Dishes

Fried taro balls

芋頭丸

Also called: 芋丸 · 炸芋丸

Deep-fried balls of taro, a side dish in Kaohsiung's taro country and at seafood restaurants.

How to eat it

They come as a side for the table to share. At Syan Syang the meal ends with complimentary taro ice cubes.

Taro is Jiaxian's best-known crop, and shops there sell taro ice cream, taro cookies and other taro products.

A family restaurant in the hill town of Jiaxian, running since 1971. Its mountain-style dishes are built around local taro and bamboo shoots.

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