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. Street foods in Taiwan / night markets, small-eat snacks

★ Michelin 2024 /  Street Food Comparisons

Taipei (台北)
nguide.michelin.com/us/en/taipei-region/taipei/restaurants/bib-gourmand: The number of Taipei's Michelin "Bib Gourmand" street food is 9;
nguide.michelin.com/en/tw/restaurants/street-food: 12 street food in Taipei on the list

　

♦ 公館夜市/ Hsiung Chi Scallion Pancake (Gongguan Night Market, 2, Lane 108, Section 4, Luosifu Road)

♦ 饒河街夜市/ A Kuo Lu Wei (Raohe Street Night Market, 226 Raohe Street,) 

♦ 南機場夜市/ Unnamed Clay Oven Roll (Nanjichang Night Market, Stall 74, Lane 311, Section 2, Zhonghua Road)   

♦ 南機場夜市/   Wu Wang Tsai Chi (Nanjichang Night Market, 29, Lane 313, Section 2, Zhonghua Road)  

♦ 延三夜市/ Cabbage Rice and Pork Rib Soup (Yansan Night Market, 2, Lane 17, Section 3,)

♦ 華西街夜市/ Yuan Fang Guabao  (Huaxi Street Night Market, Stall 161, 17-2 Huaxi Street)

♦ 士林夜市/ Chung Chia Sheng Jian Bao (Shilin Night Market, 38 Xiaodong Street)   

♦ 華西街夜市/ Wang's Broth (Huaxi Street Night Market, Stall 153, 17-4 Huaxi Street,)  

♦ 士林夜市/ Good Friend Cold Noodle (Shilin Night Market, 31 Danan Road)

　
Singapore (新加坡) nThe number of Singapore's Michelin "Bib Gourmand" street food and hawker stalls is 65

nmothership.sg (2024-6-18): 7 new hawker stalls added to S'pore Michelin Bib Gourmand list 2024

nmothership.sg (2023-6-15):  the international director of the Michelin Guide, said the 79 Bib Gourmand locations include 21 restaurants, 53 hawker centre stalls, and five street food establishments
nJetStar : Hawker centres are hubs of hawker stalls – small stands selling street food.

　

★  Yahoo News (2024-4-30): Taiwan's a number of restaurants including Michelin 3-star Le Palais Cantonese restaurant (君品頤宮) in Palais de Chine Hotel and Michelin one-star MiPon (米香), A-Cut, Tien Hsiang Lo (天香樓) repeatedly failed to pass public health inspections in recent 4 years.  Taipei city councilor questions that if Michelin restaurants got food safety issues, what can our people eat ?  

　

TasteAtlas Best Rated Street Foods - July 15, 2024
comparisons among Asian countries -  Taiwan is not included in top 25
Indonesia world No.1  Siomay,  No.4 Pempek, No.16 Batagor
China world No.3  Guotie,   No.14 Pan-fried pork buns,  No. 24 Baozi
Vietnam world No.7  Banh mi
Malaysia world No.12 Roti Cannai
India world No.20  Amritsari Kulcha
.tasteatlas.com/best-rated-street-foods-in-the-world

　

Michelin 2023 /  street food comparisons among Asian countries

Singapore 17 newly awarded Bib Gourmand street hawker stalls
79 hawker stalls selected in 2023 Bib Gourmand
Hong Kong 25 Street Food restaurants
guide.michelin.com/en/hk/hong-kong-region/hong-kong/restaurants/street-food
Taipei

12 Street Food restaurants
guide.michelin.com/us/en/taipei-region/restaurants/street-food

　

Taste Atlas Nov. 2023 /  best rated street foods in the world
 Top 50 - Asian countries comparison - number of street foods selected
Indonesia   ★★★★★★
China   ★★★
Vietnam   ★★★
India   ★★
Malaysia   ★
Lebanon   ★
Taiwan - no any street foods was selected in world top 50
Indonesia No.1 Siomay, No.2 Batagor, No.15 Pempek, No.43 Bubur ayam, No.44 Nasi uduk, No.45 Serabi
China No.4 Guotie, No.14 Pan-fried pork buns (Shengji mantou), No.23 Baozi
Vietnam

No.9 Banh mi, No.16 Meat and Cold Cut Banh, No.38 Beef pho
India

No. 28 Tikka, No.49 Chole bhature
Malaysia

No.5 Roti canai
Lebanon

No.26 Shawarma
Taiwan No. 84 Taiwanese Acallion Pancake (蔥抓餅, Taiwanese Green Onion Pancake): Though similar varieties of scallion pancakes can be found in other Asian countries, in Taiwan they are a common and sought-after treat that is usually enjoyed as a snack or an accompaniment to other dishes. The pancakes are prepared with an unleavened dough that is flattened, sprinkled with sliced scallions, and then rolled and pressed to form a flat pancake that is pan-fried until crispy.

　

     ●  New York Times, 2023-3-16:  Because of gentrification and noise complaints, many of Taipei's night markets aren't as robust as they were decades ago. Ningxia Night Market is a distinguished exception, ... many of the food stalls here...  nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/16/travel/things-to-do-taipei.html

　

DailyMail (UK), 2023-4-28:  Young Australian student on his dream overseas exchange program is fighting for his life in Taiwan after eating street food laced with rat poison.  He had been misdiagnosed in Taiwan with an immune disorder.  Alex is at the Taipei Medical University Hospital ...The medical services in Taiwan don't currently have the right treatments or drugs to stabilise his condition, Alex's condition has grown worse and he needs to be flown to the Royal Prince Albert Hospital in Sydney via a specialised medical flight retrieval service.  dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12023841/Toowoomba-student-exchange-Taiwan-fighting-life-eating-food-laced-rat-poison.html
　

Michelin 2022 /  street food comparisons among Asian countries

Singapore 1 street food stall with 1 MICHELIN Star
5 Bib Gourmand street food stalls (including 1 new)
6 MICHELIN Selected street food stalls (including 1 new)
40 Bib Gourmand hawker centre stalls (including 3 new)
62 MICHELIN Selected hawker centre stalls (including 1 new)
Hong Kong 15 Street Food establishments (including 2 new additions)
Macau 8 Street Food establishments
Taipei

none
PS: intro some street food: guide.michelin.com/us/en/taipei-region/restaurants/street-food

