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EasyEat in Taiwan
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Basil Is An Essential Ingredient With Fried Food
Popcorn chicken,
fried calamari, fried tempura and more, fried food ingredient, these fried food
are so common in Taiwan traditional food as hamburger in western countries. No
particular name, known as Taiwanese style fried food, but all of the fried
foods has a common thing, it’s not super spicy or super sweet, that is the
fried foods always have Basil as accompany.
Why would
have Basil in fried food? It’s not because the Basil is health, but the smell
of Basil will give friend food a great combination. Maybe it is traditional to
eat fried food with Basil, but indeed, there is no other ingredient can have
good taste when put together with fried food. There is another
important ingredient need to add with fried food, this “ingredient” is sort of
like a brother of Basil, this mysterious ingredient is garlic.
Although, garlic
breath smells a little bit nasty after eat quite of fried foods, but Basil
simply wave away that smelly breath. Not like chewing gum, Basil taste like
mint without sugar, and it can be eaten, clean smelly breath, and clean
stomach.
However, there is a
catch in Basil, some people like to eat fresh, and others like fried. Eat fried
Basil might cause cancer if absorb too much of it. There is no directly prove
or medical history says that fried Basil will cause cancer. But some of
chemical reaction will emerge when fried the Basil, that chemical reaction have
potential harm, it could have no good but bad to some people who suffer from
high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity.
Taiwanese
style fried food is greasy snack; and add Basil, it just lead to another high
level. As usually, I have an special way to drive off the bugs, visit my podcast, and you will get to know how to make it work.
Perfect Combination For Summer, Lemon Ice Jelly
Lemon is a common
ingredient use in many ways around the world; western countries like to use
lime in spaghetti, soup, salad or lime water, and Asia countries like to use it
in many foods, such as sauce, noodle recipe, rice recipe, and beverage. Lemon Ice Jelly, also known as Aiyu Jelly, is a sour and sweet beverage, and it’s pretty common in most beverage
store, I mean, it’s more like a tea house, only order for to go. There are
hundreds of beverage stores brand in Taiwan, drinking tea flavor beverage is as
common as eating salad in western countries.
This is not introducing particularly tea house brand, but recently become popular because of its Lemon Ice Jelly in Taiwan. The ice jelly in this particular beverage is called Jelly Fig, made of its seed, soak with in sugar water, usually put in the refrigerator for over night and it will frozen in jelly shape. Jelly Fig doesn’t taste sweet, usually will add more sugar when making Lemon Ice Jelly. If you like taste sour, half sugar will be good enough, because it will taste totally sour without any sugar, most people won’t do that.
Lemon Ice Jelly is a lot more popular than before, the reason might be the hot weather and some people who are on diet, Lemon Ice Jelly is a good choice.
I have more interesting use of Lemon on my podcast, if you want to know, don't miss my voice.
This is not introducing particularly tea house brand, but recently become popular because of its Lemon Ice Jelly in Taiwan. The ice jelly in this particular beverage is called Jelly Fig, made of its seed, soak with in sugar water, usually put in the refrigerator for over night and it will frozen in jelly shape. Jelly Fig doesn’t taste sweet, usually will add more sugar when making Lemon Ice Jelly. If you like taste sour, half sugar will be good enough, because it will taste totally sour without any sugar, most people won’t do that.
Lemon Ice Jelly is a lot more popular than before, the reason might be the hot weather and some people who are on diet, Lemon Ice Jelly is a good choice.
I have more interesting use of Lemon on my podcast, if you want to know, don't miss my voice.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Taste Fruit With Beer!
Most beer in
Taiwan taste sweeter and less bitter, of course, and less alcohol, so these
types of drinks are popular in men but also women, also fancy to people who
doesn’t drink often. Four flavors emerge about the same color in the bowl, and
the beer just looks pretty much the same as regular beer but more froths.Take a big pull of this
delightful beer, the first taste is fruit flavor, smooth and cool beer is the
second taste. Fruit and beer are tasted separate in the mouth You won’t feel
strange taste but having two sparkles mix together at the same time when
swallow it.
All four of beers
taste just fine and different; each fruit flavors come up with its characters,
because each fruit flavor have different sweet taste. To many people, fruit
beer make a lot of different on the market, more they accept it and because of
less alcohol, it tastes more like a soda than a alcohol drink. But still, it’s
better let children drink it when they reach to appropriate drinking age, the beer
contain with alcohol after all.If you would like to know some other use of beer, listen to Life, Wise, Food Ingredient podcast with me on the air, every morning, every day!
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Big Challenge, Pig Blood Cake!
As matter of
fact, hearing pig blood is uncomfortable and quite wired, and wondering
glutinous rice can mix with it then become a famous snack in Taiwan, moreover,
it’s one the top 10 most wired food in the world. Pig Blood Cake is famous with its
name, but popular with taste, instead, it wouldn’t feel wired after taste it,
and it might mark on your taste bud.
Pig Blood Cake is one
of traditional snacks in Taiwan. Track back to thirty to forty years ago,
it was an agriculture society, people raise pig, chicken and other domestic
animals in their own houses. Most records said pig was available to eat for
whole body include blood, so people considered not to waste it, they came up the
idea of use pig blood combine with rice, moisten with thick soy souse, then
spill peanut powder and coriander leaves. This particular taste circulates for
generation to generation.
