Ziyang Wagashi
×Mochi (Mahji)
麻糬
Why you must eat itMahji (mochi) — soft freshly pounded rice cake wrapped around a filling. Taiwanese mochi is close to Japanese daifuku, and this shop carries a history of taking in wagashi craft during the Japanese colonial period. The skin is thin and stretches well, the filling red bean, peanut or sesame. Bite-sized pieces dusted lightly with flour sit neatly in a box. Kept near room temperature rather than over-chilled, they are softest. Best eaten the day you buy them, as the rice hardens with time. Unlike Dihua Street's dry sweets, this is a moist sweetness — a traditional Taipei cake to taste sitting down with tea rather than on the move.
Ziyang, running in Dadaocheng since around 1953, is an old sweet shop known for a Taiwanese mochi that took in wagashi technique. Taiwan was under Japanese rule from 1895 to 1945, and in that time wagashi methods were brought in and blended with Taiwanese sweets. This shop's mochi is one trace of that history — a taste of its own, a little unlike both Japanese daifuku and native Taiwanese mochi. The shopfront, set in an old Dihua Street building, is worth seeing too. It doesn't keep long, so mind your schedule if buying as a gift. It's popular and can sell out. Hours and closing days change, so confirm on the spot.
- Nearest
- Dihua St Sec 1 (heart of Dadaocheng)
- Hours
- 09:00-21:00 頃
- Price
- NT$35–60 each
Dishes here
- Minle Swordfish Rice-Noodle Soup × Swordfish Rice-Noodle Soup
- Mai Mian Yan Zai (Jinquan) × Red-Roast Crispy Pork
- Cisheng Temple Food Stalls × Temple-Front Pork Rice & Soups
- Miaokou Pork Bun & Four-Herb Soup × Pork Bun & Four-Herb Soup
- Li Ting Xiang Bakery × Traditional Pastries (peanut nougat, pingxi cakes)