铁板蛋炒饭 / Iron plate egg fried rice (NT$65)!
A Taiwanese egg fried rice: wok-fried rice with egg, carrot, corn and peas, served sizzling. NT$65.
A simple, satisfying bite on the Taiwan trip: 铁板蛋炒饭 (iron plate egg fried rice), NT$65 (around SGD$3). 😋
What I had:
- Egg fried rice with carrot, corn, peas and spring onion
Sometimes the plainest dishes are the most comforting, and a good egg fried rice always hits the spot. This one was nicely done: rice wok-fried over high heat so each grain stays separate and a little toasty, coated in egg so it turns golden and savoury, with diced carrot, corn and peas through it for sweetness and colour and a scatter of spring onion on top.
The “iron plate” (铁板) part is the fun touch you find all over Taiwan, the rice served on a sizzling hot plate so it keeps cooking and stays piping hot, the edges crisping up as you eat. It gives an otherwise humble dish a bit of theatre.
It is unfussy, clean-tasting and genuinely tasty, the kind of cheap, no-frills plate you happily eat between sightseeing stops. At around three dollars, it is brilliant value, and exactly the sort of everyday Taiwanese eating I love.
Overall: 4.6 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Golden, toasty egg fried rice kept sizzling on a hot plate, simple and great value. Would re-order.
