Shuiwei in Miaoli celebrates 40 years of its famous fried rice cakes
Shuiwei in Miaoli celebrates 40 years of its famous fried rice cakes
2023-02-10
A village in Miaoli is famed for its fried rice cakes. A stall in Houlong Township’s Shuiwei Community has been serving them up for 40 years. You can get oysters or pork for fillings. But the real star of the show is the crispy batter made with local rice. A family has been running the small stall for so long, it’s now a beloved Miaoli institution.
What will it be today? A dish of fried oysters is just the thing. Tasty, raw oysters crackle in the fryer. And there’s an option for those who only like meat, not seafood.
Fried rice cakes bob in the fryer. When their skin is golden yellow, they’re fished out and cut into pieces. That makes it easy to add condiments: a drizzle of spicy sauce, and it’s ready.
Customer
It’s their house sauce. It’s really so delicious. I love this!
Here in Shuiwei Community in Houlong Township, the fried rice cakes at this stand have been popular for more than four decades.
Chao Ming-cheng
Fried rice cake stall owner
We didn’t use to cut them. If you had to work, you’d eat one or two pieces to keep hunger at bay, gobble them down.
Customer
The texture is crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. It has many layers of flavor inside. It’s so great!
Customer
We were born and bred here. We’ve always known it tasting like this. When we go somewhere else, the taste just isn’t quite right.
The most important thing about a fried rice cake is crispy layer on the outside. It has to be super crunchy. When you bite down it has to crackle!
Liang Ching-wen
Shuiwei Village head
We always use local rice, simmered to make rice milk and then turned into batter.
The stall’s reputation attracts visitors from far and wide. If you’re in Houlong Township, why not take a trip down to Shuiwei to enjoy the local street art and a couple of fried rice cakes. What better way to appreciate authentic local culture?
飄香40年！臨海小村炸粿攤傳3代炸物外酥內軟
2023-02-10
在苗栗後龍水尾社區，這個臨海小村，有一攤炸粿，包的是新鮮蚵仔，跟豬肉等內餡，吃起來外酥內嫩，而且鮮甜多汁，每天下午開店賣到傍晚，許多當地人從小吃到大，不到3坪的小攤，卻傳承三代，一飄香就超過四十年。
客人今天想來點什麼？要吃蚵嗲，很可以，鮮美生蚵肥吱吱，可是，有人不吃海鮮，無肉不歡，也沒問題。
炸粿在油鍋裡翻騰，等外皮變成金黃色，再起鍋，業者會幫忙剪成一塊塊，方便客人加上這一味:辣椒醬，繞個一小圈，大口咬下去。
[[顧客]]
“獨家的配料，真的吃起來超級好吃，好享受的味道”
在苗栗縣，後龍鎮水尾社區，這攤炸粿，一開超過四十年。
[[炸粿老闆趙明正]]
“以前沒有切，要工作買一塊、兩塊，止餓一下，趕快吃一吃這樣”
[[顧客]]
“我們這口感是外酥內軟，裡面吃起來多重口味，真的很棒”
[[顧客]]
“我們從小在這邊土生土長，吃習慣我們自己的口味，反而去到外面吃的時候，會不習慣。”
炸粿的精華，就在外面這層麵衣，非常脆，咬起來有卡茲卡茲口感。
[[苗栗縣後龍鎮水尾里里長梁清文]]
“我們都是用在地的米，去煨成米漿，再來做麵衣”
經常有外地遊客，聞香而來。到苗栗後龍鎮不妨放慢腳步，欣賞水尾社區的彩繪牆面，再咬一口蚵嗲，好好享受臨海小村的海味風情。
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