Big thanks to you for introducing Taiwan on ur channel. Welcome to Taiwan as soon as you can travel overseas and I am more than happy to be your guide to show u around. ❤️
It's so amazing to see how much life seems back to normal in Australia. Here in the Philippines we've been on lockdown for a year already and cases are currently surging like crazy. So thanks so much for these videos! They've been a good way to relax and unwind amidst these trying times :)
love the openmindedness of your parents to trying new foods that may not fit their palate! everyone was so positive and the food looked amazing! gained a new sub!
Taiwanese food is much much similar to Fujian Food since many people in taiwan come from Fujian since their ancestors. Both provinces are great in making food. Love it!
But many people in Taiwan were from other provinces of the mainland, so maybe there are more types of food than Fujian. Taiwan cuisine was also influenced a little bit by Japanese cuisine and that may also cause a little difference from Fujian cuisine. So Food in Taiwan and Fujian might be similar, but they are not exactly the same.
Sashimi may not necessary be Japanese influence as Chinese has in the pass have eaten raw fish thinly sliced serve with soy sauce. Today Chaozhou (Teochew) dish has several dishes serving raw fish.
@@abcabc2680 Yes. But sashimi won't be popular without Japan influence. I don't think it is popular in Fujian and it only restricted to some coastal area in Guangdong.
Good stuff. I was born in Taipei, and certainly those are quite authentic Taiwanese Dishes. I would recommend a few more dishes and different places for breakfast. When I was a kid in Taiwan, Yo Fan or oily rice was my favorite. It’s stick rice made with pork fat dried shrimp, and peanuts. It’s stick rice that can be eating with your hand out of a plastic bad. Breakfast item by definition need to be finger food. It’s literally fast food Taiwanese style. Also another you must try is Taiwanese Style bakeries. Portuguese Egg Tart, Milk Custard bread, Potato Salad bread, deep fried pork chop sandwich or chicken. Wash them down with milk tea with boba.
Thank you for sharing your love for Asian culture. Living in Canada, I can see that the general sentiment towards Asians in America has been worse since last year. Your content really contributes to our community
I think the reason Chinese desserts aren't sweet is that they're meant to balance the main meal and ease digestion (yin balancing the yang of the often fatty meat and carbs). Red bean is a natural cleanser which is why it is good to eat post meal. Whereas I think the origins of western dessert were to fill people up when times were hard - all the sugar and butter supplemented quite thin main meals. Great to see rice balls featured here :)
Taiwanese food, in particular Taipei, is very internationalized these days due to the large foreigners population living and working in the major cities. Globalization has its wonderous side, but along with it, the smothering of old traditional recipes which become endangered and thus sometimes pricier to eat. For example, there is a special Taiwanese rice cake dessert called "Chuang Yuan Gao". One of my favorites but also rarely found these days in Taiwan. Taiwan, like some of the other more internationalized and recently historically complicated places from China such as Shanghai and Hong Kong, have a very vibrant and multiplural cuisine. Strictly speaking, Modern Taiwanese cuisine is a mishmash of American, Japanese and Chinese cuisine combined - predominantly still led by strong Chinese roots and influences - in particular from Fujian but also a mixture of Shanghai and Szechuan.
The rice balls with yiaotao in the middle - I tried recently and found it such a delicious comfort food. I had the sweet one but was told a salty or savoury one was available which I think I would like more. The combination of soft rice, crunchy dough. So good. This one had pickles too. The very thin omelette wrapped around yiaotao also looks fricken amazing! Need to get back to my local Chinatown. I used to live next door but hardly go anymore. Amy’s videos are making me want to build it back into my routine of deliciousness!
definitely agreed when Amy said "you have to be sophisticated before you can really enjoy the taste of the hundred years egg". Not a single ingredient can replace 皮蛋 for its unique sophistication.
Easy game changer for the fermented eggs (hundred years old egg.) Prepare a dipping sauce with soy sauce (or soy paste), black vinegar and a clove (or 2) of smashed garlic (if soy paste is used dice the garlic) (and ginger optional.) Mix and stir and let sauce sit for a minute or two. Use as dip. or Split egg through center and pour sauce mix on split egg (making sure the yoke gets a good amount.)
What a nice introduction to Taiwanese food. Your Mum diplomatic as ever and your Dad behaving unusually impeccable (perhaps the heavy breakfast had something to do with it! :D)
Amy. Love your show. Please come visit Taiwan after the pandemic is over. The Taiwanese people are very welcoming and the food is delicious. You'll definitely have a great time there.
You need to try Singapore/Malaysia Oyster Omelette. I tried Taiwanese one so many times but it just cannot grow on me. I get Taiwanese to tried Singapore/Malaysia style one they immediately switch sides. Ours is not Q but it is much tastier and the chili it comes with makes a big difference.
That’s actually not true. I suggest you do a quick Wikipedia search for Taiwanese cuisine before you make ignorant statements like that. Thank you in advance.
@@daviddu6297 Wikipedia is not a reliable reference. Serious academic research won't accept Wikipedia references. I believe you are a Taiwanese. It's not a shame to accept real history. It's nothing to do with politics.
