10 MUST EAT TAIWANESE STREET FOOD IN 2024 🇹🇼 Ultimate Taipei Street Food Guide

10 MUST EAT TAIWANESE STREET FOOD IN 2024 🇹🇼 Ultimate Taipei Street Food Guide

Taiwan is famous for its world class street  food and in today’s video I want to show you   10 of the very best from the pepper bun to  scallion pancakes you do not want to miss  

This video let’s do it all right guys I’m not  going to lie I’ve got here a little early and   everywhere is still opening up and setting up  really not even opening up but this first place  

As soon as you walk in is selling something  very famous in Taiwan and you have to try it   it’s the pepper bun and this place is famous  for them they’ve got Michelin awards from 2018  

2019 2020 and 2021 on the sign I actually saw this  place before I came and the crowds are crazy you   can wait a stupidly long time but because I’m  early the Crowds Are small in fact so small I  

Can actually show you they’re making it rather  than just talking about it over the top let’s   go take a look let’s start the process here’s  the finished bun but what they do is they take   a little bit of dough flatten it out into  a little round and fill it with this pork

Paste when he’s got the right to Mountain he’s  going to shove it into this huge basket of spring   onions absolutely fill it with spring onions and  then use his thumb and hands to squash it into  

The bun that we see that perfect as you would  expect with this Place being so busy they have   a whole Army of people doing it so yeah they  start filling these up and then when they’re  

Done they go into this he’s put the lid back on  and I don’t want to disturb them too much they’re   obviously very busy so you are going to get the  voice over anyway when they’re done they’re put  

Into this tandoor style oven as i’ call it the  heat sauce is in the bottom it’s charcoal hot   charcoal and then the buns are stuck onto the  sides really hot brick sides and then baked in  

There and they turn from that creamy white into  a gorgeous crispy color so one is NT$60 I think   we’re going to have to get them I mean how good  do they look just one please okay I’ve just come  

Outside I mean it’s not properly open yet so  why not come and eat it outside where it’s a   bit quieter and incidentally I just realized  because I entered from the other end it’s   right next to at one end it’s right next to a  stunning stunning Temple but we’re not here for  

The temple today we’re here for the food uh so  let’s P it out it’s hot hot from that that oven   you just know it’s going to be on fire inside  but look how gorgeous it is look at that like  

A horseshoe shape almost as you can see or like  a clamshell maybe is a better example of it but   it’s very very crisp on one side but then on  the top or on the sides you can feel it’s more  

Soft and pillowy more bready can you guess which  side was against the brick wall of the oven look   how crisp and golden it is on that side I think  I’m going to go in from the softer side because  

The crisp side might actually hold it together  it’s going to be hot I’m sure of that let’s try it oh straight away you get that pepper  flavor almost warming in the mouth not   spicy but definitely warming then the porkiness  comes through followed up by that spring onion  

Flavor and you saw how much of the spring onion  they put into there so there’s definitely a   strong spring onion flavor the bread is  delicious in fact let me take one more bite yeah the bread is delicious crisp and  crunchy on the outside very crisp but still  

You have bits which are more bready like I said I  could feel it soft and pillowy and that pork mins   is so fatty as you can see that there’s juices  that fat is just melted and it’s turned juicy on  

The inside and that’s just seeped into that fluffy  bread gives it a really nice texture really nice flavor you know on the inside it’s almost like  I mean looking at it like this it’s almost like   a burger like a pork patty burger and that’s  definitely a good thing a burger wrapped in its

Bun when you get to the edge when you get to that  crisp Edge the crunch where it’s just caramelized   with that fat on the outside or has souped to  the edge and then caramelized and crisped up in  

That oven get there early otherwise you’re going  to be queuing all right let’s see if more things   have opened and we can find something else  to eat what I would say very quickly whilst   we’re [Music] here final stop we still haven’t  eaten the pancake of course but I just wanted  

To pick up one more snack before we eat the  desserts and you cannot come to Taiwan without   trying the famous pineapple cake so I’ve come  to this place just near ninga night market and  

Well it smells pretty good so let’s order you can  get the smell of them baking out back you can see   actually out the back here he’s making them you  have a choice of original Green Tea chocolate  

And cranberry so we might try a couple you can  buy them individually I guess maybe some people   won’t sure if you can’t but one piece is okay  you can also buy the presentation boxes bigger  

Presentation boxes but I think we might just try  one of each flavor one piece is NT$28 can I uh   can I have one original and one cranberry please  just one original and one cranberry thank you here   yesterday yeah yeah yeah yeah I actually came  here yesterday to eat them because I wanted to  

Try the famous pineapple cake and he remembers  me so we’re having one of each same order as   yesterday one original one cranberry thank you  thank you thank you so much now I’m not going   to give you any prizes guys but can you tell  which one is the cranberry and which one is  

The original pineapple one what do you reckon I  think we’re going to try with the the mystery red   one which I’m going to guess is the cranberry  so look at the color deep red very hard on the   outside actually almost like a biscuit on the  outside let’s try it it is absolutely delicious  

