiang Kai-shek liked it very much), and seafood, such as three treasures in Donggang, such as cherry shrimp and black tuna. The sashimi of tuna melts in the mouth, and after eating it, you will feel that other fish are really ordinary.

Taiwan Province's drinks are also very special, and there are all kinds of drinks everywhere, such as bubble tea in Taipei, Luoshen scented tea in Taitung and shaved ice made of condensed milk and various fruits. It is particularly worth mentioning that the ice cream made of cactus fruit juice invented by Penghu people tastes sweet and sour, and I want to eat it again.