OMG I love braised and minced pork with rice. My grandmother is from Taiwan and she would cook this all the time. I like the century egg with congee, it's delicious! :)
Welcome to taste the Taiwanese food. It is lighter than the mainland Chinese food. It is similar to the Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang foods. Some snacks have the taste of Southeast Asia. When you actually come to Taiwan, you will find that the meals will be softer or tenderer than these... such as tofu and tofu pudding.
hundred year old egg.. in my place, we called it century egg, it's usually served with minced pork congee. The way you eat century egg is not to take it mouth full alone but just a quarter portion of the egg mixed with something else.
Taiwan are also very famous for their 牛肉面 beef noodle, which I think your dad would enjoy. I would also recommend the 鸭油饭 duck grease rice, add a drop of soya sauce and it is heavenly..both very Taiwanese food. come to think of it, any Taiwanese 油饭 is good. also 麻油鸡 is also very popular.
I am surprised that beef noodle soup wasn’t served. It’s the quintessential Taiwanese dish. Also, doufuhua 豆腐花 is eaten sweet in Southern China, but savoury in Northern. Generally, Southern Chinese cuisine is more sweet, while Northern is more savoury and spicy.
Hi Amy, for authentic Taiwanese food, I would recommend The Secret Alley in Sydney China Town and Sunflower Taiwanese Gourmet (One near USYD and one in Haymarket) :)
I'm Chinese and I'm very much like your mom - I don't like that kind of red bean. But I like it when all the red bean is mushed into paste, and there's no trace of the beans. Maybe your mom will also like that more too! You can find this kind of fine paste in some Cantonese pastries, but even then it's sort of an individual taste and up to the baker in question. Kind of like egg tart crusts - a lot of places will make egg tarts with the flaky crusts, but very traditional egg tarts are made with a cookie/pie crust.
You should try the hundred year egg with some sesame oil, soy, and Japanese pickled ginger. Makes for an interesting bite over some hot rice or congee.
first time i tried lu rou fan when i was in taiwan walking around the night market and it was raining during winter. it was such a nice hearty meal having a hot bowl of lu rou fan when its cold outside.
Blondie's Dad is a champ! As with youtiao, you gotta dip the sticky rice roll into the sweeten, warm soy milk. Dunk it like a donut in coffee. Otherwise, it might be a bit dry.
Singapore has our own version of oyster omelette too that is slightly different from that of Taiwan! Hope to see you try more sg food other than crabs!!! By the way, I love the food from Taiwan so much that I can’t wait to go back Taiwan to feast after covid!!
The century egg is an acquired taste. Hated it when I was a child, and now I actually likes it a lot, normally eat it with some tofu and soy sauce. The egg does have that distinctive pungent taste to it. Have you tried 皮蛋瘦肉粥? It's a good way to start eating the egg. Instead of getting hit by that pungent taste directly from the egg, It gets dissolved into the 粥, it doesn’t hit you in the face, can taste it in a lighter note. 皮蛋瘦肉粥 and 油條 is my go to breakfast. Give that a try
you should try the Kowloon Cafe in the background of this video. They are a Hong Kong Cafe. The food and drinks there are amazing! I can eat there every single day and won't get bored.
They should have ordered "Hu Jiao Bin" AKA Pepper Beef Puff. Congee/Porridge usually my least favorite when I was a child, but those century eggs mixed with pork became my delicacy.
I've only ever found one Taiwanese restaurant here in the states that serves Soursop smoothies. Definitely recommend hunting one down if you've never had it before.
Taiwanese Food looks lush, you're so lucky to have access to all these restaurants. I love soya milk and dessert, try soya dessert it's really. tasty. The chinese restaurant i visit they put a vanilla essence in the soya dessert, try putting it into the milk it really sweetens the drink and is tasty, i presume they gave you unsweetened soya milk, sweetened is loads better, i always buy sweetened, it is great to drink
Haha nice. I only know Taiwan for its bubble tea domination but you opened my eyes introducing its own cuisine. Interesting. Also good luck heading into 200,000 mark.
4:04 so not true. most of the big beer factories would use rice as one key ingredient in brewing beer.and the main reason is to raise the alcohol degree and lower the cost.
Blondie & family can try Bak Kut Teh which is very popular dish in MY/SG Overseas Chinese community, this dish is not served in China perhaps you can get it in Australia 😉
Tbh i'd compare thousand y/o egg with blue cheese, both have acrid mouth overpowering kinda taste. Have to get used to them before really liking them, plus its with the accompanying ingredients that make it good
I eat my oyster omelette with banana ketchup and my century egg with pickled radish or picked papaya (atsara im filipino). If they are absent, pickles will do.. and I also dont like red bean soup.
First of all, I like all your videos and how much you appreciate different food from different nation. Century Egg is a much delicate title, instead of Hundred-year-old egg. LOL PS: it's called 皮蛋, english translation would be "Skin-Egg" LMAO
I don’t know anyone in Taiwan eating that Thousand Year Egg & ToFu the way he showed you! You’ll have to break the egg into much smaller chunks and tofu to even smaller pieces so that they give you much more surface area to mix in the sauce.
😅 my husband always talks about going to China as a child and buying a ‘cherry’ popsicle which turned out to be red bean and the disappointment that traumatised him 😄
First of all, it’s not real tea but chemical substitute. Secondly, sweetened taste is not come from real sugar but syrup. Finally, I believe boba is some kind of jello whatever chemical stuff. 🤮🤮🤮