And you can see how Crumb it is on the inside  and you have that like jam consistency with the   Cranberries sweet yes but so buttery the biscuit  it’s not biscuit I don’t want to call it biscuit  

But the it’s a crust between a biscuit and a  cake isn’t it it’s not actually a cake it’s   not the consistency of a cake but it’s crumbly  because it’s so buttery it just melts in your mouth sweet Rich fragrance from The  Cranberries it’s a bit like a short  

Bread on the outside but not as hard as  that again I’m trying to think of what   I can compare it to but to be honest doesn’t  really matter when it tastes so good just eat it that one was good again you can see  how buttery and short it’s again like  

A pastry I would say but anyway I need  to stop trying to compare something I   can’t find the words for it doesn’t make  very good content does it let’s eat it Jammy consistency on the inside again with that  pineapple jam you know what they remind me of a  

Little bit if you’re English you might know a  fig fig biscuit is that the name where it has   like this the soft fig compot inside and  then the uh like baked well baked biscuit   outside it’s a little bit like that it also  gives me a little bit of a memory of minced  

Pie and these are still hot from the oven  here actually took them out of the oven but that buttery biscuit and that sweet inside  fruity inside obviously because it’s pineapple   oh man it is so so good but they are rich  I’ve ordered two I mean I’ve eaten a lot  

Today but I definitely couldn’t eat that many  of these they are super super rich but super   super [Music] delicious I’ve just come into  Huaxi Street Night Market and yeah it’s not   it’s not night right now but it is still open  so maybe this is a place where we’re going to  

Get some food Guabao is like a Taiwanese  Burger normally comes with pork belly on   the inside and I love it so maybe this is the  one to try and someone else is filming here   so clearly and it says it’s Michelin Michelin  2020 Michelin in 2021 and Michel in 2022 looks  

Like it might be the place to try guabao it’s  been on my list so let’s try it can I have one   gal with pork belly take away yeah pleas well  maybe I eat here yeah please so this is it now  

You can see if I can reach over you can see the  steam Bund bow it tears open fills it with what   is that uh this is it peanut ah peanut ground  peanut yeah some steamed greens go in and then  

That pork belly I was telling you the smell  coming off it look how juicy look at that   and then freshness with some herbs it’s like  coriander going in there little bit more peanut powder and ready to go how much NT$60 okay thank  you look at that thing of beauty soft pillowy  

Light bowel which is like a rice flow bun which  has been steamed you can just see how pillowy that   is look look at that just bounces back there is so  much light fluffiness in there I knew it wouldn’t  

Last the wind has picked up and it started to  get a bit Breezy and the air has gone a bit   cooler so definitely a little storm is coming in  obviously with my arrival it’s probably been Sunny  

For weeks and weeks and weeks and today is the  day anyway I just can’t believe how appetizing   that looks in the street as you can tell by  the street noise but let’s get tucked into that bowel wow what a contrast in flavors  in there first of all you get the the  

Richness the porkiness very very Porky as a  hurricane rips through very very Porky from   that pork belly it’s soft as you would expect  it’s fatty it’s been cooked in definitely in   soy sauce definitely there’s a sweetness coming  through it so it’s probably some sugar the wind  

Is really picking up you can just see if I get  that to focus you can just see the fattiness in   there so you get those spices the cinnamon the  star anise and then you get the bitterness from   the Cabbage or the steamed greens should  I say and then the peanut flavor comes

Through the bow is what brings it all together  of course it’s light it’s soft it’s fluffy as we   could tell by touching it but the taste it just  disappears in your mouth slightly sweet not too   sweet sometimes they’re very sweet and I don’t  really get on with them but this one is perfect  

For the filling and then right at the very end you  get the saltiness from the soy sauce and because   that bao is light and fluffy it sucks up all of  those juices that come out of the out of the pork

Belly what a snack Taiwanese Burger make  sure you eat it in [Music] Taiwan now I   see this place every time I leave my hotel and  it’s always intrigued me because she’s making   all of the dough herself look at this the dough  for the donuts proving you have a selection of  

Snacks here you have these Sesame balls you  have the donuts and then these I’m going to   call them fried Chinese Donuts these are more  of the donuts that I’m accustomed to and also   I think she does scallion pancakes as well super  cheap homemade very friendly is letting me film  

So I thought before we head into the center  why don’t we try something from here oh so   she’s frying the donuts what should we have  I’m quite tempted by one of of these Sesame   bows they look quite interesting with Sesame  on the outside and then maybe get scallion  

Pancake that’s something I’ve been wanting to  try in Taiwan can I have one of these and half   of the scallion pancake H yeah uh yeah yeah  yeah okay you uh yeah and one of them please yeah just found a place face just around  the corner to try it I think I’m going to  

Start with this scallion pancake and you can  see it’s not just scallion in there you also   have or scallion spring onion I’m speaking like  an American now you have egg fried egg in there   as well or like a omelet in there as well so  you’ve got the pancake obviously the scallion  

Or spring onion and the Egg she cooks it  on the hot plate unfortunately we didn’t   see her cooking it which is a bit of a shame I  like to watch those things but if she has them  

