House 4 P.M. Peddy Memory

「Simple but tasty traditional snacks in Hakka style」

Feel like having afternoon tea with Taiwanese style during your stay at Chishang? Order a bowl of natural almond tea with deep-fried Chinese donut at this small store on the street of the town and enjoy the simple, delicious refreshment! The owner LiYou did different jobs before she found her passion for food-related business. Her House 4 P.M. Peddy Memory sells beverages, ices and traditional Hakka sweets. The almond tea is prepared with grounded almond, which is cooked over low heat to bring out the gentle fragrance. This little store serves a traditional Hakka dessert “Niu-wen-shui” (which literally means a cow playing in water), which has Hakka rice balls made with glutinous rice grown in Chishang, a dressing of brown sugar and ginger and topping of crispy peanuts. The snack looks just like a buffalo immersed in the water to stay cool in summer with only its back above the water. From Niu-wen-shui, sour plum soup, which is cooked with over a dozen Chinese herbs and roselle, and Hakka rice dumplings full of fragrance of dried radish, this simply decorated small store is a great place to experience Hakka food culture in Chishang.