Local Dishes

1. 紅粄

   fung5 ban2

   Red rice cake (fung ban)

   Usage

   A steamed glutinous-rice cake offered at the "da xindin" ritual for a newborn's first month or a young man's coming of age

   Grammar Note

   A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

2. 艾粄

   ngie3 ban2

   Mugwort rice cake (ngie ban)

   Usage

   A steamed cake of mugwort and glutinous rice, offered to the ancestors around Qingming

   Grammar Note

   A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

3. 九層粄

   giu2 cen5 ban2

   Nine-layer rice cake (giu cen ban)

   Usage

   A kind of steamed rice cake made by alternating layers of brown sugared batter and white salted batter

   Grammar Note

   A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

4. 水粄仔

   sui2 ban2 e2

   Bowl rice cake (sui ban)

   Usage

   Rice batter steamed in a small bowl; it comes in a sweet and a savoury version

   Grammar Note

   A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

5. 甜粄

   tiam5 ban2

   Sweet New Year cake (tiam ban)

   Usage

   A steamed glutinous-rice and sugar cake for the New Year, offered to ancestors and gods and also fried on the Tianchuan day

   Grammar Note

   A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

6. 發粄

   fad4 ban2

   Fortune rice cake (fad ban)

   Usage

   A steamed cake for the New Year and ancestor worship; its rising is said to bring good luck

   Grammar Note

   A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

7. 蘿蔔粄

   lo5 ped8 ban2

   Radish cake (lo ped ban)

   Usage

   A rice cake made with white radish, steamed or fried

   Grammar Note

   A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

8. 麥粄

   mag8 ban2

   Wheat cake (mag ban)

   Usage

   A cake made from coarse wheat flour

   Grammar Note

   A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

9. 粄條

   ban2 tiau5

   Flat rice noodles (ban tiau)

   Usage

   Rice batter steamed into sheets and cut into strips; Xinpu and Meinong are famous for it

   Grammar Note

   A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

10. 粄圓

    ban2 ien5

    Glutinous rice balls (ban ien)

    Usage

    The Hakka word for tangyuan, traditionally eaten at the winter solstice; also called ban ien e

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

11. 菜包

    coi3 bau1

    Vegetable bun (coi bau)

    Usage

    A steamed bun with a rice or flour wrapper around radish and other fillings

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

12. 米篩目

    mi2 qi1 mug4

    Rice noodles (mi qi mug)

    Usage

    Short noodles made by pressing rice batter through a perforated board into boiling water

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

13. 鹹豬肉

    ham5 zu1 ngiug4

    Salt-cured pork (ham zu ngiug)

    Usage

    Pork cured in garlic, salt, black pepper and rice wine; often stir-fried

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

14. 封肉

    fung1 ngiug4

    Hakka braised pork belly (fung ngiug)

    Usage

    A Hakka dish of big pieces of pork seasoned and steamed until tender

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

15. 鹹菜豬肚湯

    ham5 coi3 zu1 du2 tong1

    Pork stomach and pickled mustard greens soup

    Usage

    A soup of pickled mustard greens and pig stomach, a classic Hakka pairing

    Grammar Note

    Composed from dictionary-verified words.

16. 桔醬

    gid4 jiong3

    Kumquat dipping sauce (gid jiong)

    Usage

    A Hakka dip of steamed kumquat cooked with chilli, sugar and salt; good with pork belly

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

17. 桂竹筍

    gie3 zug4 sun2

    Makino bamboo shoots (gie zug sun)

    Usage

    Young shoots of Makino bamboo; fibrous, used in stews or dried

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

18. 豆腐花

    teu3 fu3 fa1

    Soft tofu pudding (teu fu fa)

    Usage

    A soft tofu dessert; some people make and sell it every morning

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

19. 粽仔

    zung3 e2

    Zongzi rice dumpling (zung e)

    Usage

    A glutinous-rice dumpling made for the Dragon Boat Festival and the Ghost Festival

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

20. 菜脯

    coi3 pu2

    Dried radish (coi pu)

    Usage

    Salted and dried radish; very salty and eaten with plain rice

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

21. 鹹菜

    ham5 coi3

    Pickled mustard greens (ham coi)

    Usage

    Mustard greens pickled in salt; the standard partner of pork stomach in soup

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

22. 豬腳

    zu1 giog4

    Pig's trotters (zu giog)

    Usage

    Braised pig's trotters; Wanluan in Pingtung is famous for them

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

23. 米粉

    mi2 fun2

    Rice vermicelli (mi fun)

    Usage

    Thin rice noodles; Hsinchu is famous for them

    Grammar Note

    A word listed as a headword in the MOE dictionary.

24. 這係麼个粄？

    ia2 he3 ma2 ge3 ban2?

    What kind of rice cake is this?

    Usage

    Asks the name of an unfamiliar rice cake at a stall or shop

    Grammar Note

    Composed from dictionary-verified words.

25. 這係艾粄。

    ia2 he3 ngie3 ban2.

    This is mugwort rice cake.

    Usage

    Names a rice cake for someone

    Grammar Note

    Composed from dictionary-verified words.

26. 𠊎愛食紅粄。

    ngai5 oi3 siid8 fung5 ban2.

    I want to eat red rice cake.

    Usage

    Says which rice cake you want to eat

    Grammar Note

    愛 appears in the dictionary only inside compounds; here it is the verb "want to". Composed from dictionary-verified words.

27. 𠊎愛一碗粄條。

    ngai5 oi3 id4 von2 ban2 tiau5.

    I would like a bowl of flat rice noodles.

    Usage

    Orders one bowl of flat rice noodles

    Grammar Note

    愛 appears in the dictionary only inside compounds. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

28. 請分𠊎一碗米篩目。

    qiang2 bun1 ngai5 id4 von2 mi2 qi1 mug4.

    Please give me a bowl of rice noodles.

    Usage

    Orders a bowl of rice noodles

    Grammar Note

    Composed from dictionary-verified words.

29. 有賣蘿蔔粄無？

    iu1 mai3 lo5 ped8 ban2 mo5?

    Do you sell radish cake?

    Usage

    Asks whether a shop sells radish cake

    Grammar Note

    Composed from dictionary-verified words.

30. 甜粄煎來食，當好食。

    tiam5 ban2 jien1 loi5 siid8, dong1 ho2 siid8.

    Sweet rice cake fried is delicious.

    Usage

    Says how to eat sweet rice cake and that it tastes good

    Grammar Note

    Composed from dictionary-verified words.

31. 冬節日愛食粄圓。

    dung1 jied4 ngid4 oi3 siid8 ban2 ien5.

    On the winter solstice you eat glutinous rice balls.

    Usage

    Explains the winter-solstice custom

    Grammar Note

    Based on the dictionary example about eating tangyuan on the solstice. Adapted from a dictionary example sentence.

32. 清明个時節，愛打艾粄。

    qiang1 miang5 ge3 sii5 jied4, oi3 da2 ngie3 ban2.

    Around Qingming, people make mugwort cakes.

    Usage

    Mentions the custom of making mugwort cakes at Qingming

    Grammar Note

    The first half of the dictionary example 清明个時節，愛打艾粄來拜阿公婆. Adapted from a dictionary example sentence.

33. 這兜菜脯當鹹，愛傍飯。

    ia2 deu1 coi3 pu2 dong1 ham5, oi3 bong2 fan3.

    This dried radish is very salty; eat it with rice.

    Usage

    Advises eating a salty pickle together with rice

    Grammar Note

    The first half of the dictionary example about salty dried radish. Adapted from a dictionary example sentence.

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