Friday, January 18, 2019

Nearby Street Food - Eat like a local!


Egg noodles

Egg noodles, pronounced "Yi-Mien" in Mandarin Chinese,  are a kind of traditional Taiwanese noodles made of eggs, flours, and salt without a single drop of water. It was first made from local duck eggs by the cooks of Zheng Chenggong (17th century Ming Dynasty loyalist)'s army in Yanshui.



One of the theories about the origin of its name is that sounds like "yi" was shouted out when people worked hard to knead the tough dough without water. The name Yi-mien (mien = noodles)" was thus coined. Compared to the making of regular noodles, it takes triple the amount of time to make egg noodles.

  • A-San Egg Noodles 阿三意麵: Yanshui Street Food Market (No. 56, Kangle Rd. Yanshui Dist.)
  • A-Tong Egg Noodles 阿桐意麵:No. 4-6, XinYi Rd., Yanshui Dist. Open: 08:00-19:30. Closed on Tuesdays.
  • Qiaonan Food & Cafe 橋南美食咖啡:No. 13, Qiaonan St., Yanshui Dist.



Bean sprout noodles

Bean sprout noodles is kind of thiner and shorter noodles made of rice bean. It can go with either oysters or milkfish.
  • Yanshui Bean Sprout Noodles 鹽水豆簽羹: No. 19, Chaoqin Rd., Yanshui Dist. Open: 14:00-19:00.




Pan steam-fried bun

Offering different kinds of fillings like pork with scallion, pork with diced bamboo sprout, peanut, and red bean. 
  • Yanshui Pan Steam-Fried Bun 鹽水煎包: Cross section of Chaoqin Rd. and Zhongzheng Rd. Open: 14:30-18:00.




Winter melon tea

Made of natural winter melon and is great for reducing body heat in summer.
  • Yanshui Street Food Market Winter Melon Tea 鹽水點心城冬瓜茶: No. 2-4, Zhongshan Rd., Yanshui Dist.





Rouyan Cake

Rouyan cake is made with the filling mixed by pork and minced fish together. It's a traditional local food that's fried and you can have it either in soup or with noodles.
  • A-Tong Egg Noodles 阿桐意麵:No. 4-6, XinYi Rd., Yanshui Dist. Open: 08:00-19:30. Closed on Tuesdays.

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