So it's Dragon Boat Festival coming up
or the Rice Dumpling Festival
if you are more intrigued
by the food aspect of it
but I'm so thrilled
finally spot a
store a shop
that still makes rice dumplings on site
because it's really rare
to see rice dumplings
right in front of you
Excuse me
How are rice dumplings different from the north to the south of Taiwan?
For rice dumplings from the north, we use cooked rice
well northern rice dumplings
are made with cooked rice
and they use uncooked rice in the southern Taiwan
then they boil the rice dumpling so it turns soft
Rice dumplings from the northern Taiwan use pork fat fried rice
yes the rice is similar to pork fat fried rice
so the northern rice dumplings are ready to eat?
Nah you need to steam them before putting them on the table
after the rice dumpling is wrapped
steam them with a steamer
the aroma of the leaves then would come out
how many rice dumplings do you make every Dragon Boat Festival?
It depends usually around 4 to 5 thousands
Are those umm egg yolks?
And those are scallops?
yes small scallops
and that's dried mushroom
and that's pork belly?
yes that's right pork belly
so these are wrapped and steamed?
yes we need to toss all these into a huge steamer
because these are raw duck egg yolks
and each of these
how much is one?
it's NT$50 (= US$1.6)
And the leaves
what type of leaves are these?
bamboo leaves
from bamboo
Great! Thank you so much
Thank you
Keep up the good works!
and that's how they make (rice) dumplings from the north of Taiwan
here I am at this farmer's market
trying to find out how different
is rice dumpling
from the north of Taiwan
to the south
Excuse me can I ask
is this rice dumpling from the south or the north?
Southern rice dumplings
Ohh
and what are the differences?
Pork fat fried rice is used for northern rice dumplings
the southern rice dumplings are boiled in water rather than steamed
and the bowl of rice here is uncooked?
yes raw
and the toppings are the same for both rice dumplings?
yes the same
it's only the rice that are different
oh I see thank you
basically, northern rice dumplings taste chewy
and the southern rice dumplings are much more tender
so he put it on the internet?
youtube?
Granny's Pork Fat Fried Rice
oh wow the store is on Youtube?
here you go
oh nice!
there 5 videos on youtube
that's really cool
and that's me
oh this is great marketing