Dishes

Zongzi

肉粽

Also called: bah-tsàng · 粽子 · rice dumpling · 八寶肉粽 (eight-treasure zongzi)

Glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves around pork, mushroom and egg yolk, then boiled or steamed; the traditional Dragon Boat Festival food.

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In Tainan

Food writer Jiao Tong (焦桐) ranks Tainan first among southern zongzi. Zai Fa Hao (再發號), founded in 1872 and now in its fourth generation, wraps each zongzi in three leaves, two fresh ones outside a boiled one. Its seafood eight-treasure zongzi weighs 14 taels, about half a kilo.

Where to eat it in Tainan

再發號

Street snacksWest Central

Zai Fa Hao

Zongzi shop founded in 1872 as a street stall and now run by the fourth generation. Its southern-style zongzi are wrapped in three leaves, two fresh ones around a boiled one.

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