Taichung Rice Cake (米糕)

Have you heard ‘米糕’ before? In English maybe It is called rice cake. It is the famous traditional snack in Central of Taiwan. Frankly, I have never heard about this food before so it is my first time I ate this food after came to Taiwan for about one year.

This summer vacation (July-August 2010), I with two of my friends have an internship in Taichung, particularly in KFAS (Knowledge For Automobile Solution) company.

We went to Taichung from Taipei at 11:30 and arrived at 13:30. Right after we arrived the first thing we should do is to visit the company and of course clean the house where I will stay for two months. We finished clean the house at about 18:00 and what we felt after that hard work is hungry and thirsty. Really hungry and thirsty!!!!! It is because we have not had lunch before. Moreover the weather is really hot and we only have limited water to drink.

So, right after finished clean the house we went to eat. The head of the company brought us to try the famous traditional food in Taichung. He said that we have to eat this here. Because we are really hungry at that time, so we just order that food without thinking. We also order 干面(dry noodle) with soup. So we really ate a lot at that time. Hahahahaha…

米糕 or rice cake is a kind of glutinous rice with pork slice and special sauce complete mint leaves. It is similar with rice dumpling (粽子). The taste is very delicious and the price is really cheap (only NTD20-25). This food is really famous in Taichung. You can find easily here. And if you compare the food price in Taichung with Taipei, it is much cheaper in Taichung.

The dry noodle is also very delicious. As you see in the picture it contains pork slice, bean sprout and special sauce. The portion is very big and once again it is very cheap (only 25 NTD/bowl). People in Taichung like to eat dry noodle with soup. For me, I like to eat this with wonton soup. Slluurrrrppphhh!!

So, if you come to Taichung, do not forget to try米糕 or rice cake !!!