What Do the Taiwanese Eat for Breakfast? | Easy Taiwanese Mandarin 43

As the saying goes, a day's work in the rain. Breakfast is an important source of energy. Every country has its own traditional breakfast. What is Taiwan's traditional breakfast like? Today, I'm going to introduce you to Taiwan's breakfast culture. Let's go! Have you had breakfast today? Yes. What did you eat today? I ate 7-11's jade rice ball. Braised pork rice. Two boiled eggs and a banana. Yogurt. My breakfast is more like Chinese traditional porridge, or fried pancake. But if you want to change the flavor, it's a sandwich. Have you had breakfast today? No. Do you usually have breakfast? Rarely. No. Are you going to have breakfast later? No, I'm going to have breakfast later. So you probably don't usually have breakfast. If I have to go to breakfast class, I won't have breakfast. I'll just have lunch. Then I can save money. Is there anything special? For example, is it different on holidays or working days? Sometimes I'll have breakfast with my boyfriend on weekends. I like to combine breakfast and lunch on weekends. Then I eat more. If I have time, I'll want to eat better. Like going to a breakfast shop, or having breakfast. If I don't have anything to do, I might want to eat noodles. Then I can eat more. If it's a normal breakfast, I might just have toast with milk. Basically, I don't have anything to eat when I go to work. So you might not have breakfast on weekdays, but you'll have it on holidays. Yes, because I eat lunch closer to breakfast in the office. On working days, I'll eat what's already packed. On holidays, I'll buy a big can and eat it. So the taste will be different. You like to eat yogurt, don't you? Because I think it's convenient. Because sometimes I don't have an appetite in the morning, so I think eating yogurt is refreshing. And maybe I'll eat it at 9 or 10, so I don't have to eat too much. I can eat lunch at 12. On holidays, I'll do it in a better way. I'll spend more time on handicrafts, and have breakfast in places that are harder to get to. Do you have breakfast with your family? No, because my parents' working hours are different from my school hours. So we rarely have breakfast together. We usually have breakfast separately. But if it happens to be the same time, we'll have breakfast together. I don't eat breakfast. But my wife does. Does she want you to have breakfast with her? I can't. I'm working. We can't have breakfast together. When we used to live at home, we didn't have the habit of having breakfast together. Yes, my family bought breakfast first. When my sister and I got up in the morning, we finished our breakfast. Then we took a taxi to go out together. When I was in school, I usually didn't have time. So my parents would bring you breakfast and take you out. So I didn't have breakfast with my family. Because I couldn't get up. What about now? Now I do. Sometimes on weekends, we'll go to the breakfast shop together. Now I like to find a prettier breakfast shop and have breakfast together. Then we'll take pictures. Then we'll have break time. Maybe we'll have breakfast until 12. It's quite fun. My family usually sleeps until noon. So we don't really have breakfast together. Do you prepare your own breakfast? I buy a week's worth of toast with my sister in advance. Then I put it in the dormitory. When I get up in the morning, I eat it with jam and milk. I usually prepare my eggs the day before. Then I eat it when I get up in the morning. After I finish eating, I go to work. If you want to know more Chinese breakfast vocabulary and understand more Chinese grammar, welcome to click on the information bar and connect to Patreon to become our member. We will provide a study guide, a list of words and sentences, and a full text book to help you absorb and understand the content of the video faster. Let's learn Chinese together! What do you think the traditional breakfast in Taiwan looks like? It's different in the north, south, and east. Can you give us an example? What's the difference? In the north, we eat more western food, like sandwiches and toasts. In Taichung, we eat fried noodles, fried rice noodles, or big noodles. In Tainan, we eat shi mu yu du and meat fried rice. People who eat congee eat congee. People who eat noodles eat noodles. Some people eat rice for breakfast. People in the south eat rice. If you are used to it, you can eat braised pork rice. You can also try congee. I like to eat pancake and fried dough sticks with soy milk. My friend likes to eat small dumplings with a lot of filling inside. Like Yonghe soy milk, Meimei. When I was little, there were a lot of Meimei breakfast shops It was very popular. When I was little, it was as popular as 7-11. So I think the traditional breakfast I know is Meimei. But I think the traditional breakfast shops my parents know are Yonghe soy milk and pancake. But I think in the 90s, it should be Meimei. It should be radish cake with egg. I like it. If a foreign friend comes to Taiwan, would you recommend his breakfast? I think you can try pancake and fried dough sticks. It's rare to see it abroad. I also like fried dough sticks with soy milk. I think it's an interesting taste. It's crispy and soft. It's suitable for foreigners to try. I think you must try Like scallion pancake, egg pancake and radish cake. You just said braised pork rice is the characteristic of Changhua breakfast. Do you know why they use braised pork rice as their breakfast? Because in the early days, people focused on agriculture. So in the morning, they need to replenish energy. So they use a lot of carbohydrates and meat to replenish energy. Is there any difference between breakfast in Hong Kong and Taiwan? In fact, breakfast is quite personal. Every family eats differently. But in Hong Kong, some people may have dim sum as their breakfast. What kind of breakfast do you usually have in Malaysia? Compared to breakfast in Taiwan, I think Malaysian breakfast is greasy. It's not as light as that in Taiwan. What do you usually eat? We may eat coconut milk rice. Coconut milk rice? Yes. We eat rice for breakfast. It's not as healthy Or there are raw eggs. What do most people order for breakfast in a tea house? For breakfast, we usually order dim sum. For example, we order shrimp dumplings, siu mai, and beef balls. We also order this kind of lunch. But for lunch, we may order some main dishes, such as noodles and rice. For breakfast, we mainly order siu mai and dim sum. Do you think breakfast is important? I think breakfast is important. But I think sleep is more important. I don't think it's important. It's more important to get enough sleep. For breakfast, you just need to get up and eat. I think it's important. But I think it's getting less and less important. Recently, we don't eat breakfast and just eat lunch and dinner. I think it's also a healthy choice. So I'm not sure if it's important. It depends on whether you like it or not. So breakfast is important to you? No. Japanese people say that if you want to eat breakfast, you have to live longer than 20 years. That's the importance of breakfast. When you get up in the morning, your stomach is empty. The way elderly people live is not to eat a lot, but to have something in your stomach so that you won't get sick. You can skip any meal, but you can't skip breakfast. Today, I heard everyone sharing all kinds of breakfast. Actually, I really like breakfast, especially omelette. I personally like omelette. I like all kinds of omelette. What kind of breakfast do you like? Please leave a comment below and share with us.