台式香腸─有人潮的地方就有它

Eight-Treasure Rice is a celebrated festive dish featuring glutinous rice topped with an array of sweet and savory ingredients, each chosen for its auspicious symbolism. The dish resembles a treasure bowl, carrying wishes for prosperity and abundance. As for which eight treasures to include, that's where each kitchen shows its creativity. Din Tai Fung's version combines candied dates, lotus seeds, goji berries, dried longan, sweet beans, kumquats, sun-dried tomatoes, and red bean paste—eight ingredients that create both visual splendor and harmonious flavors.

文蛤，在台灣又稱為蛤蜊或蚶仔，分布於南亞、東亞、東北亞、東南亞等區域的海、河岸。文蛤是台灣相當尋常的食用貝類之一；料理方式多樣、烹飪便捷，簡單料理即能品嘗到文蛤的鮮甜和原汁原味。

In the dead of night along Penghu's tidal flats, a masked woman wearing a headlamp is tshiō-hái (Taiwanese for "illuminating the sea," or night harvesting at low tide). Bent at the waist, turning over stones, she searches for crowned turban shells, top-shells, and nua-kha-a (Taiwanese for a local octopus species) hidden beneath the rocky crevices. (Photo source: Rene Hung)