Taipei Locals' Favourite Pepper Cake Bun. Zheng Zu Hu Jiao Bing 丞祖胡椒 餅 |Johor Kaki Travels For Food
We tried a set out of Taiwan pepper cake stalls during our Taipei trip as well as our favourite was Zheng Zu 丞祖胡椒餅 (off Chongqing South Road). Zheng Zu has the best combination of juicy peppery pork filling as well as browned crisp chewy crust of all the pepper cakes nosotros tried during our calendar week long trip.
We took quite a fleck of problem earlier tracking downward the Zheng Zu pepper cake stall. It was John as well as Joanne's favourite from some years dorsum exactly they couldn't retrieve the yell of the stall - exclusively that it's located at Chongqing South Road.
When nosotros in conclusion constitute it , nosotros were quite disappointed that the shutters were downward 😂 We waited a land as well as asked the shops to a greater extent than or less if Zheng Zu volition opened upwards for concern today. We were told "If they are withal non opened upwards at nowadays , it agency they're off today..... ." 😥
Disheartened , nosotros got into a taxi for our adjacent nutrient stop. As the taxi pulled away from the curb , the shutters opened upwards 😄 It felt similar our heaven all of a precipitous brightened besides 😄 We directly turned the taxi to a greater extent than or less , paid the bewildered driver as well as got off amongst beaming smiles at the exact same topographic point nosotros started 😂
Foodie adventures are sometimes comical.
Zheng Zu stall is run past times married adult man as well as married adult woman squad Mr. 黄 as well as Ms. 王. 黄 as well as 王 genuinely convey total fourth dimension jobs as well as comes to the stall exclusively on weekends. On weekdays , the stall is run by Mr. 黄's mum. Mr. 黄 wants to save the identify unit of measurement heritage as well as also allow his mum convey the weekend off.
Zheng Zu pepper cake stall was founded past times Mr. 黄's grandparents way dorsum inward 1941 😮 Zheng Zu at nowadays has 4 outlets inward Taipei.
Mr. 黄 kneads the dough at the stall as well as Ms. 王 makes the cakes , packing it tightly amongst good marinated minced marbled Berkshire pork 黑毛豬 , pork slices as well as lots of chopped chives.
I similar it that at Zheng Zu , there's aspic 肉冻 mixed into the filling which volition melt into sugariness juices when baked inward the oven (the same technique is used to hand xiao long bao as well as shen chien bao their broth inside).
The pepper cakes are baked at nearly 300℃ within , stuck to the side walls of a charcoal fired tandoor mode oven.
The ivory white cakes are baked till they are golden brownish outside.
The pipping hot pepper cakes are bagged inward brownish newspaper sleeves as well as served to waiting customers.
4-Stars (out of 5). Zheng Zu 丞祖胡椒餅 has my favourite pepper cake during this Taipei trip. The sesame seed studded crust was crisp as well as chewy. The savoury sugariness peppery minced pork filling was juicy - the juiciest I've tried this trip every bit it has natural language scathing hot melted aspic inside. The peppery spiciness was mild as well as lingers briefly inward the mouth. It's a pleasant perky tingling sensation. The chopped chives stewed inward pork juices added its unique sugariness , subtly grassy season to the cake. Delicious pepper cake this.
When nosotros asked Taipei locals for pepper cake recommendations , Zheng Zu had the well-nigh mentions.
Haha as well as hence taste loh 😄
Stall name: 丞祖胡椒餅 Zheng Zu Hu Jiao Bing
Address: No. 89 , Section ane , Chongqing South Road , Zhongzheng District , Taipei City , 100
GPS: 25°02'36.7"N 121°30'47.8"E | 25.043527 , 121.513274
Tel: +886 ii 2331 3880
Hours: 10:30am - 7:00pm
Address (Shilin 陽明戲院 outlet): No. ii , Lane 101 , Wenlin Road , Shilin District , 111 , Taiwan 台北市士林區文林路101巷2號
GPS: 25°05'17.3"N 121°31'33.6"E | 25.088127 , 121.526008
Hours: 2:00pm to 1:00am
Tel: +886 919 272 735
Non Halal
Date visited: 22 October 2017
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