11 August 2008



ever eat this? my friend brought it back for me from Taiwan,
i wonder where can i find this in Malaysia? anyone know?
Well, what are those "black marbles? its actually eggs which
they boiled in some home-made sauce and blow it dry by fan.
This processes are repeat for at least 7 days until the eggs
become hard and as dark as the sauce! so they named it
"steel egg"..hehe...what a name..
This food has it own history..who created it?
u will know if u can read the chinese words below.. =P

Explanation in chinese:

铁蛋
台灣縣淡水鎮的著名小吃,相传为卖鹵蛋的黄张哞女士在一个下雨天的日子,由于生意不好,于是将卤蛋不断的回锅,没想到卤蛋因此越来越小,并且越来越硬。游客便好奇的品尝,发现口味奇特,经由游客传开之后,铁蛋也就成为了淡水有名的小吃了。

铁蛋的制作很费时,每天必须用含有酱油及五香配方的卤料,经过3個小時的卤程,然后用電扇吹干,每天必须依此程序制作,持续1个星期才算完成铁蛋制作。

另外一种说法,则是原由一名经营早餐店与兼卖鹵蛋的杨碧云女士,有一次,杨女士无意将卤的过久,就变成了越来越硬、越来越黑,且又黑又硬的鹵蛋,品尝起来的味道是非常美味的,之后,杨女士就将此称为。杨女士原想将此美食取名为元祖铁蛋,但是有一家专门在贩售麻糬的元祖食品连锁店,为了不与元祖同名而侵犯专利权,因此,杨女士就将这种铁蛋称之为阿婆铁蛋