The ULTIMATE Taiwan Street Food Tour In Taipei Taiwan 🇹🇼

The ULTIMATE Taiwan Street Food Tour In Taipei Taiwan 🇹🇼

On a rainy day in Taipei what better to do than  walk around eating delicious street food so from   the famous scallion pancake to Pepper bun to  beef noodles we’re going to try some of the   most famous dishes in Taiwan let’s do it today  I want to take you to eat some delicious beef  

Noodles but before we do that I want to show  you a few of the street snacks that you can   get in Taiwan starting with this place right  outside my hotel hotel 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 has letting me film   so I thought before we head into the center  why don’t we try something from here so she’s   throwing the donuts what should we have I’m  quite tempted by one of these Sesame balls  

They look quite interesting with Sesame on  the outside and then maybe get a scallion   pancakes that’s something I’ve been wanting to  try in Taiwan can I have one of these and half   of their Scallion pancake ah yeah uh yeah yeah  yeah okay you got uh yeah and one of them please

Just found a place 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 omelette 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 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 Stacks 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 millimetres

Thick I like that for me that would  be a really good breakfast well it   is let’s try this sesame B 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 that 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 mochi 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 now but yeah two great snacks I   love I love that she makes the dough herself for  the donuts and for the pancake you can definitely  

Taste the difference in that but these fried  Sesame bowls I think they’re the winner for me   right guys that was pretty good and less than  $70 I didn’t count exactly how much change she   gave me back but good value I’m going to walk  into town towards the beef noodles and we have  

Some more snacks in that area and let me tell you  I cannot wait for the beef noodles because it’s   pretty cold today you can see I’ve got the jumper  and I’ve got jeans on it’s not often that happens  

So a nice warming bowl of beef noodles is what  I’m looking forward to but first more snacks stop   number two and it’s this place Fuzhou ancestral  pepper cake and yes we did film pepper cake in  

Raohe Night Market I tried this one the other day  and I think I think this one might be even better   than the one we had there not to say that one  was bad but I think this one might be better so I  

Wanted to show you it of it’s in the video of the  night market so if you didn’t see the other video   let me show you how they make it so they have the  dough which they start by flattening out into like  

A little Patty and then they stuff it with this  spiced pork looks super tasty then once the buns   or the dough is stuffed it’s then planted into a  huge pile of spring onions or scallions folded up  

Around made into that little bun shape look how  perfect they look and then a few sesame seeds on   top four they get placed into the Charcoal Oven  just look at that and then in there they’ll cook  

Until they’re ready crisp and golden where they  look like this coming out this place is super busy   Super Famous there were big cues but thankfully  everyone’s disappeared so I can make the video can  

I can I order one please love seeing people make  the food before I eat it you guys know that and I   love to show you pushes them up against that clay  clay brick oven and it’s pretty hot this guy you  

Can see actually his hands are his arms are red  from where he’s being burned that is commitment to   the job all right here it is you can see crisp and  golden this thing is doing my head in but it’s the  

Only place to sit there’s a speaker here saying  the same thing I think it’s from this restaurant   it keeps going on and on and on so I apologies for  that but I need to sit and try this so as a here  

It is crisp and golden from the oven the same  horseshoe shape I’m going to say it’s horseshoe   shape on the bottom beautifully crisp and golden  where you can see it’s stuck to the side of the  

Oven and then this side is a bit more bready and a  bit more doughy it’s super hot need to be careful   I don’t burn myself all right let’s go for it you  can see the steam coming out of it as I blew it I  

Made a little hole in it and start blowing still  the steam comes out but I’m too hungry not to try it and you see inside again I said on on the  last video it’s like a little Patty in there  

It’s like a little pork burger in there with  the bun or the dough wrapped around it like   a like a filled Burger this one the reason why  I think I love it is the spicing I prefer the  

Spicing in this one the pepper you can taste  the pepper straight away and it gets you a   little bit at the back of the throat I mean  if it’s called a pepper cake you want it to  

Be tingly and spicy with pepper but then you  get the onion flavor from that huge pile of   spring onion or scallions that she puts  into that even more than you do with the   scallion pancake that we had earlier but  the dough the bread on this so crispy so

Golden the meat inside is so juicy so flavorful  and you can see because it’s so juicy the juices   have seeped into the bread making this like gooey  consistency that absolutely love I actually think   these guys used to be at the night market  as well but they moved to this location I  

