Some local foods in Jiufen, a small town in Taiwan which I visited in late April 2008…
Caramel haw (冰糖葫芦; bingtang hulu) is a traditional Chinese candy made by dipping haw-on-a-stick in hot caramel… it can be done with other fruits as well, obviously
Pork rice (鲁肉饭; luroufan) and variety of fish/meat/octopus balls
Beef soup cooked with Chinese herbs and spices
The most iconic food in Jiufen is their taro-cube-dessert, which I didn’t try somehow
the caramel haw and strawberries looks too cute to eat.
those caramel haws always appear in ancient chinese dramas.
i really want to see how they taste like.
and omg, luroufan is one of my favourite taiwanese foods.
even though the main ingredients are just rice and pork, there is something so special about it that makes me love it!
Actually, those caramale haws look better than it taste lol. It doesn’t taste bad… just very normal. The luroufan is definitely a gem.