Chinanews.com, December 12 Comprehensive Taiwan media reported that sauerkraut fish, konjac shuang, and snail noodles have aroused the attention and love of many Taiwanese people in Taiwan in recent years, and more and more mainland street foods have appeared frequently on the streets of Taiwan. According to the analysis of Taiwanese media, with the help of social platforms, in fact, the age group of Taiwanese people's acceptance of mainland food culture is declining rapidly.
The picture shows a pickled cabbage fish shop on the streets of Kaohsiung. Image source: Taiwan's "China Times News Network".
According to Taiwan's "Business Weekly", sauerkraut fish specialty stores have suddenly sprung up on the streets of Taiwan, and new brands have been popping up, and the menu of these stores is a dish of sauerkraut fish, which is paired with other appetizers and side dishes.
Even Taiwan's large restaurant groups regard sauerkraut fish as the focus of their future exhibition stores, and even some traditional restaurants have transformed to sell sauerkraut fish. In Taiwan, the craze for pickled cabbage fish began with the establishment of "Diaomin" (a chain restaurant of pickled cabbage fish in Taiwan) established in 2019, but the source is the mainland chain restaurant "Taier Sauerkraut Fish". In Taiwan's pickled cabbage fish specialty stores, the shadow of "Taier Sauerkraut Fish" can be seen everywhere from the store's decoration style, menu, production and service process.
The picture shows the sauerkraut fish. Image source: Photo by Song Jiansheng of Taiwan's "United Daily News".
As for the market competition of sauerkraut fish, Taiwan has only blossomed in the past two years. According to Taiwanese media analysis, Taiwan's catering industry is suffering from a shortage of workers. The pickled cabbage and fish specialty store is like a hot pot and roast meat restaurant, without complicated cooking, and the service process is simplified, which simultaneously reduces the dependence on manpower in the internal and external fields, which just helps to alleviate the pressure of labor shortage. In addition, Taiwan's catering market has not had a new look for too long, and sauerkraut fish will brighten the eyes of consumers who seek innovation and change, so that the popularity can be maintained for a longer time. Finally, fueled by social platforms, the age group of Taiwanese people's acceptance of mainland food culture is declining rapidly.
The picture shows konjac shuang. Image source: Photo by Yang Yating of Taiwan's "United Daily News".
In fact, it's not just sauerkraut fish, the classic mainland snack konjac shuang has become a trend among primary school students on the island in recent years, not only on the shelves of supermarkets, but also in American stores.
As a special snack in Liuzhou, snail noodles are sour and spicy, with a unique taste, with elastic rice noodles and full of ingredients, and have become a "hot" delicacy on the island in recent years.
According to Taiwan media analysis, since the birth of the first bagged snail noodle enterprise in Liuzhou, in addition to the active development of the local government, coupled with the promotion of Internet celebrity eating and broadcasting and mainland film and television dramas, this local snack has become popular as an Internet celebrity food in the mainland, and it has also been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.
The picture shows a Liuzhou snail noodle shop in Wanhua District, Taipei, where the owner is making snail noodles. Photo by China News Service reporter Chen Xiaoyuan
This wave of snail noodles is blowing to Taiwan, and many popular video bloggers are vying to catch up with this wave of craze, in their videos: unboxing to introduce snail noodles, evaluate snail noodles, and let snail noodles gradually open up their popularity in Taiwan. Taiwanese consumers have begun to buy and try new products through purchasing agents and group purchases, and more and more freshly cooked snail noodle shops have appeared on the streets.
It is not only food that is popular, but also the social platforms on both sides of the strait in recent years, some popular dances and songs that young people in the mainland like are also loved by the Taiwanese people.
The picture shows Taiwanese netizens jumping "subject three". Screenshot of Douyin
The "subject three" dance steps, accompanied by the DJ version of the DJ version of Yixiaojiang, have become one of the most popular dances on Douyin at present. This trend has also swept through Taiwan at an alarming speed. Many young Taiwanese people are competing on social media for the "subject three" dance technique. Even Hong Xiuzhu, the former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, jumped a step along with the young man's demonstration.
Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said earlier that I heard that half of the top 10 in Taiwan's KTV on-demand chart are mainland songs, and many of them are Internet celebrity songs. In fact, now you can often see that a song, a dance step or a delicacy will quickly become popular on both sides of the strait through social platforms, such as "The Lonely Brave", "Little Garden", "Seeking Buddha", snail noodles, etc. This is a unique way of communication between young people on both sides of the strait in the Internet era, and it is also a new phenomenon of cultural exchange in the process of cross-strait integration and development.
With the development of social platforms, compatriots on both sides of the strait can communicate more closely. It is not difficult to find that compatriots on both sides of the strait have a common cultural gene, which can resonate with food and culture, and food and culture will bring the hearts of compatriots on both sides of the strait closer and closer!