Tuesday, May 12, 2009

御爐香豆花, Yu Lu Xiang Bean Curd, KaoHsuing, Taiwan

This shop is just opposite to the Hotel Grand Hi-Lai. Though the shop highlighted its sweet been curd, it offers some other desserts which I haven't come accross.


1. 葉綠素 - yes, the menu does have this term and it's also on the 1st one on the menu. So we asked the shop lady what that exactly is. Her answer is green algae (or kind of seaweed) 綠藻. So out of our adveturous behaviour, we of course had a try. It's really interesting, and personally I like it a lot as it is quite similar to the tiger herbal (崩大碗) aroma. 2. Herbal Jelly (仙草凍) - it's not as good as those I found in Bangkok or Hong Kong. Supposed it should have been a bit tangy.



3. sweet bean curd topped with red/green bean, barley, sweet yam and tangy sago. A pretty good one and good for health too as it has quite a variety of beans and barley. 4. plain sweet bean curd - quite good as it has the burnt aroma and the texture is quite balanced.


5. the shop.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bun Tai Wound is very "cold" so don't eat too much. Turtle herb jelly is better as the turtle part is "hot" so it balances the "cold" part of herbal jelly.
SS

in the sea said...

Certainly it's widely know Tiger Herbal is a very cool stuff. However, it just depends on how frequent you take it. I don't take it daily and I take it like almost every few weeks. It's not good to take just those hot or warm food as it will burden the lung. So it is all about balancing.

Anonymous said...

You are right Sea.