Oyster Village Round Soup Introduction
Although it is just a small round rice ball soup stall, O-Liao Yuanzi Soup has endured over sixty years, becoming a sweet memory for the residents of Beimen O-Liao. Almost every O-Liao person has tasted O-Liao Yuanzi Soup, from childhood, teenage years, to adulthood, marriage, and even bringing their grandchildren for a steaming bowl of rice ball soup. O-Liao Yuanzi Soup was established by Wang Diao-Long (born in 1916) in 1952, first selling it as a stall beside the Zhuangmiao Bao'an Temple market. When the market closed in 1969, it became a mobile stall in front of the Bao'an Temple and continues to this day. In addition to making Yuanzi soup, Wang Diao-Long also sold Pengtang and was a traditional dough sculptor. The business was later passed to his daughter, Wang Yuan-Hua, then to his son, Wang Yuan-Yan, and is now managed by his granddaughter, Wang Li-Jin. Wang Li-Jin and her sister, Wang Ya-Li, have been selling Yuanzi soup since they were in elementary school, pushing their stall to the Zhuangmiao Bao'an Temple yard, making them adept at the production of Yuanzi and cooking the soup, seamlessly taking over the O-Liao Yuanzi Soup stall. Wang Li-Jin has her own principles and persistence regarding the traditional flavors of Yuanzi soup. The ingredients of O-Liao Yuanzi Soup include: rice balls, red beans, sweet beans, and noodle tea. A small bowl of Yuanzi soup has a complex production process. The making of Yuanzi is...