   
● New York Times, 2022-6-28: Taiwanese Fried Chicken Meets the Moment / As crispy chicken soars in popularity, Taiwanese American chefs are reimagining the street-food classic.  nytimes.com/2022/06/28/dining/Taiwanese-fried-chicken.html    ●  Taipei Times, 2022-9-10:  classic Taiwanese street food — oyster omelet, guabao (pork belly buns), beef noodles, xiansuji (Taiwanese-style crispy fried chicken), stinky tofu and pot stickers. taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2022/09/10/2003785064 ●  New York Times, 2022-1-19: Many of Taiwan's residents are now proud of their island's culinary offerings, whether it is the classic beef noodle soup — a mix of mainland influences unique to Taiwan — or bubble milk tea, a modern invention.  nytimes.com/2022/01/19/world/asia/taiwan-china-identity.html   ●  BBC, 2022-3-30: Today, stinky tofu ( that's reminiscent of sour milk and rotting garbage) is still primarily a street food throughout Taiwan, where it’s as synonymous with the country’s outdoor night markets as beef noodle soup. Shenkeng Old Street is an entire boulevard dedicated to the dish, Dai's House of Stinky Tofu is Since 1989 ●  In Michelin 2021, Taipei's food was ranked behind Japan's Tokyo, Hong Kong, Kyoto, Osaka, Singapore, Seoul Korea, Shanghai ●  Seattle Times, 2021-8-14:  In Taiwan, big data turns pig’s blood and century eggs into hot pizza toppings  /    In 2019, Domino’s Pizza created the boba — a pizza served with sweet tapioca pearls as an homage to the popular bubble milk tea.  ... ramen and spicy hot pot pizza. It even made a pizza topped with durian — a thorny fruit ... The latest invention — featuring a street delicacy made of sticky rice and pig’s blood, and preserved eggs.  “Every now and then, Taiwanese will go crazy over a new popular, well-talked about food” . “Taste does not seem to be their top priority.”  seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-taiwan-big-data-turns-pigs-blood-and-century-eggs-into-hot-pizza-toppings/ 
　

CNN:   the best street foods in Asia
edition.cnn.com/travel/article/asia-best-street-foods-cmd/index.html   2022-8-24
Taiwan nBubble tea: No trip to Taiwan would be complete without at least one bubble tea.   the classic recipe calls for rich, silky, shaken green or black tea with sizable black tapioca balls, which require a special straw to drink.
nSalt & pepper fried chicken:  Coated in sweet potato flour then double-fried to add crunch and lock in moisture...
nStinky tofu: Essentially, vendors soak bean curd in brine, then let it ferment for hours, days, weeks or months at a time.

　

Economist  /    Global Food Security Index 2022
Taiwan is not included
world rank country Overall Score Affordability Availability Quality & safety Sustainability & Adaptation
6 Japan 79.5 89.8 81.2 77.4 66.1
14 NZ 77.8 91.6 67.7 73.1 75.1
22 Australia 75.4 93.3 61.1 84 58.8
23 UAE 75.2 86.7 73.8 81.3 55.2
25 China 74.2 86.4 79.2 72.0 54.5
28 Singapore 73.1 93.2 77.8 69.7 44.3
30 Qatar 72.4 88.6 72.9 71.7 51.0
39 S Korea 70.2 76.8 71.5 71.5 58.5
41 Malaysia 69.9 87.0 59.5 74.7 53.7
46 Vietnam 67.9 84.0 60.7 70.2 52.2
63 Indonesia 60.2 81.4 50.9 56.2 46.3
64 Thailand 60.1 83.7 52.9 45.3 51.6
impact.economist.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index/


●  sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-hawker-culture-gets-nod-included-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-list-140941296.html  12-16-2020: Singapore’s hawker culture was officially approved on Wednesday (16 December) to be inscribed into UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.  The biggest thanks must go to the generations of hawkers for nourishing a nation’s stomach and spirits.   Taiwanese like its night market culture, but was not selected. ●  Bloomberg, 2021-4-16: Total arrivals last year crashed 88%... life isn’t quite normal. For example, at the Ningxia Night Market in Taipei, masks and plastic screens are among the precautions used to prevent the virus from spreading. With a lack of foreign tourists, Shilin’s market has been shifting its focus to the 100,000-plus students who study nearby.  brief from: bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-04-15/in-taiwan-s-night-markets-locals-sip-bubble-tea-and-wait-for-tourists ● Apple Daily editorial, 1-5-2021: chaos !  Taiwanese people lost confidence in gov. pork control strategy.  famous shop "Formosa Chang" was questioned too.  AP, Nov 23, 2020: Taiwanese business may not be ethical ... mix the U.S. pork ( Ractopamine pork banned by 150+ countries) with Taiwan pork. ● Scientific Reports Journal, Food Navigator Asia, 2-9-2021: Fish fraud findings: Almost 20% of fish in Taiwan found to be mislabelled - study. https://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Article/2021/02/09/Fish-fraud-findings-Almost-20-of-fish-in-Taiwan-found-to-be-mislabelled-study  Nature,  12-15-2020: The rates and consequences of seafood substitution frauds in Taiwan were elusive.  Snapper, cod and surimi products are particularly vulnerable to fraudulent substitutions. The high abundance of Pseudomonas in tilapia sashimi mislabeled as snapper unveils a potential health issue pertaining to the consumption of raw mislabeled seafood.  modern seafood products often appear in the form of fish pieces, filets or even ready-to-eat meals instead of whole fishes. The food processing technologies can also change the original color and luster of the meat.  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79070-y ●  Apple Daily, 2021-3-12:  Popular tourists-site Shi-lin night market "miserable street scene" , more bosses than customers, in that “expensive”, "smoke smells", "too homogeneous & unattractive", "delivery platforms are emerging", ... most ever stores closed in recent 30 yrs ●   Financial Times, 8-28-2020: Taiwan eventually eases restrictions on US pork and beef imports.  Must bear in mind you may eat beef and pork with controversial Ractopamine from 2021 on, because the cost of local meat is much more expensive. ●  Taipei mayor Ko: Our night markets and markets are too dirty !  United Daily 1-20-2020: Ko wants them to be cleaner, and the food safety standard should be upgraded.   ●  Chang Gung Mem. Hospital Toxicology expert professor   Yen Tzung-Hai M.D. (顏宗海, Doctor, Univ. of London ): Minimize the times of dining out to protect your health ! ( ref. to book <食品不安全的年代如何自保>("how to survive in this bad food-security time", April '16)) 
    ●  Liberty Times (自由時報) 1-6-2019 :  Taipei City Hall's "Model Night Markets" project, aims at " Japanese tourists are willing to sit down to eat "，however, quite many stalls of Nin-Xia night market, an used to be highly cooperative tourists site, opposed, in that elevating the hygienic level and class increases their running costs (new tables & seats, tableware, etc)， and might loses their characteristics, and  human touch ... 

　

     ●  Michelin Guide Taipei announced at 4-10-2019 starred restaurants of Taipei Taiwan.   Unlike other Asian street food stalls earning some Michelin stars (e.g., Singapore's Liao Fan soya sauce chicken rice & noodle, Hong Kong's Mammy Pancake and Thailand Bangkok's Jay Fai's wok-fired dishes), there's no any Taiwanese local specialty  (night market cheap eats, street food) won any starred title.   Furthermore,  even Michelin 3 star winner Le Palais Hotel was found snacks containing Hydrogen peroxide (過氧化氫) and Benzoic acid (苯甲酸),   many tourism hotels / 5 star hotels were found food hygiene not up to standard, e.g.,  5 star hotels used expired no-good ingredients, such as HsinChu and Taipei's Ambassador Hotel,  The Grand Hotel, Regent Formosa, and so on, reported by CTV evening news, BCC , LTN (12-19-2019) https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3014179 , therefore it's within reason for us to suspect food-safety of night market's cheap eats.  WEF <Travel and tourism competitiveness report> of 2019 shows Taiwan had the sub-region's largest decline in competitiveness,  Taiwan ranks 10th in Asia, Taiwan's prioritization of travel & tourism ranks world No.75.  travel & tourism of Taiwan !!