Prepared and gives them I’m not going to to say  oh can you make me one please anyway let’s try it you can see how thin and Flaky that  pancake is very nice not too dense not   too heavy nice taste of the scallion coming  through and then the egg nice eggy richness  

To it as well not too greasy nicely cooked  one of the more common Street Snacks in Taiwan actually I think I was eating  it wrong it was folded over so it’s not   actually as thick as that it’s super thin you  can see just one layer just a few millimeters

Thick I like that for me that would  be a really good breakfast well it is   let’s try this sesame ball I don’t  know what’s inside it let’s find out oh man that was a surprise and the outside  it’s crisp it’s crunchy where it’s been fried  

And those sesame seeds pop in your mouth with  Sesame flavor but on the inside it’s like a   mochi it’s like a sticky rice just look at that  as I pull it apart you can just see how sticky  

And glutenous it is and inside that I think  I taste it yes inside that you have red bean   that’s an interesting site you have red bean  paste that that is a great snack it’s sweet   but not too sweet the mochi the consistency of  the I’m calling it mochi because that’s what it  

Reminds me of but the consistency of the inside  against the crunch of the outside is really nice   there’s a little bit of oil on it obviously it’s  deep fried in the hot oil but it’s not it’s not  

Oily it’s not it’s not very greasy I would say  I’m holding it in this just because I don’t want   to get get it on the camera [Music] now now this  this place caught my eye because it’s early and  

There’s already a queue of people outside so maybe  that’s where we’ll get some food let’s see what it is looks like dumplings yes dumplings and soup  what do we Reckon let’s do it let’s try it why  

Not I’m hungry it’s busy so it must be good  sorry now I’m getting in people’s way let’s   try it can I have five of the original and five  of the the algae I have a scallop one and I’ll  

Have them to go please okay thank you thank you  just you thanks so there’s seven NT$7 each so the   original is NT$7 each and the uh scallop one is  NT$9 each and the minimum order is five you can  

Also get the Fishbowl soup as well but I think  we’re just going to try to dumping today as a   snack and my first food in Taiwan I’m doing a  bit sneaky and shoving the camera and you can  

See YouTube ah this is this is natural natural  so this is the original look at this so I thought   they were too busy to show me but now they got  them all out I just wanted to be a bit sneaky  

And have a little look ah okay so look at this you  have the raw dumplings here and then this is the   one with the algae on the outside with the algae  on the outside and the scallop in these are the  

Two that we’ve ordered and then behind you’ve  got them steaming or boiling should I say not   steaming you’ve got them boiling in the pans and  they’ll be pulled out how good do they look you  

Can tell homemade you know the quality is going to  be good I cannot wait to eat them I found myself   a little place inside so we’re going to eat here  and get the atmosphere of the restaurant and they  

Just come out back and they’ve showed me the  little secret area out back where the people   are making them how cool is this got a big pile  of the filling on a huge plate look at the size  

Of that filling he just taking it off one by one  putting it into that wrapper and then filling it   effortless and here you’ve got different different  filling here ah this is the scallop with the green   wrapper with the algae get a closer look of  the of the final product but it takes them  

Seconds look one two 3 four five 5 seconds it’s  probably going to take me 5 minutes it’s arrived   on the table just look at the color those green  scallop ones as I say made that color with the  

Algae and then these are the originals I’m going  to take a little bit of this what I presume is   the sweet and salty one get some of that and then  of course you know me guys we’re going to go for  

The crispy chili oil it looks insanely good look  at the color of that and what I would like maybe   this is the wrong place to put it but just a few  drops of the sesame oil right I’ll see you guys  

At the table I think I’m going to start with  one of The Originals that makes sense right so   I’m going to take that and actually maybe we’ll  try it without anything first we’ve got five of  

Them so let’s just get the flavor so what I’m  going to do is just take a bite of one of these dumplings you can see on the inside little bit of  juice came out that’s very moist in there little  

Bit of pork little bit of cabbage which is just  blant so there’s a crunch to it sweetness from   the cabbage and then a very very thin dumpling  wrapper very thin very fine just melts away in   the mouth and you’re left with the filling in  your mouth so this time with the second half  

I’m going to give it a dip so I’m going to give  it a dipping that what I presume is the soy sauce one yeah salty slightly spicy takes it to  the next level because dumpling is Rich   but it’s not super seasoned let’s say  it’s not very salty so I actually think  

It does need one of those dipping sauces  and with that salty soy sauce one really   complements that one well that’s a  pretty good dumping let’s try the   green ones right again I’m just going to  try this one plain first just to get the

Flavor that one is like eating the ocean you have  the scallop on the inside I think dry scallop so   a nice Seafood flavor very soft on the inside but  I think it’s chopped finally as we saw when when  

There were making it chop finally so you get  the texture but the algae wrapper is giving so   much flavor so algae makes it sound weird let’s  just call it seaweed it’s giving so much flavor  

That one might even be better than the original  let’s give it a dip in the soy sauce see how it is again although Seafood flavor it’s  not overly seasoned so to dip in the   soy sauce definitely makes it better  there’s only one way to improve that  

