Taiwan Street Food

6 dishes in China

6 street foods from Taiwan, China: Da Chang Bao Xiao Chang, Zhenzhu Naicha, Taiwanese Chou Doufu, Hu Jiao Bing and Lu Rou Fan and more. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

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🌭 Snack · Grilled Da Chang Bao Xiao Chang ("Big Sausage Wraps Small Sausage") The 'big sausage' really is a sausage: glutinous rice and peanuts stuffed into a pig-intestine casing, steamed, then grilled, which vendors split… A grilled sticky-rice sausage, glutinous rice and peanuts packed into a casing, is split lengthwise and wrapped around a grilled pork sausage, topped with garlic, pickled vegetables and…

Drink · Shaken Zhenzhu Naicha (Bubble Tea) Two Taiwanese tea houses, Chun Shui Tang in Taichung and Hanlin in Tainan, both claim to have invented it in the 1980s, and a long legal fight… Bubble milk tea is a shaken, sweetened black tea with milk and chewy tapioca pearls at the bottom, sold from walk-up counters on nearly every street in Taiwan. Vendors shake each cup fresh…

Snack · Deep-fried Taiwanese Chou Doufu (Crispy Stinky Tofu) Night markets also sell it braised in a numbing mala broth with duck blood, a soft, soupy way to eat the same fermented tofu. Fermented tofu is deep-fried until the exterior turns golden and crackling while the inside stays soft, topped with pickled cabbage and a sweet-savory or chili sauce. 🥮 Bread · Clay-oven baked Hu Jiao Bing (Black Pepper Bun) A pepper-bun stall at the gate of Taipei's Raohe Street Night Market has been listed in the Michelin Guide's Bib Gourmand selection. A yeasted dough is wrapped around peppery marinated pork and scallion, then slapped onto the inner wall of a clay oven to bake, crisp and charred outside, juicy within.

Rice Stall · Braised Lu Rou Fan (Braised Minced Pork Rice) Because shops often write its name with a homophone that is also an old name for Shandong, the 2011 Taiwan edition of the Michelin Green Guide said… Chopped pork belly is stir-fried with shallots, then braised in soy sauce with sugar, rice wine and pepper until the fat melts into the sauce, and spooned over a small bowl of rice.

Rice Stall · Shredded Huoji Roufan (Chiayi Turkey Rice) Turkey came to Chiayi because of US Air Force personnel stationed nearby after World War II; local farmers raised turkeys, and in lean years they… Steamed turkey is shredded over rice, then drizzled with broth and lard, often finished with fried shallot oil and served with pickled radish.

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