　

      ●   Michelin  Guide Taipei Bib Gourmand newly included night market signature hawkers, stalls, and their street foods /  4-3-2019

　

  "good value" food, NT30 ~ NT1300 (avg. 1000)

night market

signature hawkers

known for

ps
◆ newly included in 2019      https://guide.michelin.com/tw/en/taipei/news-and-views/michelin-guide-taipei-2019-bib-gourmand-selection-street-foods/news

Gongguan Night Market
(公館夜市)

 Hsiung Chi Scallion Pancake
(「雄記蔥抓餅」)

Scallion Pancake

seem to be a never-ending queue
 Lan Chia GuaBao (「藍家割包」)

soft buns stuffed with braised pork, ground peanut, coriander and pickles

Diners can decide preferred amount of fat in the slab of pork

 Yansan Night Market
(延三夜市)

no shop sign (捷運大橋頭站附近)

Cabbage Rice and Pork Rib Soup

soup sweet and beautiful

Da-Qiao-Tou Tube Rice Pudding
 (「大橋頭老牌筒仔米糕」)

Rice Pudding

50 yrs brand; sticky rice, lean or fatty pork, homemade sauce

Shih Chia Big Rice Ball
(「施家鮮肉湯圓」)

Big Rice Ball

glutinous rice balls with juicy pork fillings; since 1964

Huaxi Street Night Market
(華西街夜市)

Hsiao Wang Steamed Minced Pork with Pickles in Broth
(「小王清湯瓜仔肉」)

minced pork with pickled cucumbers、
 “black gold” pork rice

black pepper's special flavor matches well with the clear broth

Nanjichang Night Market
(南機場夜市)

Sung Ching Taiwanese Burrito
(「松青潤餅」)

 Taiwanese Burrito

popiah roll containing 10+ fillings ( bean sprouts, shredded carrots, radish, fried pork ) delivers sophisticated textures and flavors

Unnamed Oven Clay Roll stall
(「無名推車燒餅」)

sweet pastry(甜酥餅)、
 savoury pastry or long shaobing (長燒餅、鹹酥餅)

best-loved items

Raohe Night Market
(饒河夜市)

A Kuo Lu Wei
(「阿國滷味」)

 Duck wings, pork uterus and baby sweet-corn are recommended.

deep flavor、various items (marinated meat, offal and bean-curd)

no shop sign
(a bull-head cartoon on its stall)

Beef Noodles and Beef Entrails Soup.
(「紅燒牛肉麵牛雜湯」)

must-eats : assorted side dishes and dried noodles

Ningxia Night Market
(寧夏夜市)

Fang Chia Shredded Chicken With Rice
(「方家雞肉飯」)

A simple bowl of shredded chicken + rice (雞肉飯),
 a velvety tofu in marinade (滷豆腐)

warm your stomach & heart

Shilin Night Market
(士林夜市)

Chung Chia Sheng Jian Bao
(「鍾家原上海生煎包」)

buns (生煎包)

 fillings: cabbage or pork , crispy bottoms

Good Friend Cold Noodles
(「好朋友涼麵」)

Cold Noodles

 famous, fragrant sesame sauce

Linjiang Street Night Market (臨江街夜市)

Tien Hsiang Stinky Tofu
(「天香臭豆腐」)

Stinky Tofu

juicy, aroma

Yu Pin Yuan Iced and Hot Tangyuan
(「御品元冰火湯圓」)

 tangyuan (湯圓)

hot sweet glutinous rice dumplings on shaved ice,
 an interesting contrast in one's palate
　

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◆ night markets hawkers selected in 2018 and 2019
饒河夜市:  陳董藥燉排骨 (Chen Dong Pork Ribs stewed in medicinal herbs) 910 901 933 160, Rao-he St.  (Raohe St. Night Market 慈祐宮前八德路旁, 饒河街160號路邊攤) stewed with lots rack of pork-ribs and medicinal herbs
饒河夜市:福州世祖胡椒餅(FuZhou Black Pepper bun)Pepper cakes/Hujiao bing / wheat buns more accurately, pies or pockets  2311 5098 Rao-he St. Night Market (饒河夜市) cook for immediate consumption, paper-thin wrappings, crispy & good-smell, rich hot broth with spicy pepper flavour (「現做現賣，皮薄香脆，餡料肉汁淋漓且充滿辛香胡椒味)
南機場夜市:臭老闆臭豆腐(Stinky Tofu Boss) 2305 2078 6, Ln.313, sec.2, Zhong-hua Rd. (中華路二段313巷6號) Chou doufu / stinky tofu : cook for immediate consumption, no milk-products added, good for Vegetarian
南機場夜市:阿男麻油雞( A Nan sesame Chicken) 0955-572-506 Ln.313, sec.2, Zhong-hua Rd..(中華路二段311巷)   health preserving sesame oil chicken soup (not very greasy) for all four seasons (四季合宜的養生麻油)
寧夏夜市: 豬肝榮仔(Rong's Pork Liver) 2553-9710 / 0935-937-231 68 Nin-Xia Rd. (Nin-Xia night market, 寧夏路68號前) Pig liver and pig bag only (只賣豬肝湯和豬肚湯，湯底肉香味濃，豬肝熟度完美，豬肚軟腍入味，配以香辛薑絲)
 寧夏夜市: 劉芋仔 (Liu Yu Zi Taiwan's taro - similar to sweet potato) 0920 091 595 34-4, Nin-Xia Rd.  (寧夏路34之4號, 蓬萊國小旁 Nin-Xia night market, )  
the reason of  being selected is its  fresh ingredients, and cook for immediate consumption.  chef specials are chicken-egg taro balls, taro pie ( 蛋黃芋餅、香酥芋丸 )
 臨江街夜市:梁記滷味 ( Liang Ji Lou Wei) 2738-5052  83 Lin-Jiang Str (Nin-Jian night market , 臨江街83號)  Braised food/snacks : crispy duck intestines taste best
 臨江街夜市:駱記小炒(Lou Ji Xiao Chao) 2708 1027 27, alley 50, Lane 39, Tong-Hua Str. (通化街39巷50弄27號Nin-Jian night market ) all stir fried dishes (beef, snail, etc) are its signature
Hi-Yu Ribs stewed in medicinal herbs(士林夜市: 海友十全排骨) 2888 1959  49, Da-Dong Rd. (大東路49, Shilin night market)   Ribs stewed in 15 different kinds of secret-recipe medicinal herbs (15種以上的中藥秘方烹調出美味養生的藥膳排骨湯)
ps: Shi Boss Spicy Tofu in Rao-he St. Night Market  is the only one hawker no long in the 2019's list
◆ ps: some info. from Apple Daily headlines, UDN, 3-7-2018 ; https://guide.michelin.com/tw/en/taipei

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●   Michelin Guide Taipei Plate  , 4-10-2019

◆  night market / street food  (夜市 街頭小吃)

小吃 (stall)

contact

intro. in Chinese

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圓環邊蚵仔煎-寧夏夜市

(Yuan Huan Pien Oyster Egg Omelette)

 Tel.+886 2 2558 0198

 46 Ningxia Road

 創立於1965年，蚵仔煎選用每天從臺南直送的蚵仔，特調醬汁十分惹味。蒸米糕也值得一試。  Has been making its tasty omelettes, with oysters from Tainan drizzled in homemade sweet hot sauce, since 1965.
山內雞肉-南機場夜市

