There are many night markets in Taiwan, but the things sold are much the same. However, some Taiwanese netizens recently discovered that there are vendors selling Nanjing's traditional snack "plum blossom cake" in Taipei's Shilin Night Market, and the special taste quickly caused discussion on the Internet, attracting a large number of people to taste it.
According to a recent report by Taiwan's United News Network, a Taiwanese netizen posted on Xiaohongshu that when he went to Taipei Shilin Night Market to look for food, he found that there were vendors selling traditional mainland dim sum "plum blossom cake", with three kinds of fillings to choose from: red bean paste, taro paste and cheese corn. Spread a layer of rice milk made from glutinous rice flour, sprinkle with red dates, dried radish, corn and small rice balls and other small ingredients, and finally cover with an iron lid and heat for a few minutes to bake. The netizen said that he was very lucky, and on the first day of the stall set up by the vendor, "I finally ate the plum blossom cake that is often brushed on the Internet, which tastes sweet and glutinous, hot, and very suitable for winter." He revealed in the article that the boss personally went to Nanjing to learn the authentic plum blossom cake, and the current red bean and taro paste flavors are NT$50, and cheese corn is NT$60. Taiwanese food blogger Lilian then visited the store and praised the plum blossom cake for its softness and sweetness, as well as the crispy crust underneath. Taiwan's China Times Electronic News also sent reporters to visit and found that the crowd of buyers was "overwhelming". The owner is Mr. Lian, 29, who used to do snack business in many places in mainland China, and later learned Xi plum blossom cake making skills with his wife's friend from Hubei. This year, because his father was diagnosed with throat cancer, he decided to return to Taiwan to take care of his father. He said that Taiwan's catering market is generally low-pay, so he decided to start his own business, but he didn't expect it to become popular soon after opening. The reporter asked male and female college students how many points they gave to plum blossom cake, and the result was that the boys gave 9 points and the girls 85 points, and call it "delicious". According to the report, at about 8 o'clock in the evening, there was still an endless stream of people who came to buy, even though the number plate had already been taken out, the crowd still surrounded the stalls.
Some netizens on the island found that Taipei's Shilin Night Market sells plum blossom cakes, a traditional dim sum from the mainland. Source: Taiwan media.
In fact, before the plum blossom cake, many mainland snacks have become popular on the island this year. On the eve of the Lunar New Year, the flank of the green camp once criticized the mainland's snail noodles for "invading" Taiwan, and then the authorities demanded that they be taken off the shelves. But even if snail noodles are banned, the island's night market has risen again in the "hot milk treasure" that originated in Henan - warm blood glutinous rice smeared with cream, and then accompanied by beautiful and delicious ingredients, known as "winter ice cream". Even in the southern night market of "green to juice", with slogans such as "Henan Food" and "Douyin Hot Sales", the sales are still selling out. There are also Haidilao, sauerkraut fish, as well as meat buns, pancakes and fruits that can be seen everywhere. This summer, a Taiwanese netizen posted that in the past, whether it was in a mobile night market or a fixed night market, it was more common to have Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai or Italian snacks, and there were almost no mainland snacks, but recently I visited the night market and found that "there are more and more mainland snacks", and delicacies such as double skin milk and snail noodles are becoming more and more popular in the Taiwan market. Many netizens left messages saying that in fact, many foods in Taiwan originate from the mainland, "scallion pancakes and everything", "oyster fried, pig blood soup was originally a Fujian snack". Some Taiwan media said that mainland konjac shuang has long been popular among primary and secondary school students on the island, and even parents fell in love with it after eating, and began to smell business opportunities in Taiwanese businessmen with a keen sense of smell, and introduced mainland snacks to Taiwan, and put them on the shelves of major stores and convenience stores, and can also be seen in night markets throughout Taiwan.
An article published by the Taiwan magazine "Exclusive Report" said that the mainland's snacks and snacks "counterattacked" Taiwan, which is nothing new, but the epitome of the reversal of strength, and it is also a natural phenomenon of soft power radiation after the rise of the mainland. In the past, Taiwanese food was famous, and many mainland tourists went to Taiwan to taste authentic Taiwanese cuisine. Taiwan was also home to innovative snacks such as bubble tea, which took the mainland by storm and became popular in Japan. However, after nearly 8 years of implementing the "anti-China" route, the final result of "anti-China" has made the mainland's snacks and snacks a source of inspiration for Taiwan's stall economy, which not only saves the hawkers who make a living by setting up stalls, but also satisfies the taste buds of countless young people in Taiwan who seek innovation and change. According to the article, some of the "originators" of introducing mainland snacks to Taiwan are mainland spouses who have married on both sides of the strait, and some are Taiwanese who have studied and worked in the mainland, and they are brought back to Taiwan after studying and Xi in the local area. Before the introduction of the policy of integrated development on the mainland, the people on both sides of the strait have long been integrated and developed in snacks and delicacies along with the people's daily exchanges, "these cultural phenomena seem to be trivial things, but when put into the long history of the two sides of the strait, they reflect the major events of the cultural and political hierarchy."
When mainland snacks appear on the streets of Taiwan", Taiwan's "Wang Pao" published an editorial on the 17th with this title, saying that the two sides of the strait have the same blood and culture, even if the activities of people on both sides of the strait have almost come to a halt after the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, but the exchanges between young people on both sides of the strait in terms of food are actually closer. First of all, with the development of social platforms, network technology has provided the possibility for the dissemination of food information. Secondly, "diversity and blending" has become the characteristic of the times of Chinese food culture, which has opened up a new space for the development of cross-strait food innovation and integration. According to the article, the ordinary taste of snacks is people's perception of food, and it is also the memory of daily life. "The close interweaving of taste and life makes the food culture reveal an invisible power, which crosses the emotional connection between ethnic groups and generations, and warms the hearts of people on both sides of the strait." People on both sides of the strait can participate more in the exchange of discovering delicacies and jointly stimulate the vitality and vitality of Chinese food culture." (Zhang Ruo).
*: Global Network.