【English translation:Peng Hsin-yi】
Jiading Dashu's Delicious Cuttlefish Balls
Singda Port is a place where visitors can explore a genuine Taiwanese fishing port. The port also offers a seafood market where people can pick from the catch-of-the-day and then have it prepared as a fresh seafood dinner. The market is particularly busy at dusk and the various booths provide a variety of choices.
One particular vendor that comes highly recommended by the locals and maintains a great deal of repeat business is Jiading Dashu Cuttlefish Balls. Here the cuttlefish comes from the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Vietnam. The fish is hand-chopped on site fresh every morning and made into a flavorful sailfish paste. They are then rolled into the size of golf ball, with a generous amount of cuttlefish chunks in every serving. They are then carefully measured between the thumb and index finger and dropped into boiling water. They are sold immediately after they are cooked and cooled. The vendor also offers fried balls. Some customers like to get take away and use the cuttlefish balls in homemade soups.
Owner, Mr. Ou Dashu's father was a fisherman and learned never to buy fish paste products. His father taught him that many manufactured balls were mixed with lower grade fish and some even used unsavory additives. Mr. Ou then began making his own fish balls, with only sailfish in the fish paste. The only additive in his puts in his cuttlefish balls is a small amount of imported starch to help with shaping. They never use bleach, so therefore the color is not as white as his competition's generic products. It has a slightly beige color which ensures food safety and customer confidence.
Jiading Dashu Cuttlefish Balls
No. 95, Dafa Rd., Jiading Dist., Kaohsiung City
茄萣大樹花枝丸
【文／林昀熹】
興達港是體驗漁村悠閒風情的最佳選擇，傍晚後人聲鼎沸的觀光漁市，各種新鮮的漁獲或海鮮熟食，讓人每攤都想嚐一嚐。
在觀光漁市中有個非常醒目的大招牌：「茄萣大樹花枝丸專賣店」，不但吃過的人都會一試成主顧，更是當地漁販都會私下推薦料好實在的花枝丸。
大樹花枝丸相當於高爾夫球大小，個頭比其他業者來得更大，每天早上店裡的員工會將自越南、印度海域捕獲、由前鎮漁港上岸的花枝剁碎，與旗魚漿混合，然後熟練地從虎口捏出一顆一顆圓滾滾的花枝丸，隨即放入滾水中煮熟，放涼後就成了美味的花枝丸。
民眾可以買花枝丸回家煮湯，店裡也販售可以即食的炸花枝丸，花枝丸中不但吃得到滿口彈牙的花枝塊，新鮮的漁獲也讓滋味格外鮮甜。店老闆歐大樹說，父親以前是討海人，自小就叮嚀他不要隨便吃外面賣的黑輪，避免吃到混入劣質魚肉的產品。因此歐老闆自行製作百分百旗魚漿製作的黑輪，而花枝丸除了僅使用最小必須用量的進口澱粉用以黏著外，沒有其他添加物和漂白劑，因此大樹花枝丸雖然不是漂白過的雪白色，卻是讓客戶吃得安心的海味美食，深受消費者青睞。
茄萣大樹花枝丸
高雄市茄萣區大發路95號
【完整內容請見《海洋首都高雄中英文雙月刊》第19期】
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