Get know about Xiao Liu Qiu Island food before you visit.
Ma Hua Lao-花麻荖
On Xiao Liu Qiu, visitors will see bags of Ma Hua Lao sold just about everywhere. Ma Hua Lao isn’t indigenous from the island, but it has been a chosen snack to be the product to buy. Ma Hua Lao are fried/baked dough twists that are sprinkled with flavorings.
The many flavors include, taro, caramel, seaweed, brown sugar, plum, black pepper, and chili pepper. Bags of the snack are 50NT and vendors usually let you try samples.
Xiao Liu Qiu Island food: Flying Fish Sausages
Flying fish are a common catch around the islands of Taiwan. Flying Fish sausages are made with pork buy have the crunchy flying fish roe mixed inside. They taste great barbecued.
Some vendors will sell the entire flying fish deep fried.
Dried Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish are a common catch around Taiwan. Taiwanese love to dry them, shred them, and then eat them as a snack. Below, dried cuttlefish pieces are heated up on a fire.
A woman presses cuttlefish.
Fresh Seafood-more Xiao Liu Qiu Island food
There is a lot of fresh seafood on the island. However, the fish come from the Dong Gang Hua Qiao fish market where fresh fish is unloaded daily from fishing boats.Although not caught on the island, the fish is still very fresh.
Small tuna for sale on the streets of Xiao Liu Qiu.
Related Links:
Xiao Liu Qiu Island-Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Xiao Liu Qiu Island-What to Eat | Xiao Liu Qiu Island-Where to Stay/Camping | Dong Gang Hua Qiao Fish Market
