Those Food I Like: Red Bean Cake in Wantan

This week’s topic is Red Bean Cake(紅豆餅). When it comes to red bean cakes, as a student of National Taiwan University, you may have heard of or even eaten red bean cakes of 晴光, which is located on Tingzhou Rd.(汀州路). However, I am not going to talk about晴光. I want to recommend another store which sells red bean cakes as well. Actually, I think that the red bean cakes there are better than晴光.

Speaking of red beans, where in Taiwan will come across your mind? It’s Wantan(萬丹), a township in Pingtung county. Although my hometown, Dong Gang is not far from Wantan, it was not until two years ago that I ate them at my first time. Since the first time I ate them, I have fallen in love with them. From then on, each time when I go to Wantan, without exception, I will buy a few red bean cakes at the store.

The cake skins of the red bean cakes are soft. However, you can also say that they are crispy when red bean cakes are freshly baked. Besides, the filling plays an important role of a satisfying red bean cake. The filling of the red bean cake of the store is made from local ingredients- red beans of Wantan. At your first bite of it, you can see the red bean paste spurting from the cakes skin and you will be surprised at that the flavor of it is different from every bite of red bean cakes you have eaten before. It is sweet but not greasy. If you want to enjoy the best red bean cakes of mine, come and visit the store!