A-Qiao's Rice Pudding Congee Introduction
Ajiao Master Water Rice Porridge is a dish named after the owner's daughter "Ajiao," serving as a means to reminisce about family ties, cherish friendships, and continue emotional connections. It is also a new brand from the fourth generation of the family’s traditional bowl rice cake snacks. The couple combines their life experiences through steaming, boiling, stir-frying, deep-frying, and simmering techniques to create this warm bowl of water rice porridge. The inception of the Ajiao Master Water Rice Porridge brand stems from the mother’s reminiscence of her brother, the father’s nostalgia for the friendships made with the bowl design director, and the feelings of the youngest daughter, Yaqiao, continuing the family business. In 2014 and 2015, the mother’s elder brother and the father’s culinary mentor, alongside bowl designer Peng Xizhi from Tainan, passed away. The sudden loss of those who lived with them daily brought a profound sense of emptiness. The father channels his experiences of life into his familial and friendly bonds, pouring ten years of knowledge and effort into baking joy into the local flavor of Tainan, creating a traditional dish. At the same time, he repurposes the bowl from Tainan tourism to serve the water rice porridge, preserving the century-old tradition of rice cake craftsmanship and honoring the Hakka spirit of Master Peng. Using their daughter’s name "Qiao" to link familial and friendly relationships led to the birth of "Ajiao Master Water Rice Porridge." Water Rice Porridge = Water...
