Travel on the tip of the tongue

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With the diversity of diet, the cuisine on our table is also rich and varied. Whether it is Vietnamese noodles, Thai meat throwing, Japanese sushi, Korean kimchi, spaghetti, etc., cuisine named after the country is as small as local cuisine named after regions, such as Meinung Hakka steak, Tainan warm body beef soup, Chiayi turkey rice, Kaohsiung swordfish black wheel, and so on. Along with the entrance of the food, these flavors, which have passed on for a long time, also take us to the place where the food was born, and meet those people and things.

When it comes to "travel", we think of packing our bags and setting off to a distance. Yes, it is a journey of action; but in life, in the framework of a fixed schedule, it is difficult to walk away. On the contrary, the most common thing to do is to travel on the tip of the tongue.

Yes, when you enlarge the definition of "travel", isn't the sensory journey of the body also a starting point?

Kaohsiung swordfish black wheel

Kaohsiung is a city with ports. We are very close to the sea. Part of the rhythm of life should have something to do with the sea. In the streets and alleys, the big and visible black wheel signs always add the word "Kaohsiung" in front of the word black wheel.

So, what kind of food is Black Wheel, what is its relationship with Kaohsiung, and how did this kind of food come into being?

It's a fascinating exploration. It turned out that during the period of the Japanese occupation, Kaohsiung Port was an important military port. In order to satisfy their cravings, the Japanese troops here introduced Kanto Cooking to Kaohsiung. Kanto boil is pronounced "ODEN" in Japanese, but the Chinese pronunciation becomes "black wheel". This kind of food is made from fish paste, flour, and spring onion crisp, and the convenient location of Kaohsiung Port is also a rich place for fishing, so after continuous evolution, this kind of food has become what we see today. There are boiled, roasted, fried, long strips and round slices in shape, and one-fourth of the eggs are wrapped in it.

When you occasionally want a snack, the black wheel is a civilian delicacy, and it is easy to find it in the alleys. If you take a bite of the black wheel in Kaohsiung, don't call it sweet or spicy or tempura. That's a northern saying. I told the child the origin of the name of the black wheel, and then went to the port to watch the big ship come and go, about the origin of the black wheel, so was engraved in my head.

The onion oil is being stirred in the pot

This time, the thick oil red sauce fragrance of "Noodles Mixed with Scallion, Oil and Soy Sauce" really gives us a taste of Shanghai.

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