or the Rice Dumpling Festival

if you are more intrigued

by the food aspect of it

but I'm so thrilled

finally spot a

store a shop

that still makes rice dumplings on site

because it's really rare

to see rice dumplings

right in front of you

Excuse me

How are rice dumplings different from the north to the south of Taiwan?

For rice dumplings from the north, we use cooked rice

well northern rice dumplings

are made with cooked rice

and they use uncooked rice in the southern Taiwan

then they boil the rice dumpling so it turns soft

Rice dumplings from the northern Taiwan use pork fat fried rice

yes the rice is similar to pork fat fried rice

so the northern rice dumplings are ready to eat?

Nah you need to steam them before putting them on the table

after the rice dumpling is wrapped

steam them with a steamer

the aroma of the leaves then would come out

how many rice dumplings do you make every Dragon Boat Festival?

It depends usually around 4 to 5 thousands

Are those umm egg yolks?

And those are scallops?

yes small scallops

and that's dried mushroom

and that's pork belly?

yes that's right pork belly

so these are wrapped and steamed?

yes we need to toss all these into a huge steamer

because these are raw duck egg yolks

and each of these

how much is one?

it's NT$50 (= US$1.6)

And the leaves

what type of leaves are these?

bamboo leaves

from bamboo

Great! Thank you so much

Thank you

Keep up the good works!

and that's how they make (rice) dumplings from the north of Taiwan

here I am at this farmer's market

trying to find out how different

is rice dumpling

from the north of Taiwan

to the south

Excuse me can I ask

is this rice dumpling from the south or the north?

Southern rice dumplings

Ohh

and what are the differences?

Pork fat fried rice is used for northern rice dumplings

the southern rice dumplings are boiled in water rather than steamed

and the bowl of rice here is uncooked?

yes raw

and the toppings are the same for both rice dumplings?

yes the same

it's only the rice that are different

oh I see thank you

basically, northern rice dumplings taste chewy

and the southern rice dumplings are much more tender

so he put it on the internet?

youtube?

Granny's Pork Fat Fried Rice

oh wow the store is on Youtube?

here you go

oh nice!

there 5 videos on youtube

that's really cool

and that's me

oh this is great marketing