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Iron eggs or Tiedan (鐵蛋) are a speciality egg-based dish from Taiwan. They are considered a delicacy and originated in the Tamsui District of New Taipei City.The eggs were supposed to have been created by the restaurateur Huang Zhangnian (黃張哖) serving snacks to the dock hands in the sea-side town. On one rainy day with less business than usual Huang Zhangnian had to continually recook red cooked eggs (滷蛋) to keep them warm after taking them out of the soy sauce broth.