Dumpling and that’s give it a little  dip in the soy sauce for that saltiness   like I said and then take it over to  the crispy chili oil and dip it in that caught me up the back of the throat it’s  spicy if you haven’t tried crispy chili oil  

Before you must try crispy chili oil it’s  like a flavor bomb of savoriness in your   mouth and the dip in that soy sauce the dip  in the crispy chili oil that’s the move all   right let’s do it soy sauce first and then  into that vinegar Cuts rid of richness but  

Those few drops of sesame oil even though I  only had a few drops of sesame oil it really   does shine through even through all of those  those flavors it comes through anyway guys   I’m going to finish up and we’ll carry on  exploring but do not miss this place what  

A find thank you how much do I owe you do  you take any sage no uh just the sauce just   a sauce oh no sauce is I guess that thank  you thank you change thank you thank you  

Have a nice day thanks thank you NT$80 NT$80  so about £2 pretty good value nice little snack can I have one bowl with the bone broth  one portion yeah yeah yeah I’ll sit over   here and then uh no just the suit the smell  coming off this look at the size of the vat  

And it’s not the only vat we got  two more Vats here as well going away steamy steamy bone broth so I was just  walking past this place when I smelt the aroma   coming from this broth and I don’t know a huge  amount about Taiwanese Cuisine I’m exploring  

New countries and new places just like you  guys but I do know that the medicinal bone   broth is quite a special dish here so when I  smelt it I thought we had to stop and try some  

So just take a look at this you can see just  by the color that that soup or that broth is   going to do you some good so clear so light but  the aroma is coming off it absolutely full of  

Chinese spices and then inside you have the  bones and you might be thinking Joe where’s   the meat I mean the bones are there for the  flavor but you’re just meant to I guess pick   around the thin slivers of meat that are  on there absolute genius sell the meat for  

A good price and then use the bones to make  a medicinal broth right let’s give it a try oh wow definitely you get the Chinese spices  there’s also a fruitiness from what I think   would be goji berry a very rounded fruitness  actually but it’s light and it is delicate it’s  

As delicate as it looks it’s one of those  soups that you know and you feel when you   eat it it’s going to be doing you some good  there’s a sweetness to it that must be from   the cinnamon and the star ones we definitely  get that in there I don’t think it’s from

Sugar it’s definitely from my spices that gives  the impression that it’s sweet but not wanting   vinegar with it it’s hot it’s warming maybe not  the best thing on a on a warm day like this but  

Very very good let’s try one of those bones and  as you can see there’s barely any meat on it at   all just a few slithers let’s say that there  a little bit hanging off I’m going to go for  

That bit Yeah there really isn’t much there but  I love Goring on the bones trying to extract as   much meat of it as you can and this is more  their like fatty gelatinous skin almost but   it is it’s like collagen and gelatinous goodness  but because it’s been cooked in that pot for so  

Long it’s absolutely melt in the mouth as soon  as you well when you find a bit it is melt in   the mouth but what he did say is I should  be dipping the meat in this fermented bean  

Sauce so he poured me a little bit of that I’m  going to take some dip it in there and then try it that takes it onto a whole new level yeah that  bean sauce fermented bean sauce cuts through cuts  

Through the richness of the pork because it is  a little fatty but because it’s been fermented   there’s a funky nice funky flavor to it there’s  also chilies in there it’s not hot but get that   nice chili flavor coming through there’s no  doubt that the bones are good like I said I  

Love picking around the bones and getting the  meat off there especially with that fermented   bean sauce but I’m not going to lie the beauty  about this dish is the broth that’s kind of the   reason why the bones are there right and because  it is the bones there is so much flavor so much  

Porky richness in that broth not overpowered by  the spices they work really nicely another great   dish and I think I think can’t read it’s either  NT$85 or NT$95 I’m going to assume it’s the NT$95  

One because the other one is pork rice and that’s  smaller so NT$95 a surprise it was the NT$85 one   always nice to save a little bit of money to what  you expected initially I wasn’t kind of sure what  

They were but these things are made out of tarot  looks like an egg right and then a deep fried egg   look this one even looks like the egg yo but it  is actually made of tarot and making it here now  

Shaking it and then frying it look at this so it  is Savory you’ve got pork floss this is the yolk   I guess oh that actually might be salted egg yolk  this is where they’re frying it so The Salted egg  

Yolk goes in gets wrapped around the tarot paste I  guess which looks like this and then it gets deep fried all right I was going to have I was going  to have it later but you know what everything is  

Still opening so we’re going to get one now thank  you NT$30 thank you thank you okay thank you okay   another little snack which again is super hot  made a mistake picking it up but look at it you  

Would you could mistake that for a fried egg right  or a deep fried egg should I say let’s bite into it oh it is hot how cool is that got that salted  egg yolk in the middle the white is the tarot  

Paste which has gone soft in the fry obviously  because it’s hot soft and smooth and then you   get sweetness a little bit of sweetness from  that pork floss Porky sweetness and saltiness   and creaminess from that salted egg y crunch on  the outside soft in the middle interesting I like  

