Dishes
crab balls
蟳丸
Also called: 粉腸蟳丸 · 香腸熟肉
House-made crab balls, part of the cold-cut platter at Tainan's old Taiwanese restaurants.
What it is
A savoury ball named after 蟳 (mud crab), made in-house by old-style Taiwanese restaurants. It is one of the items on a 香腸熟肉 platter, the southern spread of house-made sausage, shrimp rolls, mullet roe, pork tongue and fen chang that Mirror Media compares to the north's 黑白切.
How it is made
Restaurants make them to their own recipes. At Hsin Hsin in Tainan the crab balls follow a family recipe passed down in the kitchen.
How to eat it
Order a 香腸熟肉 platter and let the restaurant put it together for the size of your group, or order the crab balls on their own.
In Tainan
Hsin Hsin, one of Tainan's three classic Taiwanese restaurants alongside A-Hsia and A-Mei, always keeps its 粉腸蟳丸 on the menu.
Where to eat it in Tainan
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