Tainan-Literary Crispy Red Bean Cake Specialty Store: Yuan Red Bean Cake

#100 Ways to Travel I accidentally discovered the red bean cakes in the alleys of Hai'an Road in the North District. The #元红豆饼 has a hipster-style storefront. The small space has large wooden floor-to-ceiling windows, so you can see the boss baking them from the outside. It's hard not to take a few glances when passing by. It has the flavor of a Japanese street shop. The prices are not too expensive, with basic flavors costing $20 (red bean, cream, peanut, sesame, matcha); double flavors costing $25-30 (cream red bean, matcha red bean, peanut sesame); and limited flavors costing $30-45 (milk bites, lava matcha cocoa, cocoa brownie, fragrant taro paste, taro paste red bean, taro paste pork floss). Yuan red bean cake has a crispy outer skin and rich filling inside, which will ooze out juice when you bite it. The filling is made of real ingredients but not too full, and the taste is dense and fragrant, not too watery, which is pretty good. The salty peanut and sesame taste is quite amazing, and you can actually eat the whole peanut! It would be even better if you add pork floss. But the downside is that the feeling of fullness is too strong, and I surrender after eating only two at most. I'll try the limited edition flavor next time. Red Bean Cake Opening hours: 1300-1800 Address: No. 39, Lane 50, Section 2, Lin'an Road, North District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys looking for food #Tainan Food #Tainan Dessert #Alley Food #Red Bean Cake #Tainan North District Food #100 Ways to Travel