Dishes
Savoury soy milk
鹹豆漿
Also called: 鹹漿 · xian doujiang · salty soy milk
Hot soy milk seasoned with vinegar and soy sauce and topped with things like dried shrimp, pickled greens and youtiao, eaten at breakfast.
Where it comes from
Chinese Wikipedia says the savoury style is common in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and reached Taiwan after the Republic of China government moved there.
How it is made
Seasonings such as vinegar, salt, soy sauce and sesame or chilli oil are added to hot soy milk along with the toppings.
How to eat it
This is breakfast food. In Taiwan soy milk usually comes with youtiao. At Kuan Lai Shun in Zuoying, locals recommend a bowl of it with a fresh pork bun.
In Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung's pre-dawn breakfast shops serve it next to sesame flatbreads. Hsing Long Ju in Qianjin is known for soup dumplings and flatbreads, and Kuan Lai Shun, in Zuoying's Guomao community, makes its pastries by hand.
Where to eat it in Kaohsiung
興隆居Hsing Long Ju
Queues are long at this 60-plus-year-old breakfast institution, which opens before dawn. Order the big soup dumplings, a sesame flatbread with egg, and savoury soy milk.
寬來順早餐店Kuan Lai Shun Breakfast
This Zuoying breakfast shop made its name on soy milk. Order a clay-oven sesame flatbread with egg and pickled greens, a pork bun and a salty soy milk.
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