The Food in My Hometown(2)--Rice Cake with Brown Sugar

          After showing Rice Soup last week, this week, I want to show you something more about the food in my hometown-Dong Gang.

          When it comes to Dong Gang, some of you might associate Dong Gang with a place which is famous for its abundance aquatic products. What’s more, some of you even have heard of the three treasures of Dong Gang-Bluefin tuna(黑鮪魚), Sakura shrimp(櫻花蝦), and oilfish(油魚子). However, I don’t want to mention them today. Actually, seafood is not my favorite at all although I am a person, grown up in Dong Gang. Therefore, the main character in this week’s posting is 雙糕潤, a specialty in Dong Gang.

          According to its English name, Rice Cake with Brown Sugar, 雙糕潤is a kind of  snacks made from glutinous rice and brown sugar. 

雙糕潤 tastes like Mochi, but its texture is more chewy than Mochi. In every bite of the雙糕潤, you can feel the strong taste of brown sugar that make you cannot help but eat it one bite after another. Nowadays, in order to meet visitors demands, many businesses have launched雙糕潤 in diverse flavor, such as taro, red bean, and matcha. Nevertheless, among all of the flavor, my favorite is the most traditional one-the brown sugar flavor. In my opinion, the brown sugar flavor is the one that represents 雙糕潤 the most. Next time, if you have an opportunity to visit Dong Gang, don’t forget to try some雙糕潤. I think that you will like it as I am.