For the prolific home cook or the off-duty chef, this deluxe version of our Yun Hai Pantry Essentials bundle offers a wider range of core Taiwanese cooking ingredients.
Su Chili Crisp is small-batched from a three-generations-old recipe. Its low salt and no sugar content means you can add mild heat and aroma to your dish without changing the underlying seasoning. Learn about each flavor:
Vinegar is used to add acidity to classic Taiwanese dishes like dan zai noodles. Wu Yin naturally ferments their vinegars from local rice and wheatgrass sprouted in-house. Learn about each kind:
Sesame oil in Taiwanese cooking can act as a dressing in dishes like pork rib soup or play the star role in dishes like sesame oil chicken. Dong He cold presses their sesame oil to retain as much pure sesame flavor as possible. Learn about each kind:
Firewood Soy Paste is a uniquely Taiwanese condiment made by thickening soy sauce with glutinous rice and sugar. It's used to glaze stir fries, marinate meats, or dip danbing 蛋餅 (Taiwanese egg crepe).
Penglai Short-Grain Rice is the everyday rice of Taiwan. It's a variety of short-grain japonica rice known for its moist grains, al dente chew, and taro-like aroma.
Ve Wong MSG, is the most commonly seen brand of MSG in Taiwanese general stores. It's crystalline shards of 100% pure umami, packed in a retro red-and-gold box.
Finally, for your kitchen snacking convenience, we've also included Milk Oolong, a plush tea with notes of sweet cream, pear, and wildflowers, and Dried Wax Apple, a chewy fruit snack with herbaceous flavor and mild tartness.
Everything is packed in a technicolor box inspired by the ga ji dai. Designed by our friends O.OO, this silkscreened box is printed with 雲海嚴選, our name in Chinese, calligraphed for us by Taiwanese typographer Joe Chang.
Specifications and Dimensions
Estimated Gross Weight: 7.3 lbs / 3.3 kg
Ga Ji Dai Box Dimensions: 18.5” L x 12.2” W x 5.1” H / 47 cm L x 31 cm W x 13 cm H