(Shan-Nei Chicken)

 +886 2 2305 010020-3, Lane 307, Section 2, Zhonghua Road 皮爽肉嫰，份量頗多，十分超值。關門時間不定，若要點選雞腿，建議八時前到達 Good-value steamed chicken is feted for its springy skin and juicy flesh. Come before 8 pm for chicken legs.
 玉米家烤玉米-南機場夜市

(Corn House Grilled Corn)

 Tel.+886 931 504 865   Lane 311, Section 2, Zhonghua Road 選用雲林小農生產的玉米，配以店家調配的粉料烤製，有原味、新孜然及地獄勁辣三種口味。 Sweet corn from Yunlin city is grilled and coated in spice mix - choose between original, cumin or fiery hot.
阿輝麵線-士林廟口

(A Hui Vermicelli)

 士林廟口 攤子臨近廟口，不設座位。麵線帶蔬菜甜味，實而不華，設兩種份量，也可加配花枝或大腸。 This stall by the temple with no seating serves no-frills vermicelli soup with pork chitterlings or cuttlefish
   斌大腸包小腸-正宗士林創始店

 (Pin Taiwanese Sausage with Sticky Rice)

 84 Danan Road, Shilin 店主在電轉爐前應接不暇，全因其帶蒜香的香腸和軟綿綿的糯米包極受歡迎，更備有十多款醬汁。 There's always a queue for their garlic sausage in fluffy, sticky rice. Jazz it up with one of the sauces.
景美米粉湯-景美夜市

(Jingmei Thick Rice Noodles)

 119, Jingmei Street 粗米粉吸盡大骨精華，滑嫩而不軟爛。炸三鮮外酥內嫩， 搭配脆口的醃黃瓜，不容錯過 Noodles soak up the flavourful pork bone soup; deep-fried seafood trio with cucumber is another must-try
鵝媽媽鵝肉切仔麵-景美夜市

(Mother Goose Noodles)

 37-3, Jingmei Street 招牌鵝肉肉質柔嫩，白切的清甜，煙燻的香氣濃郁。另有鴨肉與鴨肉麵類可供選擇 Steamed or smoked, the goose is always juicy and velvety. The offal and duck noodles also stand out
 格登炸雞-通化夜市

( Golden Fried Chicken)

  35, Alley 50, Lane 39, Tonghua Street, Da’an,   Tel.+886 983 186 080 必點招牌炸雞和甜不辣外脆內軟，老闆堅持現點現炸，故製作需時；建議趁熱食用。 Both chicken and tempura are fried-to-order, but the piping hot and perfectly fried items are worth the wait.
東發號油飯麵線-饒河街夜市

(Tung Fa Hao)

 Tel.+886 2 2769 5739 94 Raohe Street 顏老先生於1937年創立，繼承的女兒繼續以清湯烹煮蚵仔麵線，成品鮮甜甘美。 The second-generation owner makes tasty baby oyster vermicelli soup the same way as her father did when he started in 1937
麻糬寶寶-饒河街夜市

(Mochi Baby )

 111, Raohe Street 透明廚櫃在此經營十多年，所賣的小麻糬每天鮮做，口感軟糯且帶糯米香 The transparent case houses chewy mocha - they're freshly made every day and have a strong sticky rice fragrance.
ps: 小王清湯瓜仔肉-華西街夜市

　

　

     ●  Liberty Times (自由時報) 1-6-2019 :  Taipei City Hall's "Model Night Markets" project, aims at " Japanese tourists are willing to sit down and eat "，however, quite many stalls of this used to be high cooperative Nin-Xia night market oppose, in that elevating the hygienic level or style increases their running costs (new tables & seats, tableware, etc)， and might loses their characteristics, human touch ...

　

　

  Michelin Taipei 2018

　

     ●  Michelin Guide Taipei announced at 3-14-2018 starred restaurants of Taipei Taiwan.   Unlike other Asian street food stalls earning some Michelin stars (e.g., Singapore's Liao Fan soya sauce chicken rice & noodle, Hong Kong's Mammy Pancake and Thailand Bangkok's Jay Fai's wok-fired dishes), there's no any Taiwanese local specialty  (night market cheap eats, street food)  won any starred title.   Besides, Liao Fan was just a stall in Singapore, was upgraded to a restaurant in Taipei's prime and expensive location, still failed to win any title in Michelin Guide Taipei, including Bib Gourmand, and Plate (L'Assiette Michelin).    Further info. about Taiwan's night market street food in Michelin non-starred list is in the next web-page.

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Bloomberg 3-15-2018 : Taiwan ranks about the last in number of  Michelin 3-Stars among  Asian cities; Taiwan's night market street food fails to win any Michelin star, but Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand did.

tbl.: Total number of Michelin Stars comparison among Chinese-world cities
Michelin Guide 2018

3 star

2 star

1 star

num. of starred restaurants (星數)
Hong Kong, Macau  (港澳) 8 16 57 81
Singapore (新加坡) jun'17 1 7 30 38
Shanghai (上海) sept'17 2 6 22 30
Taipei  (台北) 1 2 17 20

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  1. Michelin  Bib Gourmand, street food,  3-6-2018　

 Michelin Taipei - "good value" street food, NT30 ~ NT1300 (avg. 1000)

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◆ night markets
饒河夜市:  陳董藥燉排骨 (Chen Dong Pork Ribs stewed in medicinal herbs) 910 901 933 160, Rao-he St.  (Raohe St. Night Market 慈祐宮前八德路旁, 饒河街160號路邊攤) stewed with lots rack of pork-ribs and medicinal herbs
饒河夜市:福州世祖胡椒餅(FuZhou Black Pepper bun)Pepper cakes/Hujiao bing / wheat buns more accurately, pies or pockets  2311 5098 Rao-he St. Night Market (饒河夜市) cook for immediate consumption, paper-thin wrappings, crispy & good-smell, rich hot broth with spicy pepper flavour (「現做現賣，皮薄香脆，餡料肉汁淋漓且充滿辛香胡椒味)
饒河夜市, 施老闆麻辣臭豆腐(Shi Boss Spicy Tofu) 910 163 404 191, Rao-he St.  (Raohe St. Night Market 饒河街191號) Chou doufu / stinky tofu : hot spicy  stinky tofu soup, tender duck blood, pickled cabbage & deep-fried stinky tofu (麻辣臭豆腐湯加嫩滑鴨血必點，配以醃白菜的炸臭豆腐)
南機場夜市:臭老闆臭豆腐(Stinky Tofu Boss) 2305 2078 6, Ln.313, sec.2, Zhong-hua Rd. (中華路二段313巷6號) Chou doufu / stinky tofu : cook for immediate consumption, no milk-products added, good for Vegetarian
南機場夜市:阿男麻油雞( A Nan sesame Chicken) 0955-572-506 Ln.313, sec.2, Zhong-hua Rd..(中華路二段311巷)   health preserving sesame oil chicken soup (not very greasy) for all four seasons (四季合宜的養生麻油)
寧夏夜市: 豬肝榮仔(Rong's Pork Liver) 2553-9710 / 0935-937-231 68 Nin-Xia Rd. (Nin-Xia night market, 寧夏路68號前) Pig liver and pig bag only (只賣豬肝湯和豬肚湯，湯底肉香味濃，豬肝熟度完美，豬肚軟腍入味，配以香辛薑絲)
 寧夏夜市: 劉芋仔 (Liu Yu Zi Taiwan's taro - similar to sweet potato) 0920 091 595 34-4, Nin-Xia Rd.  (寧夏路34之4號, 蓬萊國小旁 Nin-Xia night market, )  
the reason of  being selected is its  fresh ingredients, and cook for immediate consumption.  chef specials are chicken-egg taro balls, taro pie ( 蛋黃芋餅、香酥芋丸 )
 臨江街夜市:梁記滷味 ( Liang Ji Lou Wei) 2738-5052  83 Lin-Jiang Str (Nin-Jian night market , 臨江街83號)  Braised food/snacks : crispy duck intestines taste best
 臨江街夜市:駱記小炒(Lou Ji Xiao Chao) 2708 1027 27, alley 50, Lane 39, Tong-Hua Str. (通化街39巷50弄27號Nin-Jian night market ) all stir fried dishes (beef, snail, etc) are its signature
Hi-Yu Ribs stewed in medicinal herbs(士林夜市: 海友十全排骨) 2888 1959  49, Da-Dong Rd. (大東路49, Shilin night market)   Ribs stewed in 15 different kinds of secret-recipe medicinal herbs (15種以上的中藥秘方烹調出美味養生的藥膳排骨湯)
　
◆ ps: some info. from Apple Daily headlines, UDN, 3-7-2018 ; https://guide.michelin.com/tw/en/taipei
　

