Taiwan Street Snacks: Iron Egg & Pineapple Pastry
Filed Under (Food in Taiwan, Non Halal, Snacks and Tit Bits, Taiwanese Cuisine) by kuanfoodfetish on 14-01-2008
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Here we have is the famous Taiwan “Iron Eggs” (Tit Dan in Chinese) and the equally famous pineapple pastry. Don’t worry, the eggs are not made with iron nor does it have metal in its substance. It is actually quail eggs. The small eggs are braised over and over again until it become tight and hard before it is compressed into airtight packets. No preservative or artificial sweetener. Its call “Iron Egg” because of its hard texture. Taiwanese loves this snack and they would have it all the time when watching TV or reading. The texture is hard and chewy. Harder to chew than chewing gum. I didn’t quite like it at first. Imagine yourself chewing on PVC… But once you start munching on these cute eggs, you can’t stop. My family finished the whole packet in a day If compared, i prefer the pineapple pastry. It quite big and shaped like a cake. Unlike our local pineapple pastry which i find very sweet, this Taiwan pastry is soft and not too sweet. Perfect for those who doesn’t prefer sweet things. This ChiaTe pastry is quite famous in Taiwan… i was told. The brand had been operating since 1975 till now and ranked as top 1. Hmmm… i wonder where i could get other Taiwan snacks in Malaysia… any idea?
Taiwan Street Snacks
Iron Egg!
Pineapple pastry so big!!!
Bite bite munch munch<
the pinapple pastry look nice! yumyum. makes me hungryyyy. nanged!
farhah>> it’s quite nice LOL but i prefer those available during raya time LOL
yeh! tried da pineapple before. fren brought back from taiwan and they are really good! shaped in square. unlike ours in Msia
aiwei>> it’s soft and not too sweet right? quite tasty! yummy!
hello! just tried the iron egg and pineapple pastry today. my colleague had been to taiwan, too, and brought back these stuffs. i got curious about the iron egg and searched it, found this article of yours.
[...] of mine wanted me to try some food she brought back from her recent Taiwan trip. It was called iron egg – a preserved egg which initially looks like a smaller version of the century egg. Iron egg is a [...]
datch>> hello there. how was the egg? you liked it? it taste a little weird the first bite isn’t it LOL
Where can I order a box or two of the pineapple pastry? I went to their website but it’s like greek to me.
Thanks in advance.