The crispy egg pancakes and Hong Kong-style radish cake from GanWei are outstanding. The egg pancakes are crispy and delicious, while the radish cake is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a strong radish aroma, making it an excellent choice for a late-night snack.
The restaurant environment is a bit stuffy, but the overall atmosphere gives the feeling of a lively night market, making it suitable for late-night snacks.
The staff is friendly and efficient, but the wide selection might be overwhelming for customers with decision-making difficulties.
Located in the Gushan District of Kaohsiung, "GanWei" primarily operates during late-night hours and is particularly enticing for its crispy egg pancakes and Hong Kong-style dim sum. In the past, I visited a late-night shop specializing in Hong Kong-style dim sum and still find it hard to forget their crispy egg pancakes. However, that shop later relocated, and I forgot its name, so I've been searching for a replacement ever since. "GanWei" can be said to be one of the few comparable options. The crispy egg pancakes here are fried to a perfect crunchiness, offering a unique texture, and both the fillings and the crispiness of the skin are just right. Moreover, with a focus on Hong Kong-style dim sum, it exudes a nostalgic traditional flavor.
Besides the crispy egg pancakes, Ganwei's Hong Kong-style radish cake is also outstanding. The exterior is fried to a fragrant crisp, while the interior is soft and slightly sticky, just right. The radish cakes here are not too greasy, and have a rich aroma and texture of radish, highly recommended as well.
The downside of this shop might be that the environment is a bit stuffy, but overall, "GanWei" indeed has strong credentials, especially in terms of the quality of its crispy egg pancakes and radish cakes. If you get peckish during nighttime, this place is definitely worth a try.
Nowadays, more and more people are beginning to enjoy nightlife due to work or living habits, and "late night snacks" have become an important meal for modern people. It is reported that late-night snacks originated in the Tang Dynasty. Before the Tang Dynasty, in order to facilitate management, various dynasties implemented martial law at night and restricted people from going out at night. After the opening up of the Tang Dynasty, nightlife became increasingly rich, and markets were open all night on important festivals. During the festival, people go out at night and get hungry after walking, so stalls selling cooked food appear in the night market. This is the earliest form of late-night snacks. Today, Chiman is going to introduce a late-night snack bar in Kaohsiung, which offers a wide variety of food items...
✅Nine-layer egg cake with preserved egg: The egg cake is not the old-style powdered egg cake, but a crispy egg cake. It contains a nine-story pagoda and preserved eggs. I originally thought that the rich flavor of preserved eggs would overwhelm the taste of other ingredients, but in fact, every flavor is very well blended and very delicious!
✅Fried instant noodles: served with cabbage, bacon and eggs. It tastes like traditional pork noodles, but stir-fried with ingredients can give you a richer taste. The taste is full of salty aroma, but the price is a bit high.
✅Honey West Toast: You can choose from a variety of flavors. This time I ordered the soufflé flavor. The outer layer of western toast is fried and then paired with sweet honey, and a little soufflé is added to the inner layer to increase the taste (but the soufflé is quite thin). Overall a sinful but delicious food.
✅Small meat beans: not too much seasoning, just a light meaty aroma.
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This store has a very rich selection, with more than 30 flavors of "omelette" alone. In addition, they also provide hot-pressed toast, Hong Kong-style dim sum, pot roast series and other items, which is really unfriendly for patients with difficulty in choosing. However, it is indeed very considerate to have so many choices during late night snack time. However, since the store is an open space, you may feel a little hot while dining!