In United
State, it’s illegal to import pig blood, only make in the state, but not many
people actually eat pig blood and they don’t know how to eat it with. Drink pig
blood sounds weird; make it in the soup is even weird; or make it like the
sauce might not appropriate. Whichever ways, pig blood is not an appropriate
ingredient in most people’s mind.
Not in Taiwan, the
other way around, Pig Blood Cake is a popular snack. What’s specialty is eat
with peanut powder and coriander leaves, both condiments are giving Pig Blood
Cake more flavor and get rid off the pig blood smelly.
Even though,
the pig blood smell is already vanish during the process, but peanut powder and
coriander leaves are indispensably, without these two condiments, it is not
call Pig Blood Cake.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
More Than An Egg
It is simply an egg,
nothing more, but take a close smell to this egg, you may know, it’s not only
an egg but with tea flavor in it. Many people take this tea flavor egg as
breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack or dinner, or place it next to the rice in
lunch box. The egg might looks pretty simple, but people like it as appetizer;
we call it “Tea Flavor Egg” in Traditional Chinese.
What make the egg turn into brown color is a tea bag and a bag with Chinese medicine, or some recipes make with only one Chinese medicine bag. Other materials are slat, soy souse, water and eggs. After all materials are prepared, put all together and boil about one hour, the egg’s appearance will gradually turn into brown color.
Look at this beautiful egg, it looks like painting on it; the egg appearance is actually imprint the egg shell when boil with all materials.
It doesn’t change much inside of egg, but it taste and smell differently. The egg accompany with strong Chinese medicine and tea flavor, it doesn’t taste salty even add soy souse and salt together.
What make the egg turn into brown color is a tea bag and a bag with Chinese medicine, or some recipes make with only one Chinese medicine bag. Other materials are slat, soy souse, water and eggs. After all materials are prepared, put all together and boil about one hour, the egg’s appearance will gradually turn into brown color.
Look at this beautiful egg, it looks like painting on it; the egg appearance is actually imprint the egg shell when boil with all materials.
It doesn’t change much inside of egg, but it taste and smell differently. The egg accompany with strong Chinese medicine and tea flavor, it doesn’t taste salty even add soy souse and salt together.
Tea Flavor Egg is easy to see
everywhere in Taiwan, such as convenient store, vendor and night market or in
lunch box. However, what you can expect is when finish the whole egg, your
teeth certainly will remain with tea flavor in your mouth.
Here is a simply way to teach you how to make Tea Flavor Egg:
Saturday, July 7, 2012
That Famous Drink: Bubble Tea
Drink tea probably is a trendy in Taiwan,
and tea is made in variety beverages. A well-known and famous tea beverage is
called Bubble Tea or
Tapioca Tea in America. If you never try Bubble Tea, you must hear about it,
it’s pretty easily can get order in Thai restaurant, Chinese restaurant, Hong
Kong restaurant, and of course Taiwanese restaurant.
What you might don’t know is Bubble Tea is
actually come from Taichung
in Taiwan. The originally inventor is from a teahouse called “Chun
Shui Tang,” and also other teahouse “Hanlin” claim they
invent Bubble Tea first. But most people considerate Bubble Tea is come from
“Chun Shui Tang,” the main reason is a Japanese television report this special
drink in Taiwan in early 1980s, before the report, Bubble Tea is not famous at
all. Since then, Bubble Tea is famous not only in Asia, but also across oversea
to America, Britain, like in London
and other countries. At first, Bubble Tea is a simple drink offer in teahouse
for young people, now, Bubble tea become the basic tea choice on the list in
every teahouse all over the country in Taiwan. It’s not surprise Bubble Tea is
available at every teahouse, because it’s so popular that every teahouse will
provide for their customers. You may see Bubble Tea provided at everywhere in
Taiwan, and on social media
page.
So since there are varieties Bubble Tea,
which one is the best? The original inventor, “Chun Shui Tang,” or “Hanlin,” or
other teahouse, after tapioca become famous, it also use on many other teas and
fruit drinks. For example, some beverage dealers invent Bubble Smoothie or
Fruit Smoothie with Bubble in America, and fast food dealer start provides
Bubble Tea in German. Most customers take this beverage as normal as soda in
daily life.
In Taiwan, Bubble Tea is pretty common and
it’s easy to make. The Bubble Tea recipe could be different depends on what
teahouse dealer would add in the drinks. Usually, Bubble Milk Tea, Bubble Black
Tea and Bubble Green Tea are the common choices, but you can do more than that.
You can decide whatever tea flavor with tapioca, any types of tea is available
with tapioca, as long as you like it. Many teahouses could make your type of
tea at most place in Taiwan. Unlike some Bubble Tea in America, most of
teahouse or restaurant’s Bubble Tea taste different if compare with Bubble Tea
in Taiwan.
From my personal observation,
Bubble Tea seems not quite as good quality as Bubble Tea in Taiwan. Many of tea
taste astringent, it is because many teahouse use overnight tea to make Bubble
Tea, and tapioca needs precise time to manage the taste; elastic and chewy is
the best taste of tapioca. On the other side of world, many cities like London
have different style Bubble Tea; it already reaches out the world and it has its
style. With best tapioca and fresh tea could make good quality Bubble Tea, most
importantly, circumspect handle every steps and ingredients will provide the
best tea. This is part of tea culture in Taiwan, you may don’t understand, but
when you taste a good tea through complicate steps, it just taste different,
drink it and feel the spirit of tea. It just look different if compare to other countries' Bubble Tea, right? Make comments and what you think below the article.
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