At Chenggong Market, where many stores sold fresh food, there were also many stores selling prepared foods. Since it is said that working together is common in Taiwan, there must be a great need for easy-to-eat foods. The Chinese are very picky about food. In order to keep the locals buying, delicatessen shops must maintain a high level of quality. In fact, all the prepared foods sold at the market looked delicious.
The store in the photo was in the market. On the table was a pile of fish paste. The food is not meant to last that long, so this much fish paste can probably be processed in a day. At the end of the table, there is a pot with fish paste floating in it. I wondered if it was a tasting pot. As I stood by and watched, a female waitress began to offer the customers who had arrived a chance to try the boiled fish paste in the pot.
A-gei, which you can see in the back, is fried bean curd or deep-fried bean curd stuffed with vermicelli and closed with fish paste, and is a specialty of Tamsui, north of Taipei. The pronunciation is said to be derived from the Japanese word for fried bean curd (abura-age).
Oct 2019 PEOPLE TAIWAN | |
CLERK FOODSTUFF MARKET TAIPEI WOMAN |
No
11252
Shooting Date
Jul 2019
Posted On
October 26, 2019
Modified On
October 13, 2023
Place
Taipei, Taiwan
Genre
Street Photography
Camera
RICOH GR III