Director Egg

所長茶葉蛋

Address

No. 190, Zhongshan Road, West Central District, Tainan City, 700

City

Prior to eating at Director Egg, I didn't think much of tea eggs. I thought they were just an okay snack one picks up occasionally at a convenience store. Director Egg's goods proved me wrong. These are night and day different and very tasty. They offer both a traditional flavor and a spicy one. I recommend going with the spicy tea egg (don't worry, it's only a little spicy!).

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Tea Egg

Tea egg is a typical Chinese savory food commonly sold as a snack, in which a boiled egg is cracked and then boiled again in tea, sauce and/or spices. It is also known as marble egg because cracks in the egg shell create darkened lines with marble-like patterns. Commonly sold by street vendors or in night markets in most Chinese communities throughout the world, it is also commonly served in Asian restaurants. Although it originated from China and is traditionally associated with Chinese cuisine, other similar recipes and variations have been developed throughout Asia. In Taiwan, tea eggs are a fixture of convenience stores. Through 7-Eleven chains alone, an average of 40 million tea eggs are sold per year. In recent years, major producers of tea eggs have branched out into fruit and other flavored eggs, such as raspberry, blueberry and salt.