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2.  Michelin Plate (L'Assiette Michelin), 6/70 are street food  , 3-14-2018

　

  Michelin Plate - street food  3-14-2018

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 東發號 2769 5739; no 94, Rao-he St. Rao-he St. Night Market(饒河夜市) Oyster vermicelli / Oa misua (蚵仔麵線),

avg. consumption NTD60;
since 1937, soup made by big bones, not sticky

 麻糬寶寶 2311 5098; no 111~105, Rao-he St. Rao-he St. Night Market(饒河夜市) soft-rice pie (麻糬) using local rice and rice imported from Thailand, avg. consumption NTD30
 圓環邊 2558 0198; 46 Nin-Xia Rd Nin-Xia night market(寧夏夜市) Oyster omelette、oyster soup (蚵仔湯), etc,  avg.  NTD65;
since 1965, made by oyster delivered from Tai-nan daily.  ps: 3-10-'18 6:30pm , both this shop and Lai-zi (賴記蚵仔煎) have long queue, but Michelin does not select Lai-Zi
 斌 大腸包小腸 0910-396195; 84 Da-Nan Rd Shi-lin night market(士林夜市) Da chang bao xiao chang / big sausage wrapped around small sausage (大腸包小腸), avg.  NTD55;

10+ similar stalls in the market, but this stall got long queue.
 阿輝麵線 0952-672655; 67 Da-Nan Rd Shi-lin night market(士林夜市)  Oyster vermicelli / Oa misua (蚵仔麵線), avg.  NTD25;

To keep low price, they replace oyster by squid...
 山內雞肉 2305 0010; 20, ln307 sec2, ChingHua Rd Southern Airport night market (南機場夜市) chicken meat, avg.  NTD70;
good value.
ps: Michelin Plate's full list pls. ref. to Apple Daily (蘋果日報) 3-15-2018 ; ps2: Michelin Plate is not an award, it helps foodies' to expand quality-food restaurants choices.  ps3:  ref to UDN 4-2-2018

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     ●  All night-market districts across Taiwan have safety problem similar to the big gas-cylinder LPG-explosion in Fengjia (逢甲) night market (known as largest night-market business district in Taiwan) / The China Times, 7-19-2017.

     ●  BBC, Dec. 12, 2018: New York is the city never sleeps, Taiwan must be the island never gets full -  there's a fourth and final meal (Xiaoye) in Taiwan... loud messy night life has stinky tofu (Li Zhang Bo, NingXia night market), oyster pancakes, blow-torched steak, honey sweet pearl milk tea, comically fat pork sausages ...  
     ●  SETV news, 3-23-2018: About half number of stalls in Liu-Ho night market, once Taiwan's No.1 popular "charming" night market aged 60, was closed, for lacking of Chinese tourists, being a greedy market ripping tourists off (the other two are Shi-Lin and Keng-Tin night market),  and being highly homogenous (all about the same).

　

    

  Taiwan,  a ripping-tourists-off paradise

Shi-lin night market

Shi-Mun Din (西門町)

Keng-Tin (墾丁大街)

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pic.: Apple Daily headline news 4-8-2018: Taiwan became a ripping-tourists-off paradise, scholars criticized
Taiwan government kept blind eyes and did nothing about this. 
ps: CTS 4-11-2018: Keng-Tin's ripping tourists off already seriously damaged Taiwan image. 

　

United Daily 10-24-2019: some of the night markets or street food stalls in Taipei do not provide tourists or customers
with price-list menu, or their menu is not clear enough, now Taipei gov. is trying to do something for this ...

　

　

　

蘋果日報 (Apple Daily), 12-9-2018:

ripping-off controversies

 what's about
 Dec., 2018 / Yi-Lan City, LuoDong night market (宜蘭羅東夜市)
(was blamed as 2nd Keng-Tin)		 crispy spare-ribs (排骨酥), NTD 60 for only 4 pieces
Dec., 2018 / Rei-Feng night market, Kao-hsiung (高雄瑞豐夜市) water-boiled corns, NTD 220 for 4 pieces, was scolded if chose leaving
April, 2018 / Shi-Lin or Shih-Lin night market, Taipei (士林夜市) fresh-cut fruits , NTD 30 for 100g ,
NT1500 for 7 bags  (Korean tourist complained)
April, 2018 / Keng-Tin night market, Kao-hsiung  (墾丁夜市) both look alike,
minced pork on noodles (肉燥乾麵) NT180,
 3-colored plain noodles (三色拌麵) NT220
Dec. , 2017 / Keng-Tin night market, Kao-hsiung  (墾丁夜市) <吳師傅魯味> - braised flavour (滷味2盤) 2 plates NTD1845
Jan., 2017 / Kao-hsiung City,  Liu-Ho night market (六和夜市) stir fried La's Jargon (炒烏魚膘) NT1680,
price down to NTD840 after reporting to the police

ps: Consumer Ombudsman Officer (消保官) advises asking price and quantity in advance for self-protection

　

　

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     ●  New York Times (2-24-2017):   Taipei ... has a street food scene as vibrant as that of Bangkok; restaurants that specialize in both Taiwanese and regional cuisines from around China; thousands of cheap and cheerful joints at which to drink cold beer with small plates and quick stir-fries; ....  ref to https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/travel/taipei-taiwan-restaurants-local.html

     ●  Chang Gung Mem. Hospital professor Yin M.D. : "Minimize the times of dining out to protect your health !".

