彰化老担阿璋肉圓 — Restaurant in Zhanghua City

Very famous restaurant. The 肉圓 is between Pingtung one and Hsinchu one. Pingtung one is processed with stem, resulting very soft. Hsinchu is oil fried, as very chewing taste. This one is just between soft and chewing. In 肉圓 which coats you 45 NTD, there is meat inside, with sweet sauce and garlic. I personally like it. The eating place owns two buildings, so not worry about table. But the restaurant is in old town area, and almost impossible to find a parking place. The only choice is to the private parking lot with fee (40 NTD in my case) and 10 minutes walk from parking lot to restaurant. In short, good to be there to try it once, because this is one of traditional food in...

If you are in Changhwa to try the local fare, you really got to stop by this shop to try the famous meatball.

It’s a different type from what’s usually seen abroad, cos the meat is enveloped in a glutinous type of skin that’s very chewy. With a generous serving of gravy, the meatball can be very filling. There’s also some bamboo shoots and a small mushroom in the meatball, making it crunchy and not too oily.

The shop was featured in a popular TW film in 2013, and the President was at the shop to try before. So it’s perpetually full of customers popping for a snack.

You should order a soup to go along with the meatball. I ordered a gongwan (small meatball) soup that’s cheap...

Bloody delicious. Traditional Taiwanese food. It's basically large meat ball, wrapped in glutinous chewy layer. Tastes good by itself. But with the sauce and the cilantro/parsley...tastes way better.

Relatively cheap. Shop has been open for more than 30 years I think. They have free soup or you can buy your own too. The shop is relatively small but if you walk across the road, there is a small dining place (owned by the shop) where you can sit. And it's...