Heji Rice Products

Review

Heji Rice Products is at No. 56 Minquan Street beside Wufeng Market and has been running for more than 30 years, specializing in baby-celebration oil rice and festival rice foods, a stall Wufeng locals know well. The second generation now runs it, adding some creative touches to the traditional methods, launching meal kits and selling to other cities through online group buys. Supertaste and FUNIT both list it as a local must-buy in their Wufeng roundups.

The signature is the oil rice: hand-tossed every day, with plump grains and soy-sauce fragrance carrying braised shiitake and pork, described in reports as sticky without being greasy; many families order it for one-month baby gifts. Zongzi flavors change by the day. A food blogger describes the egg-yolk pork zongzi as having firm rice, a mix of fatty and lean pork and the savory note of preserved radish and dried shrimp, while the peanut zongzi uses braised peanuts with a savory taste and a texture that turns from slightly crisp to soft. Bowl rice cakes and taro cakes are everyday items, with seasonal rice foods around festivals.

Media and diners focus on pure rice, hand-made, freshly made and generous fillings, and many people make special trips. Because it is so popular, queues are normal and popular flavors may sell out earlier. None of the current reports list item prices; it is safe to say they are in the usual inexpensive market range, so check the stall's labels on site.

Opening hours are incomplete across sources. The original listing records Thursday to Sunday, 7 am to 1 pm, closed Monday to Wednesday, so confirm before going. Parking around the market is difficult, so a scooter or walking is easier; baby-celebration gift boxes and large orders should be booked in advance.

Good for anyone visiting the Wufeng Lin Family Gardens who wants to pick up breakfast or rice foods to take home. First-timers can buy a portion of oil rice and one zongzi of the day, plus a bowl rice cake or taro cake; for gifts, ask about the baby-celebration oil rice boxes.