Saturday, June 30, 2007

a fave Taiwanese sweet treat

花生豆花

This is 花生豆花 or "hwa shung dou hwa" or Peanut DouHwa or Peanut Tofu Pudding.

Whatever you wanna call it, this is my second favorite Taiwanese sweet treat (first place is chawbing or shaved ice).

It is a soy bean based pudding topped with brown sugar water and peanuts.  Yummy!!

A small cup (this one) costs 20 NT or about 60 US cents.

 


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Jun 30, 2007 7:42:00 AM | food, life in taiwan, my photos, photohunt

24 Comments

Patricia

That does look sweet! The pudding looks like a custard, which is one of my favorite desserts. I'm afraid this week's theme is going to make us all very hungry!

Posted by: Patricia | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 07:52 AM

ipanema

I love pudding! I try to find that out over here. happy weekend! :)

Posted by: ipanema | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 09:12 AM

And Miles To Go....

that looks simply wonderful!! Have a great Saturday!

Posted by: And Miles To Go.... | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 09:31 AM

Tasra Dawson

Culturally sweet treat...very original! I'm already noticing a pattern for the sweet shots...mine is a little different.

Posted by: Tasra Dawson | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 09:33 AM

Lisa Renee

The way you describe it makes it sound like something I'd like, I love brown sugar and I'm a fan of nuts as well as custard. Great choice for the theme!

:-)

Posted by: Lisa Renee | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 11:08 AM

Gattina

Sounds very good ! for me a little too sweet because I am not "sweet" at all !

Posted by: Gattina | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 12:17 PM

MamaBearJune

Looks pretty sweet.

Posted by: MamaBearJune | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 12:20 PM

eastcoastlife

I love this dessert. There is this famous Taiwanese eatery that came to set up in Singapore. Yong He Dou Jiang. I have my fix every now and then. Sweet.

Posted by: eastcoastlife | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 12:20 PM

Crazy Working Mom

Yummy, I'll have two please!

Posted by: Crazy Working Mom | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 12:25 PM

mott

oh yummmy! I haven't had this with peanuts before!!!!

Posted by: mott | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 12:32 PM

Iris

I have been trying a lot of different foods lately--especially Korean food. Our son loves Asian kitchen...so this might be good too.
Thank you so much for sharing a treat we don't see here in the US.

I am so happy that you have stopped by tonight.
Have a wonderful and blessed weekend in Taiwan.

Posted by: Iris | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 01:15 PM

Criz Lai

Yum yum...i love that too but here they have a choice of white or brown sugar minus the nuts. Gosh I'm hungry now..haha. Happy Weekend :) http://crizlai.blogspot.com/2007/06/photo-hunters-sweet.html

Posted by: Criz Lai | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 02:06 PM

Friday's Child

Looks so inviting. I'm sure it's delicious.
Mine is up too.

Posted by: Friday's Child | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 02:35 PM

Michele

Looks very yummy indeed!

Posted by: Michele | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 06:47 PM

Soccer Mom in Denial

That does looks yummy! And a terrific shot too! Well done.

Posted by: Soccer Mom in Denial | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 08:03 PM

letha

Looks sweet and tasty only I can never seem to get along with the texture of any deserts like this one.

Posted by: letha | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 09:33 PM

Montserrat

I love the flavor of peanuts. This looks really yummy!

Posted by: Montserrat | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 10:42 PM

Barbara H.

Looks wonderful!!

Posted by: Barbara H. | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 11:05 PM

meeyauw

That looks good: peanuts are great on ice cream, too.

Posted by: meeyauw | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 11:06 PM

Mama Bear

Yummy! I wanted to eat it right away.
Mama Bear

Posted by: Mama Bear | Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 11:57 PM

margaret

That looks like a very tasty dessert.

Posted by: margaret | Sunday, July 01, 2007 at 01:43 AM

Candice

Oh my, that looks tasty!! This week's theme is going to make me gain 10lbs just looking at everyone's pics.

Yummy!

Posted by: Candice | Sunday, July 01, 2007 at 03:35 AM

eija

Hehe... the close-up makes it look rather "exotic" :D Peanut sounds good, but my experience on tofu is something I wouldn't care to repeat :S But I take your word for it being good!

Thanks for stopping by - it's been a while since I've been here (or anywhere in the bloggity land!). You've even swapped your sidebar on the other side! I'll try to be better - just that my bloglines gives me the creeps with the 930 unread posts!

Posted by: eija | Sunday, July 01, 2007 at 05:15 AM

Vader's Mom

That looks very sweet. And sounds yummy.

Posted by: Vader's Mom | Sunday, July 01, 2007 at 09:57 AM

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