It now this place is starting to get a little bit  busier with people I have come to Mr Lau’s beef   noodles and beef noodle is a dish that is eaten  all over Taiwan it’s one of the most well eaten  

Dishes in the whole country and you can find them  absolutely everywhere all over Taipei some of them   are incredibly famous with huge cues but I’ve come  to this one Mr Lau is a small stool serving some   top quality well I hope top quality beef noodles  let’s check them out I’ve ordered noodle soup  

With well you get two choices you get the thicker  noodles or you get the thinner noodles although I   would call them more medium just come around and  have a closer look he’s got his broth cooking  

Away in here two sides ah this is a clear one and  this is a dark one same or different I think one   is more of a clear broth need ah okay this has  got the awul ah okay this has got things like  

Stomach and awful and this this is the beef and  just look how soft and amazing that beef is and   then you got more stock here bowl of scallion  spring onions but all just from a little stool   cooking in these pots but you guys think they’re  busy or they’re popular look at this ridiculous  

So we’ve got a little shop here got inside let’s  take a quick look yeah just a small little shop   but you can see it’s busy already it’s only just  opened and then you’ve got some seats outside  

Too I think we’ll sit outside also got dumplings  steaming away or boiling away here trying not to   get in their way but just look can see all of that  meat so it’s cooked in the big chunks and you just  

Know when it’s cooked like that for a long time  you can see how long this is cooked or that fatty   gelatinous meat there as well you know it’s going  to keep its moisture and it’s going to be really  

Really tender as opposed to if you just cook it  in smaller chunks menu is totally a mandarin but   to be honest you’ve basically just got different  sizes and uh you’ve got a small bowl which is this  

Size and I’ve ordered a big bowl because well  if you’re going to do it you may as well do it noodles are ready got those medium I would  say egg noodles below you can see that they’re  

Handmade just from the way they curl up and how  they’re all a little bit different he gave me of   course that beef and that beef just looks so  tender you can see I think you can see I hope  

You can see how gelatinous it is and there’s  a little bit of like fat and collagen in there   as well but again little pieces of fat which is  going to add to the flavor and he asked me if I  

Wanted some of that awful so of course I want  some of that awful how good does that look so   soft looks like it’s just the stomach actually  on a cold day like today what I’m excited for is  

That hot broth dark little bit of fat sitting on  top of it have a feeling it’s going to taste good   there are condiments on the side and I’ll show  you them in a second but first off I just want  

To try this broth as it is as you should always  do before adding any condiments in so let’s try it oh yeah Rich beefy flavor quite light actually  lighter than I expected but there is a depth of  

Flavor in there it doesn’t have like we had in the  pork soup it doesn’t have those medicinal spices   you don’t get the Starnes the cinnamon those Five  Spices but you just get the clarity and the purity  

Of that beef so three condiments we have what he  is calling spicy butter and I really don’t know   what this is is but it looks interesting maybe  it’s the fat with chili oil which is rended out  

From the beef I’m not entirely sure to be honest  but we’re definitely going to be adding some we   also have maybe this roasted chili paste that  definitely will have a kick to it and then as  

I’ve seen in other places you have these fermented  greens which is going to add a sourness and cut   through some of that richness so we’re going  to add a little bit of everything into the bowl  

Texture it is just like hard butter or fat I would  say it’s p on these greens got to get the veg   in right let’s do this got the wooden Chopsticks  there was a choice of plastic ones but you know by  

Now I’m useless at them wooden ones all of the way  let’s get this stirred in and get this fat melted   into that broth you can see actually how the color  has changed it’s g a deep red fiery red let’s say  

You can see there’s more fat sitting on top of  there now as that beat has melted into it that   takes it on to another level how good to those new  noodles look just have a look at that how thick  

They are and Italian Heritage reminds me of passer  of course but you cannot beat a good homemade noodle and like good Italian pasta  he’s cook them perfectly slightly   out Dente which leaves a chew in the  mouth not soft and mushy exactly how  

I like my noodles definitely knows what  he’s doing they must be cooked just for seconds you can see that orange chili  oil coating those noodles and it gives   well I like spicy so for me it’s good but  because it’s the condiments that spicy and  

Not the base soup you can kind of Tor it to  exactly how you like it let’s try a little   bit of that beef you can see it’s been cut up  into those smaller chunks makes it easier to

Eat it melts in your mouth it’s so easy you could  probably just pull it apart with the Chopsticks   this piece this piece has a nice big piece of fat  running through it look at that so I’m going to  

Take that piece with some of those noodles little  bit of that broth on the spoon and let’s try it all you know everything individually is very good  and I think that always makes a good dish if you   can taste each component individually and still  say m this is delicious then obviously you’re onto  

A good dish but when you get everything together  get a little bit of that beef get a little bit   of those pickled mustard greens and some of that  broth you put it all in your mouth that’s where   the magic happens the richness from the broth  delicate beefiness then the power of the beef  

