Transcript Taiwanese Cuisine

Taiwanese
Eating Culture–
Cuisine
Presented by
Tina Shen
Ingredient
• Agriculture products– rice, corn, tea
• Seafood– tuna, sardines, squid, tiny fish,
cuttlefish, crab…
• Poultry– Pork, chicken
• Seasoning– soy sauce, rice wine, sesame
oil…
• Fruits– banana, pineapple, papaya,
tomato…
Typical Dishes
• Ingredients are often rice, meat, egg, and
some seasoning such as soy sauce,
ginger, vinegar, cilantro, basil (nine-story
tower)…
• They are common that we can often order
them in restaurants. They are also main
dishes that Taiwanese people have for
meals.
Oily Rice
• Containing savory
oils and pork meat.
Minced Pork Rice
• Minced fatty pork
served on rice.
Turkey Rice Bowl
• Strip turkey with
braised pork. [Cha-yi]
Pork Ball
• Often eaten in soup.
[Chin-chu]
Oyster Noodles Tan Tzai Noodles
• Oyster + pig
intestines + thin
noodles + cilantro +
vinegar
• Originated in Tainan with
marinated eggs and
some minced pork
Three-cup Chicken
Pork Knuckles
• Fried Chicken with
wine, sesame oil
and soy Sauce
• The most famous one is
Pin-tong pork knuckles.
The common cooking way
is braised with soy sauce.
Night Market Dishes
or Snacks
• “Night market” is a very special feature of
Taiwanese eating culture.
• Foods in night market are made of
common Taiwanese food ingredients but
added with some varieties and creativity
when they are cooked.
Double Layer Roll
Sausages
• Taiwanese sausages
• Small sausage in
large sausage. [Shi- with many flavors.
ling night market]
[Everywhere]
Meat Circle
• Sticky gelatinous dough
filled with pork, bamboo
shoots, shiitake, and
served with a savory sweet
sauce
Pork Thick Soup
• Pork made into long shape
and cooked in thick soup.
[Keelong]
Cuttlefish Soup
• Thickened soup with
cuttlefish wrapped in fish
paste.
Shawarma
• Brought
over from Turkey
decades ago.
• Chicken, cabbage, tomato,
onions, ketchup, and
mayonnaise in leavened bun.
Grilled Corn
Grilled Squid
• A more recent
appearance on the
night market scene
• Put on a stick and often
marinated, then grilled
Stinky Tofu
• Fermented tofu with
special smell.
• Eaten with pickle.
Oyster Omelet
• Made with egg, oyster,
cilantro and vegetable.
• Eaten with sweet mildly
spicy sauce and topped
with cilanto.
Fried Chicken Pieces
Pork Blood Cake
• Made
form pork blood
• Small chunks of chicken and rice.
sprinkled with peppers
• Cut into rectangular and
and basil flavor
topped with peanut paste,
hot sauce, and cilantro
Coffin Bread
Scallion Pancake
• Flour pancake with
• Thick cut bread fried
with egg and filled with
many thin layers,
savory fillings.
made with scallions.
Desserts
• Ingredients are mostly fruits and
something made from taro or yam.
• Some ingredients are healthy with certain
function.
Taiwanese Crepes
• wheat-based wrapper
filled with a variety of
choices, such as
seafood, vegetable and
dried tofu...
Candied Crabapples
• Crabapples
are stuffed with
preserved plums, and then
candied
Pearl Milk Tea
• Milk tea black
tapioca pearls
visible at the
bottom of the cup.
• Taiwanese original
drink and is
famous in the
world.
Grass Jelly
Jelly Fig
• Gelatinous desserts which are healthy to
human bodies. Both of them can calm our
internal heat.
Fruits or Beans Smoothies
Shaved Ice
• Shaved ice with various
• Milk or ice is blended on
toppings to choose from: red
the spot with fresh papaya, beans, green beans, pineapple,
condensed milk, grass jelly,
mango, watermelon, red
lychees, peanuts, rice balls, etc.
bean, or green bean
Taro Cake / Ice
• A dessert made of frozen taro root paste,
and there’re many different kinds of form.
Conclusion
• Taiwanese people value eating very much.
That’s why there are night markets, which
allows people to eat anytime!
• There are many ways to cook dishes, and
the use of seasoning is quite important.
• Now, there’s not only traditional Taiwanese
food, but many cooking methods and
ingredients used are affected by foreign
dishes.
Reference
• Wikipedia
• Yahoo Picture Search
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