    ●  Apple Daily, 11-20-2017 : Almost all world countries are more and more strict with food safety, only Taiwan is more and more relaxed in legislating for food safety.   In this way, how can Taiwan have a reputation on "fine food kingdom" ?  (breif)  /  by 邱致穎, chair, and teacher of food science, TungHai University. 
     ●  The United Daily (3-1-2017): Many Taiwanese night markets closed down due to lacking of distinguishing feature or quality, and the number of Chinese tourists sudden decreasing.

   ●  The Liberty Times (10-22-2015):   Legislator criticized Taiwan's tourism ads. flattering & focusing on "small eat" (street foods), but those small eats in each night markets are highly homogenous (all about the same) and lack of Taiwan's "culture". 
     ● The China Times (5-26-2015), a critique in media commentary<掉漆的文創> :"Something we should pay attention to is, a Hong Kong poll on the net selected Taiwan as the most disappointed point of attraction on this planet  ―  Taiwan's night market is the only place being worthy of visiting".    
 ★ ●  The China Times (8-8-2015) : Taiwan failed to establish a high-quality image of tourism & travel, but just impressed tourists a place filled with cheap goods, e.g., small-eat,  that's a bad marketing strategy.

      

    ●  In UK's Economist Intelligence Unit - Global Food Security Index ( Sept., 2017), Taiwan is not included , China's score of 2017 is 63.7, ranks 45th among 113 nations ( Singapore 4, Japan 18, Korea 24, Ireland 1, US 2, UK 3,);  In EIU Liveability Country Level Index (Jan. 2015), Taipei's "Food Security Index" ("1" means "Most Secure") is "42", same as all other communist China's major cities, e.g., GuangZhou, TianJin, Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai.  Asia best Singapore's index from "5" in 2014 rises to "2" in 2015 (5-28-2015).  Most-secure-food cities include New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington D.C., all are Index "1",  Paris Index is "3" ,  Zurich and Amsterdam index "5", Brussels "7".     The Economist (11-29-2014) analyzed Taiwanese black-heart foods caused ruling party "has suffered one of its worst electoral defeats" since 1949,  "The failure of Mr Ma’s government to prevent a series of food scandals has also upset many"。The New York times (9.8.2014): The authorities in Taiwan are scrambling to control a tainted-cooking-oil scandal that has affected hundreds of manufacturers and raised fears about health risks posed in many commonly consumed food items... the new scandal shows that there is still not enough being done to eliminate lawbreaking production lines”.   BusinessWeek (9-8-2014): "The new gutter-oil scandal has “shocked local consumers” in Taiwan".   BBC (11-19-2013): Consumers in Taiwan have been shocked by a series of food safety scandals.

      

　

　

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◎ Discovery (USA) called oyster omelette as  "Taiwanese Viagra".  Oyster omelet is best dish / most typical snack in Taiwan.
◎ Taiwanese government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) announced via Guardian (UK) and United Daily (Taiwan) in 2010 that Taiwan will spend
NT1 billion dollars on promoting "country brand" by popularizing typical foods, oyster omelet and stinky tofu...   Although Bizarre Foods of
Andrew Zimmern in Nov. '15 mentioned Americans are afraid of street foods ...
 ◎ Apple Daily's Next magazine (12-16-2015): gov. statistics - night market is No.1 attraction tourists visited. ◎ United Daily (10-31-2015):
"Many Chinese tourists, Small incomes ... they took lots of photo, spent little "

　

　
oyster omelet reported by Discovery USA oyster omelet reported by CNN 7-24-2015

ShiLin night market's "Grandmom's family" (「阿婆之家」) oyster omelet was one of 2 stores earliest-selling oyster omelets in Taiwan.  "Loyalty" / "Zhong Cheng" (「忠誠號」) is another most famous Taiwanese oyster omelette in ShiLin night market.
The Liberty Times (12-13-2015) also intro. oyster omelette : TaiChung ZhongXiao (忠孝) night market, 大胖蚵仔煎、ZhongHua night market, Chen - a 40 yrs old shop (陳四十年老店, 一段197號), Kasohsiung, a popular shop, Tsai (蔡家in軍校路54) etc.

　

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Discovery (USA) visited and introduced "The Circle Side" ("圓環邊") oyster omelet (46 Nin-Xia Rd. Taipei). CNN  (July 24, 2015) ranked "Lai Ji" oyster omelet as No.3 among "40 Taiwanese foods we can't live without" . ps: The Liberty Times (9-18-2015 Weekender): some businesses used soaking in phosphatic water to enlarger oysters, formaldehyde (HCHO) to extend oysters expiration, borax(硼砂) to whiten (or avoid dark / black color) oysters ... better select shops with reputation.

　

　
　 　

　

　

　

best street food - braised pork rice in Taiwan

　

　

　

CNN（ 7-24-2015）"40 Taiwanese foods we can't live without" -  ranking No.1 is
Gin-Fon(金鋒)Braised pork rice, which is next to Nan-Men Market (on Roosevelt Rd. - for honoring US former president);
NT50 for Large-sized , NT30 Small-sized.  But, pls. note no braised egg (NT10) in CNN website's pic. (8-4-2015) is included in the pork rice, besides, according to United Daily (4-30-2011, 6-5-2014), braised pork rice was selected as one of 10 unhealthy, dangerous Taiwanese foods in night market (see tbl. below), however this never affects a long queue at front of Gin-Fon restaurant.

　

　

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CNN推薦台灣No.2的美食
　

　

　

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CNN（7-24-2015）recommands 40 Taiwanese foods that we can't live without,

the picture above is No.2  food  
― Lin_Dong_Fang beef noodle in Ba-de road, Taipei. (neighborhood of the

 headquarter of KMT, Taiwan's ruling political-party '08 ~ '16)
you can see a long queue in each weekday's dining time , but, It looks bit awful, 

even it tastes awesome,
how do Westerners feel about the "restaurant"?  another one CNN recommended

 is TaoYuan Street Lao Wang beef noodle,
 their beef is sort of pink-colored (look like roast beef), very tender, and less salty than

 Lin Dong-Fang's. (ps: new shop near Fu-Xin N.  / 2019)

　

　

pic. right:  Newly decor. Lin_Dong_Fang beef noodle grand reopened
 in Ba-de road (near Fu-Xing N.),
but not long later, lost its Michelin title just won in 2018,  
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Pic. above: 90% of what we eat and use contain poison or toxin - The secret that Taiwanese business won't tell you, the cover-page of book  <Those black-heart products poison-experts never buy (毒物專家絕不買的黑心商品)>, written by professor Wu (吳家誠), consultant of Taiwanese government and dean of National Taiwan Normal University.

　

pic. left: Most 5 star hotel restaurants in Taiwan don't wash the vegetables, they just soak in water and cut them... It's 5 star restaurants' "S.O.P", not to mention average Taiwanese restaurants... , besides, the food-safety specialty of 5 star restaurants deserves my concerns.  A 5 star hotel restaurant made Japanese sashimi by fresh-water fishes, this may causes serious infection and even cancer, according to Japanese studies in 2013...hence, people should minimize the number of times dining out to assure safety / Jiang M.D.'s book "食在安心"(by 江守山 M.D.,  Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taiwan Veterans General Hospital, etc. ), printed in Oct, 2014.   Another book "Fruits , Vegetables" (Chinese namely, "遠離毒蔬果") written by IMEI (義美) group's leader Luis Ko (高志明), page 162 quoted Dr. Gaston J.C. Wu (professor & dean, Taiwan Normal University) that Taiwan's vegetables and fruits should be flush thoroughly with plenty of flowing water, those tiny gaps and hollows need to be brushed before cooking or/and eating.  No just soaking vegetables and fruits in water in a large basin ...

