Must-eat in Kaohsiung: Beigang Cai San Dai’s Tube Rice Cake with Steamed Egg Soup

Text & Photos / Chun Chun Yu Dong ♥ A Foodie Girl's Life Journal
 
Kaohsiung really has so much delicious food, you could eat forever and still not finish it. Luckily, my trip to Kaohsiung this time was focused on street food — I shared a portion with Pipi, so we could try more places together.

This shop was also recommended to us by a local friend — Dongdong. Although there are two other well-known tube rice cake shops in the area, of course we went with the one recommended by a local. Dongdong said they only eat at this place, and his mother has been coming here since she was young up until now. The shop will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year. This is the ordering area — it’s a bit like a fast-food joint where you queue up to order and pay, then take your food to the adjacent dining area.

I always feel like this shop likes to combine two seemingly plain types of food, but I found the steamed egg soup to be super unique. The soy-braised egg was great too. As for the swordfish ring soup, I had no idea what it was — but seeing the photo, it looked like old-fashioned donut-shaped swordfish balls. Hahaha. Since we ordered the steamed egg soup, we didn’t get the swordfish ring soup.

Tube Rice Cake (NT$35): The slice of ginger served on the side is pretty unique. From what I remember, there was a lot of meat, the rice grains were on the softer side, but not mushy or overly soft. The flavor is a bit different from what I’ve had up north, but it was quite tasty.

Steamed Egg Soup (NT$35): Yep, you guessed it right — the steamed egg soup is exactly what you’re imagining XD. It was exactly as I expected: steamed egg + soup. Honestly, I think it’s just not something you see often, which makes it feel special, but it’s really just plain clear soup with steamed egg. That said, there was quite a bit of filling inside the steamed egg.