Beware of this dessert in Taichung — it’ll make you puff out white smoke from your mouth after eating it!

▲ The “Sweet Potato & Taro Smoke Bomb” makes your mouth puff smoke, creating a surprising effect. (Video & images provided by the business; all following visuals are the same)

Reported by Huang Sheng-min

Don’t try this dessert lightly — it’s guaranteed to make you exhale forcefully. Fidèle, an American-style seafood restaurant in Taichung, is known for its wide variety of seafood dishes. But beyond the main courses, its desserts hold a surprising secret. This dessert, crafted with local Taiwanese ingredients — Jinshan sweet potato and Dajia taro — and drawing on Western culinary aesthetics, is called the...Sweet Potato & Taro Smoke Bomb...and when it melts in your mouth, gas spreads inside, causing you to exhale white vapor, making you look like a monster from an animated film — it's quite a shock.

▲ A temperature difference is used to turn liquid nitrogen into white vapor that escapes from your mouth, and the smoke effect is truly eye-catching.

Business owner Xu Jingqiang said,The white vapor is mainly due to the addition of liquid nitrogen in the dessert. Liquid nitrogen, stored in a pressurized container, can reach temperatures as low as -190°C. When poured out, it flows like water but instantly produces thick white smoke upon contact with warm air.By leveraging this property of liquid nitrogen, the dessert releases vapor in your mouth as it melts from your body heat, creating the effect of continuous white smoke escaping. This gas is harmless to the body, so everyone can enjoy it safely.

Currently, the “Sweet Potato & Taro Smoke Bomb” is served as a side dish. Customers who order a set meal can enjoy one. Alongside savoring this delicately crafted dessert made with local ingredients, the thrilling sensation of smoke puffing from your nose and mouth is sure to be a fresh and exciting experience!

However, those eager to try it should be aware that according toWikipedia......exposure to liquid nitrogen (commonly abbreviated as LN2) without proper protection can cause severe frostbite to the skin.Be sure to understand and use the correct methods before consuming, to avoid accidental injury.

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