　
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  CNN（7-24-2015）recommanded in large sized webpage that "40 Taiwanese foods we can't live without"，

       No.1 is Braised pork rice ("金鋒滷肉飯" 10 Roosevelt Road, Section 1, Taipei).
       No.2 is beef noodle ( ◆Lin Dong Fang store, Taipei, 274 Ba-de Rd., and ◆Lao Wang, 15 Tao Yuan Street ，◆Pin Chuan Lan "品川蘭" , No. 10, Alley 11, Lane 216, Zhongxiao East Road, Section 2, Taipei)。
       No.3 is oyster omelet ( Taipei Nin-Xia night market, Lai Ji 198-22 Min-sen W. Rd.),
       No.4 is Bubble tea ("台中春水堂"48 Yi-shu St., Longjing, Taichung , and "台南翰林茶館"313, Section 2, Minzu Road, Tainan 。
       No. 5 is Milkfish (虱目魚/ "小隱私廚"65 Yongkang St., Taipei) 。ps: this site thinks the grilled/roast sea-milkfish (烤虱目魚, one piece for NT295) smells good but probably too salty or bit burned for some people - my families. 

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　       6. 擔仔麵Slack Season danzai noodles(16 Jhongjheng Road, Tainan )、
      7. 生煎包Pan-fried buns(Hsu Ji, Shida Night Market) 、
      8. 割包Gua bao(3, Alley 8, Lane 316, Section 3, Rooservelt Road)、
      9. 鐵蛋Iron egg(Seaside A-Po, 151-1, Jhongjheng Road, Tamshui; A-Po, 135-1, Jhongjheng Road, Tamshui)、
      10. 鳳梨酥Pineapple cake(1/F, No. 1, Alley 4, Lane 36, Section 5, Minsheng East Riad)、
      11. 甜不辣Tian bu la (Taiwanese oden,95 Xining South Road, Wanhua  )、
      12. 肉圓Ba wan (Giant meat dumplings, 17, Lane 16, Renai Street, Kaohsiung)、
      13. 鹽酥雞Salty Fried chicken(530-1, Bei'an Road)、
      14. 蔥抓餅Flaky scallion pancakes、
      15. 蚵仔麵線Oyster vermicelli(Ay-Chung, 8-1 Emei St., Wanhua) 、
      16. 炸臭豆腐Stinky tofu(No. 347, Jiangong Road, Sanmin Dist, Kaohsiung) 、
      17. 地瓜稀飯Sweet potato soft rice、
      18. 刨冰Shaved ice mountain、
      19. 胡椒餅Pepper cakes(Raohe night market, north end of Kee Lung Road)、
      20. 鼎泰豐小籠包Dumplings at Din Tai Fung、
      21. 魚丸湯Fish ball soup(No. 21, Lane 210, Section 2, Yanping North Road, Datong)、
      22. 藥燉排骨Ribs stewed in medicinal herbs(Nanya Night Market, Nanya East Road, Taipei )、
      23.~ 40 pls. ref. to CNN web-site http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/23/travel/40-taiwan-food/

　

　

　

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   USA  CNNGO  (3-23-2012) introduced Asia's 10 greatest street-foods cities ( http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/eat/asia-street-food-cities-612721?page=0,2 ) , and Taiwanese street-side snacks in night markets.  CNN ranked Taipei as No. 2 among Asia's 10 greatest street foods cities.  No.1 city is Malaysia's Penang,  No.3 is Thailand's Bangkok, No.4 Vietnam's 河內, No.5 Singapore, No.6 Korea Seoul, No.7 China's XiAnn, No.8 Philippines Manila...
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 Taiwanese 'small eat' street-foods intro. by CNN :

Taipei's night market foods Try it at market ps:
　
1. Sheng jian bao (生煎包) Taiwan Normal Univ. night market (師大夜市) ...They hail from Shanghai, ...
　
2.Chou doufu / stinky tofu (臭豆腐)  Raohe St. Night Market (饒河夜市)  is a Taipei night market specialty. ...... Those new to the dish often find ... less intimidating and less, well, stinky.
3.Oa misua / oyster vermicelli (蚵仔麵線)  Shilin night market(士林夜市)   A Taiwanese specialty...
4.Gua bao / pork belly bun or "Taiwanese burger," as it's sometimes called  (掛包)  Taiwan Normal Univ. night market (師大夜市) ... creating one of the world’s greatest snacks.
5. Hujiao bing / wheat buns more accurately, pies or pockets   (胡椒餅) Raohe St. Night Market (饒河夜市) ...savory filling is impossible to resist.
6. Niu rou mian / spicy beef soup with hand-pulled noodles  (牛肉麵) LaoPai Niurou La Mian Da Wang, Chongqing Nan Lu Yi Duan 46 Gang, Taipei  PS: A famous Taiwanese MD suggests not to have this for health's sake.
7.Douhua (豆花) 士林夜市   (Shilin night market) Taiwanese dessert made from the softest, silkiest tofu ...
8.Ba wan / Taiwanese meatballs  (肉丸) Taiwan Normal Univ. night market (師大夜市) a traditional Taiwanese snack food considered by many to be the country's national dish
9.Cong you bing / a flaky scallion pancake made with hand-rolled dough ( 蔥油餅)  Shilin night market(士林夜市)   Another dish with its roots in China...
 10.Da chang bao xiao chang / big sausage wrapped around small sausage (大腸包小腸)  Shilin night market(士林夜市)   　

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 Pic. left: mall's version of night markets,  small-eat street is the Cash Cow for most dept. stores (malls)
 in Taiwan.  Pic. is small-eat street in Taipei 101 Tower.

Pic. right: Ranking No.1 on google by "comment Taiwan night market " in Chinese,
 10-15-2018,  9-3-2018, 2-14-2017, Sept. 2, 2015.

　

　

　

The most popular small eats in Taipei 101 snack court:

tourists: No1 Liao Fan soya sauce chicken (了凡油雞飯) 
No.2  Indonesian flavor pepper beef rice (胡椒廚房胡椒牛肉飯)

本地客:No.1 oyster pancake/omelete (興葉蚵仔煎)
  No.2  vegetables (蔬河)
No.3 小南門 豆花 湯圓 牛捲餅

/ Apple Daily 12-26-2018

　

　


　


 Pic. right: Ranking No.2 on Yahoo by "comment Taiwan night markets" in Chinese, Sept. 14, 2015.
 No.1 at 10-15-2018, 9-3-2018, 1-10-2017


　

　

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    CNN's article ( 2 -11- 2015) "10 things Taiwan does better than anywhere else", first off introduced Taiwan's night market and small eat, "Taiwan sure has a lot of night markets -- an estimated 300 island-wide.", "some 70% of tourists to Taiwan will visit a night market.".  
★   CNN Go (3-23-2012) selected Taiwan's Taipei as No.2 city among "Asia's 10 greatest street foods cities", only next to Malaysia's Penang, better than No.3 Thailand's Bangkok, No.4 Vietnam's 河內, No.5 Singapore, No.6 Korea Seoul, No.7 China's XiAnn, No.8 Philippines Manila...  ref. to ps2.