Flavor from the beef meat itself sourness cutting  through from that fermented cabbage or that those   fermented greens the spice from the chili and  then the soft chewi from those noodles very   very good and I did notice when he put the broth  in he used two he used a spoon of the broth that  

The beef was cooking in itself and then he had a  separate one as well which must be more powerful   maybe that’s a mother broth that cooks and cooks  and Cooks all day long yeah pretty happy with that  

How much do I owe how much uh 120 thank you how  sure very good thank you NT$120 Taiwanese dollars   that would be expensive wouldn’t it pretty good  value the mixed meat large bowl of noodles now   guys you know I love watching people create  food especially when there’s a skill to it  

The skill that I don’t have look how intricate and  beautiful these little dumplings are Perfection so   this guy is filling them with the with the pork  yeah just seasoned pork right nothing else look   at that effortless I wonder what it would look  like if I tried it not like that I can assure  

You guys and these are steamed and fried at the  same time so you get crispy bottom and steamed   dumpling might have to get some of these I have  one portion please yeah please as I was saying  

They’re now cooking them and as I was saying  they steam them with these wooden Lids on but   then there’s a little bit of oil in the bottom  so as they steam the water evaporates and the  

Oil is left giving this crust on the bottom so  they go from this raw dumpling to this cooked   dumpling and on the bottom golden and crispy  I’ve ordered a portion NT$120 thank you so much   get the choice of sauces we have vinegar chili  and soy sauce probably should or could take a  

Little pot but what I’m actually just going to do  is drizzle them with a little bit of the soy sauce   a little bit of the chili on a couple of them to  try very very spicy yeah it’s okay I like spicy  

Thank you yeah YouTube got another another time  follower okay thank you I’ll put my ego away and   then I like a little bit of vinegar with them in  fact I’m going to put a little bit more chili on  

Just because he’s baited me and said that it’s  spicy right let’s go eat them finding somewhere   to eat these has been the biggest challenge it’s  actually nowhere and the places I did find they   were playing music so I couldn’t couldn’t be  there anyway anyway it gave these a chance to  

Cool down because straight out to the cast iron  pan they were absolutely boiling in my hands so   I hope they’ve cooled down a little bit now but  I just know these are going to be good firstly  

By the quality and the skill of them making them  of course they look absolutely fantastic but I’ve   said before what I love is contrast and you’re  going to have the soft Dumpling on top but look   at the bottom where it’s fried in that cast  iron pan as the water evaporates the little  

Bit of oil that they put into it starts to fry  them absolutely you cannot wait to try these so   without further Ado let’s try one first of all  without the chili the deadly chili as he warmed me oh yeah soft on the inside that meat  is very highly seasoned salty very nice  

But the crunch on the bottom is what makes  this special I just love dumplings and then   there’s little sesame seeds on top black  sesame seeds pop of Sesame as you bite   into them now it was NT$120 for eight far too  many for me but the right size to share let’s  

Try one with that chili and see if it is as  spicy as what he says I’m going to go for it there’s a nice kick to it it is spicy but  not too spicy I was coughing a little because  

There’s actually juice inside the dumpling and  when I put the whole thing in my mouth and bit   in the juice run down my throat so that is quite  nice very Porky Porky juice inside that dumpling   the chili is fresh it is a bit spicy there’s  a lot of garlic in there absolutely delicious  

Okay after the warming beef noodle I definitely  need something sweet and I want to show you two   things actually I wanted to show you three things  but unfortunately the stool I wanted to show you  

Which is meant to be here is not here but that’s  okay this one was a Savory one Savory snack that   I want to share I’ll leave a link to it it’s a  blood cake covered in powdered peanuts which is  

Super tasty but doesn’t open until later however  just across from her is this guy who’s serving   traditional Chinese pancakes and we’re definitely  going to get one of those he got his little stool   where he cooks them right at the entrance to ha  Yin Street shopping district very pretty as these  

Two guys have an argument over some packages but  we’re here for the pancakes not the argument it’s   got a variety of flavors looks like custard I  custard peanut and uh black sesame ah and black  

Sesame and red bean as well red bean okay so you  can choose a variety of flavors peanut or custard   that’s the choice but first I think we might get  to watch him make one or give me some time to  

Decide the batter into the bowl he’s got his hot  plate hot so the batter poured into that hot plate you can see as soon as it starts to cook  it starts to bubble and now sugar and BR   Brown Peanut ah just brown sugar no peanut  no peanut ah it look like brown peanuts  

Brown sugar it goes on and it’s left to cook  look at that brown sugar has caramelized the   pancake is cooked underneath that smelled  good this is just the normal one the normal   pancake look at that bubbled up ah this is  the custard one custard gets smothered on

It and it’s going to be folded up and cut up ready to be served it’s going to have to be custard  they actually recommended that one over   we couldn’t decide between peanut and custard  but I think custard it will be can I have one  

Custard then is that okay thank you right I’ve  got it absolutely steaming hot straight off   the hot plate oh and just because you guys  love to know 35 Taiwanese dollars I think   I’m going to start with the Chinese pancake  absolutely huge for NT$35 a huge slice it’s  

