Taiwanese lunch and dinner dishes




 Since I covered breakfast foods, figured it is only fair to cover some traditional lunch and dinner dishes.

刈包 Yì bāo - Taiwanese pork belly buns
地瓜球 Dìguā qiú - sweet potato balls
大腸包小腸 Dàcháng bāo xiǎocháng - sausage in sticky rice bun
大腸蚵仔麵線 Dàcháng hézǐ miàn xiàn - noodle soup with oysters and pork intestines
控肉飯 Kòng ròu fàn - braised pork on rice
水煎包 Shuǐ jiān bāo - steamed fried buns that come with a variety of fillings
滷肉飯 Lǔ ròu fàn - stewed pork rice
火雞肉飯 Huǒ jīròu fàn - turkey rice
牛肉麵 Niúròu miàn - beef noodles
皮蛋豆腐 Pídàn dòufu - century egg tofu
肉圓 Ròu yuán - Taiwanese meatballs
胡椒餅 Hújiāo bǐng - pepper cake
臭豆腐 Chòu dòufu - stinky tofu
蒸臭豆腐 Zhēng chòu dòufu - steamed spicy stinky tofu
蘿蔔糕 Luóbo gāo - turnip cake
蚵仔煎 Hézǐ jiān - oyster omelette






水餃 Shuǐjiǎo - dumplings
鍋貼 Guōtiē - fried dumplings







車輪餅 Chēlún bǐng - crispy wheel cake
鳳梨酥 Fènglí sū - pineapple cake





剉冰 Cuò bīng - shaved ice dessert with various toppings






花生捲冰淇淋 Huāshēng juǎn bīngqílín - peanut butter ice cream roll






太陽餅 Tàiyáng bǐng - sun cake








糖葫蘆 Tánghúlu - candied fruit








Comments

  1. UnknownMay 21, 2021 at 10:40 PM

    I am surprised on the turkey rice. I didn't think turkey was a staple in Taiwan.

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    1. Dan Bales-KoganJuly 15, 2021 at 3:11 AM

      I was surprised too, but most food in Taiwan is imported.

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