Love of course leave a pin you have to try both  of them if you’re at the night market of course   you have to try that one it was super tasty but  if you’re asking me which I prefer I think I’m  

Choosing this one just for that spicy hit from  the pepper and the crunchy crunchy bread on the   bottom absolutely love it and just 60 Taiwanese  dollars right guys I have come to Mr Lau’s beef  

Noodles and beef noodle is a dish that is eaten  all over Taipei 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’s is a small stall serving some   top quality well I hope top quality beef noodles  let’s check them out I’ve ordered noodle soup with  

Or 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 ah okay this has got the  offal ah okay this has got things like stomach  

And offal 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 scallions or 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 and 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  into smaller chunks menu is totally a mandarin   but to be honest You’ 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 offal so of course I want  some of that offal how good does that look so   soft looks like it’s just a 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 medic spices you don’t get the stares 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  but it looks interesting maybe it’s the fat  

With chili oil which is rendered 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 a hard butter or fat  

I would say to pile 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  going a deep red fiery red let’s say you can see  

There’s more fat sitting on top of there now as  that beef fat has melted into it that takes it   on to another level how good do those noodles  look just have a look at that how thick they  

Are and Italian Heritage reminds me of Pastor  of course but you cannot beat a good homemade noodle and like good Italian pasta who’s  cook them perfectly slightly out Al 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 the 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 tailor it to exactly  how you like it let’s try a little bit of   that V 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  who 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  

Ow how much uh $120 thank you how sure very good  thank you $120 Taiwanese dollars that would be   expensive wouldn’t it pretty good value the mixed  meat large bowl of noodles that was great 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 savoury one savoury snack that I  

Want to shair I’ll leave a link to it it’s a blood  cake covered in powdered peanuts which is super   tasty but she 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’s 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 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 pancake is cooked underneath that smelted 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 I we couldn’t  

Decide between peanut and custard but I think  custard it will be and I have one custard then is   that okay thank you right I’ve got it absolutely  steaming hot straight off the hot plate gives me a  

Chance to quickly walk and get one more snack that  I want to show you another little dessert very   very famous here in Taiwan oh and just because  you guys love to know 35 Taiwanese dollars 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 Ningxa 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 $28 can I uh  can I have one original and one cranberry please   one original and one cranberry thank you come 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 thank you so much where a better place to come  and finish this video off and eat my desserts my   sweet treats than in the park anyway I think I’m  going to start with the Chinese pancake absolutely  

Huge for $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 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 s 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 the number of air pockets in there  

Almost like a an English crumpet 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 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 biskuit on the outside let’s try it it is   absolutely delicious and you can see how crumbly  it is on the inside and you have that like jam   consistency with the Cranberries sweet yes but  so buttery the bisc it’s not biscuit I don’t  

Want to call it biscuit but the it’s a 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 but it just melts in your mouth sweet Rich fragrance from  The Cranberries it’s a bit like a  

Shortbread 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 he 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 delicious all  

Right guys that will be that I hope you enjoyed  the video I’ll see you guys in the next one

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Taiwanese food is some of the most delicious in the world. Today I will take you on a Taiwan street food tour of the must eat foods in Taipei. From the best beef noodles in Taipei to delicious scallion pancakes to the famous pepper bun, I will show you the 5 best street food in Taipei Taiwan. And of course, no trip to Taipei is complete without eating the famous Taiwanese pineapple cake.

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📍 LOCATIONS

1) Scallion Pancake & Sesame ball: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JhGSYec9Px238qb46
2) Fuzhou Ancestral Pepper Cake (福州世祖胡椒餅): https://maps.app.goo.gl/hL8ABGHKjWriu5G4A
3) Mr’Lau beef noodles (老劉刀切牛肉麵): https://maps.app.goo.gl/xsr6Cq73JTLsLM4Q8
4) Blood Cake Skewers (豬血糕): https://maps.app.goo.gl/2w4zHz49Rb3pXrF86
5) Wheel Cake (古早味麥仔煎): https://maps.app.goo.gl/KMo7bLNkEepqRhWE7
6) Pineapple Cake (福田一方鳳梨酥): https://maps.app.goo.gl/aUfUnmKkS1afqN5Q8

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