Like a slice of pizza isn’t it but yeah huge  slice it’s warm still so I think we’ll start   with this one you can just see how runny and  gooey I was going to say soft but how runny and  

Gooey it is in the Middle where that custard  has just set ever so slightly inside of that   well soft pancake loved watching him make it  looks super tasty crispy on the outside you   can just feel it then as I say yeah soft  and gooey on the inside so yeah let’s eat

It I thought it was going to be sweet but  actually it’s not I’m not going to say it’s   not sweet at all but it’s definitely not sweet  sweet is definitely not the first flavor that   you get you get the creaminess of the custard and  actually I think it’s the custard that’s providing  

The sweetness I thought he was going to have a lot  of sugar in the batter but not at all very light   very fluffy you can tell just by the air pockets  as we saw it cooking there a number of air pockets  

In there almost like a an English crumpit  or breakfast muffin it’s so thick I love the   thickness of it yes the outside is crispy where  it’s toasted on that hot plate but the inside the  

Inside is where it’s at it’s so so soft so gooey  with that custard I’m sure the other flavors are   good I mean the brown sugar looked super tasty but  custard for me might be the perfect match for this

Pancake so you can see from the outside  he’s got the little weighed out pieces of   dough which is’s rolling out with a tiny little  rolling pin getting them perfect every time and   then this guy is filling them with the well this  one looks like the pork very fatty it looks like  

Very smooth some spring onions in there as well  and then you’ve got a third person over here who   will fill them so each person has one job this  guy rolls this guy stuffs and this guy over here  

Is the one who pleats them would love to see the  pleating and then when they’re done they’re put   into the steam basket ready to be steamed and  you can see in the back just out here the piles  

Of steam baskets like a tower of steam baskets  ready for them to steam pretty cool I love seeing   people with skill like this and I always think  what would it look and I say this every time but  

What would it look like if I tried it an absolute  disaster that’s for sure the food has arrived got   the cool steam basket with the soup dumplings just  look at that steaming as I open it water spinach  

And fermented bean curd for my rice of course and  then we have the drunken chicken I’m just waiting   for that beef patty in terms of the sauces I’ve  got more spicy fermented Bean curd I’ve got a  

Mix of soy sauce and vinegar and then this is  the readymade sauce for the dumplings but look   how delicate these soup dumplings look and you can  see they’re not actually that big when they go in   they’re very uh condensed and small but when they  steam obviously they expand look at the intricacy  

Of where he’s pleated it together so beautiful all  right now normally what I I do was show you around   the other dishes but these soup dumplings really  need to be eaten straight away whilst they’re hot  

So let’s get started there is a technique to do  this and I’ll try and tell you as best I can with   my lack of skills but you need your chopsticks  and you need a spoon you need the dumplings of  

Course and then you need your dipping sauce on  the side so they’re called soup dumplings for   a reason there is obviously soup on the inside and  the trick is you drink the soup first and then eat  

The Dumpling how do you do that you might ask pick  up your dumpling with your chopsticks dip it into   your sauce let it sit there for a few seconds to  suck up some of that sauce and then transfer it to  

Your spoon where you use your chopsticks to break  open the delicate wrapper of The Dumpling and you   can see or I hope you can see the soup seeps out  of that dumpling slurp it up and then eat The

Dumpling is wonderful as good I would say as Din  Tai Fung and if I had two of them in front of me   I wouldn’t really notice the difference in taste  maybe Din Tai Fung look a bit more pretty to the  

Eye which is important of course but the reality  is when it comes to taste that is what is most   important and yeah this one is right up there  the pork on the inside is so flavorful nicely  

Seized not too salty at all but yeah just fills  your mouth with a really strong Porky flavor the   wrapper is light and delicate very thin just  just enough to hold that soup on the inside   the soup the soup is light it’s delicate it’s  really really tasty and then combined with the  

Dipping sauce which here is pre-made for you  but combine them with a dipping sauce which   has an acidity and a saltiness to it when you put  them all together it’s quite experience in your   mouth the dipping sauce is made from one part soy  sauce and three parts vinegar so if you are having  

To make it yourself that’s the magic combination  that you want to go for and as I said that gives   the acidity that cuts through everything you get  eight here for NT$150 which I would say is pretty   good value they are surprisingly well they’re very  very moreish but they just disappear well I find  

They disappear anyway cuz they’re so delicious  you can tell the quality by how thin the wrapper   is and that wrapper is almost translucent you  can almost see the well you can see the filling   on the inside and you might be thinking how do  they get the soup inside the dumpling isn’t that  

An absolute disaster well yeah good question  what they do is they make that soup they chill   it and set it and because it’s so gelatinous it  sets into like a jelly they cut it into cubes  

Put it inside the dumpling and then when they  steam it it melts again and turns into a soup   pretty genius I could eat baskets and baskets  of those soup dumplings all right last one as   I say you do have to eat them quickly otherwise  they cool down and they’re not quite the same  

So really you need to eat them as soon as they  hit the table before anything else even before conversation this is where I wanted to go it’s  absolutely tiny they serve kidneys in sesame   soup a round rice pudding liver in sesame oil soup  and normal meat in sesame oil soup I’ll just show  

You the menu that’s okay we’ve got this over here  which we’re going to try this is the rice pudding   but then we have these Sesame soups if you need  any more convincing kidneys liver and then the  

Meats back here and it’s put in here with the  Sesame broth and the gas there you go in goes   the meat what the awful that one liver cooked  super quick and then done so it’s not overcooked  

It’s not you know that horrible consistency okay  oh look at this this reminds me of like an old   steamed pudding but it’s actually rice but it is  steamed in the steamer but it’s also steamed in   those little metal uh moulds and then on the  bottom is stewed bacon slow cooked bacon and  

Then she puts this gravy on top of it it is so  beep good you how can I have one of these yeah   one and then uh the soup with with liver yeah uh  no no not with a kidney with liver H this one this  

One uh okay now she’s confused but I pointed  out the wrong one this one yeah oh no no just   one just only this okay and then that thank you  all right I confused her see I can’t even speak  

English ah I want to show you look at this so  it comes out of the mould look at that steaming   this is perfect food for today oh she speaks more  English than I thought she can say sorry look at  

That and then the gravy goes on top so that’s  number one then number two should we watching   little bit of the stock goes into the pan on goes  that flame oh sorry it’s so small I’m in the way  

On goes that flame and he’s got the watch how  as I lose my finger watch how fast he cooks the liver but also smart allows it to come up to  temperature and then shoves it in otherwise it it  

Will go a bit overcooked and rubbery look at that  seconds and it will keep cooking in that broth and   then the other trick little piece of cardboard  cardboard bowl and some of this fermented bean curd thank you look good guys  some of this fermented bean

Curd can you guess what’s going to  happen with this dip the liver into   that oh no I’m going to give a touch of this as well this reminds me of an English pudding so much   but you can see on top how dark it  is how rich it’s going to be look at  

That that bacon has seeped into it and  then she’s covered it with the gravy oh it’s good that is comfort food right there so tasty so   much flavor little bit of the liver I’m  going to dip it in that fermented bean paste again that fermented bean  paste is funky salty funky very

Savory works really well with the liver I’m not  going to say it hides the flavor of the liver   because actually the liver because it’s cooked so  well so fast still pink on the inside actually is   quite tasty it’s when it’s overcooked and spongy  yeah I can’t deal with that but the soup the  

Broth it’s hot but it’s absolutely packed with  sesame oil and ginger so it’s warming because   it’s hot and it’s warming because you have  the spice of the ginger super tasty, genius

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – What are the must eat foods in Taiwan? Well, here are the best Taiwanese street food you must try in 2024 from my time in Taipei, Taiwan. From the common favourites like soup dumplings (xiao long bao) and Taiwanese beef noodle soup to more unknown dishes like Taiwanese pepper bun and pineapple cake. I have a list of the top 10 dishes you should eat when you visit Taiwan. Taiwan has some of the best street food in the world, especially when it comes to dumplings and soups. I hope you enjoy the video and it is helpful for when you plan your trip to Taiwan in 2024.

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📍 LOCATIONS

1) Fuzhou Ancestor Pepper Pie (福州世祖胡椒餅): https://maps.app.goo.gl/kZEddAXrFx5j498k7
2) Taiwanese Pineapple Cake (福田一方鳳梨酥): https://maps.app.goo.gl/aUfUnmKkS1afqN5Q8
3) Yuan Fang Guabao (源芳刈包) – https://maps.app.goo.gl/b5NvqNVA6gBvBh9M9
4) Scallion Pancake & Sesame ball: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JhGSYec9Px238qb46
5) Takumi Dumplings (巧之味手工水餃 濟南店) – https://maps.app.goo.gl/VchQcdnYkdb4u3JG7
6) Raohe Street Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市): https://maps.app.goo.gl/DGdE2Yv6oWNK6a3j8
7) Raohe Street Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市): https://maps.app.goo.gl/DGdE2Yv6oWNK6a3j8
8) Mr’Lau beef noodles (老劉刀切牛肉麵): https://maps.app.goo.gl/xsr6Cq73JTLsLM4Q8
9) Raohe Street Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市): https://maps.app.goo.gl/DGdE2Yv6oWNK6a3j8
10) Wheel Cake (古早味麥仔煎): https://maps.app.goo.gl/KMo7bLNkEepqRhWE7
11) Li Yuan (犂園湯包館): https://maps.app.goo.gl/YRyRfyHZQsfd32QZ9
12) 正記麻油料理: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LTpeCk5wQr55w4ZN9

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00:00 Intro
00:17 Pepper Bun
04:47 Pineapple cake
08:31 Guabao
12:17 Scallion Pancake & Sesame Ball
15:54 Breakfast Dumplings
22:25 Pork Rib Bone Soup
26:41 Taro Ball with Salted Egg
28:29 Beef Noodle Soup
35:28 Sheng Jian Bao
39:09 Wheel Cake
43:14 Soup Dumblings (Xiaolongbao)
48:15 Tube Rice Pudding
53:10 Watch More

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