★ CNN readers to Vote (June 15, 2015): "Which destination has the world's best food? ", Taiwan ranks world No.1 (8,242 votes) in that open Facebook poll.  CNN stated that the culinary philosophy in Taiwan is simple. Eat often and eat well. Small eats -- but lots of them -- are the big thing here. CNN mentioned 3 foods - best streetside bao, the most incredible stinky tofu or mind-blowing beef noodle soup。
 ★  Business Insider (6-10-2015) introduced Taiwan's tour ―― Let's start with the food. Taiwanese people love to eat. The dishes people miss the most when they leave include beef noodle soup, soup dumplings from Din Tai Fung, and the uniquely Taiwanese oyster omelets.

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       But, this web-site comments:

　     
    (1) stinky tofu (臭豆腐): This tasteful food may has some problems, including G.M.(genetic modified) soy as material, and deep-fried food being not healthy ― widely known already.
    (2) beef noodle (牛肉麵): They usually use a source namely DorBanJian(豆瓣醬), so, better select restaurants with reputation to avoid aflatoxin which may contains in 豆瓣醬 and may leads to liver cancer.
    (3) oyster omelet (蚵仔煎) :  It is most typical Taiwanese food ( you can see this street snack  in any night market), but not exquisite & elaborated food.    The oyster omelet in Discovery channel uses grounded-peanut.  Be careful of fatal aflatoxin may be in brand peanut-powder , since a famous peanut product made in USA found aflatoxin before.
　 　

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  Are those "Taiwanese small eat & night market street foods" healthy to humans??

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     ◆  Chang Gung Mem. Hospital professor T.H. Yen M.D. (Doctor, Univ. of London ): "Minimize the times of dining out to protect your health !" ( ref. to book <食品不安全的年代如何自保>("how to survive in this bad food-security time", April 2016)) 

      ◆   Jiang So-San M.D. (江守山, 12-2018, <早安健康 - 名醫餐桌> ) : 「Food safety issue matters !」"generally speaking, what we eat nowadays are "very dirty".   Minimize the times of eating/dining out to control poison exposure to be within a margin of safety (控制毒物暴露量在一定程度之內)，Taiwan ranks world No.1 in usage of pesticides per unit of land area (單位土地面積使用農藥)，according to a study by National Yang-Ming University, 98% of urine samples randomly chosen from kids in Taipei, Taiwan, contain pesticide,  the Plasticizer of dust in our houses as well as pregnant women's urine both rank world No.1.   Besides, there're really too much addictives inside our food 。  More than most of Taiwan's restaurants currently use artificial chemical soy sauce(化學水解醬油)，which inevitably produces chemical 3-MCPD (單氯丙二醇) and may results in tongue cancer, kidney cancer, lliver cancer,  we all ate them too much already !   Taiwanese over-value economic price, therefore we got too many terrible stuffs in home or in our body.

　

     ◆    The China Times, 10-20-2018  opinion (editorial)   https://opinion.chinatimes.com/20181019003889-262101 :

Taiwan's food safety failed again and again,  Dioxin, Fipronil poison-eggs in last year, Nicarbazin illegal drug residue event in this year.  Europe was very cautious about Fipronil event, in contrast, Taiwan did nothing about it.   Even worse, Taiwan officials hide Nicarbazin issue from Taiwanese people to baby related business ― indulge business to retrieve problematic eggs and then resell them as promotion goods..

Why do high-ranking officials always fudge Taiwanese people's only, and humblest request ？?   (brief)

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     ◆     The China Times (中國時報), 2-28-2019,  opinion (editorial) questions Taiwan officials are trying very hard to hide the epidemic state of Marek's virus in chicken eggs ...

     ◆     The Apple Daily (蘋果日報), 2-22-2019:  Food safety is still Taiwanese most concern issue since Melamine event of 2008,  Fipronil residue in eggs and pesticide residue in vegetables recently drew attentions again. (brief) / by legislator & National Taiwan Univ. professor Wu (吳焜裕)

　

     ◆  Apple Daily, 11-20-2017 : Almost all world countries are more and more strict with food safety, only Taiwan is more and more relaxed in legislating for food safety.   In this way, how can Taiwan have a reputation on "fine food kingdom" ?  (breif)  /  by 邱致穎, chair, and teacher of food science, TungHai University. 

      ◆  China Times, 10-22-2017 : 84 out of 100 int'l tourist in time choose going to night market, 11+% local people go to night market.

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　 ◆  Apple Daily News (蘋果日報) 8-28-2015,  A2 Prime News Edition

          The incidence rate of Taiwanese people suffering colon/rectal cancer was ranked world No.1 (2nd is Korea, 3rd Slovakia) , Taipei Medical University Hospital's director of surgeons expressed Taiwan's food scandals constantly happened in recent years, many black-heart tainted foods containing Carcinogen (cancer producer) is a factor causing high incidence rate.

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◆  United Daily News, 10-13-2015:  "A great survey to Taiwan's aged-100 centenarians" found that "... they seldom dine out".
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 ◆  The Liberty Times - Weekender  9.18.2015   Industrial bleaching agent, plumping agent with Aluminum, Industrial adhesives Maleic Acid,  Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate dihydrate (CH3NaO3S) , Gypsum of pharmaceutic ,   corn starch, phosphatic, formaldehyde (HCHO), borax, etc were used as foods addictives for better selling.  (for full details pls. ref. to Liberty Times)

Business Today.no.856, 2013 : not only banned colouring agent, copper chlorophyllin cooking oil, toxic ('poisonous') starch, dangerous levels of industrial plasticisers, poor-quality rice, deceptive advertising bakery ... were exposed in Taiwan media, but also dangerous materials/ingredients like hydrogen peroxide, Rongalite (Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate dihydrate 吊白塊  ) , Formaldehyde Solution(福馬林),  borax(硼砂) ,  salicylic acid (水楊酸), NaNO2   nitrite (亞硝酸鹽),  fluorescent whitening/bleaching agent (螢光增白劑), copper salts (铜鹽), Sudan (蘇丹红), Butter Yellow(奶油黃),  Rhodamine B (鹽基桃紅精), Auramine (黃色色素鹽基性芥黃), H202 (過氧化氫), 4-ethoxyphenylurea(乙氧基苯脲), Lead oxide (氧化铅), potassium bromate；bromic acid potassium salt (溴酸钾) etc food additives were found in Taiwan's black-heart food and cuisine industries. ●  CLICK for dangerous foods in details :    food scare in Taiwan

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◆  Apple Daily News (蘋果日報) 8-29-2015,   Prime News Edition

          Dark brown sugars commercially available all contain Carcinogen ("丙烯醯胺", acrylamide , inspected results - max up to 2740 ppb ).  Drinking one cup (700 c.c.) of Pearl Milk Tea (full brown sugar) per day, may have risk of getting cancer.

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◆   The China Times, the Liberty Times (10-22-2015): Lead pipes passed Shi-Lin night Market,  Raohe St. (饒河夜市) Night Market, Normal University (師大) night market, Yong-Kang (永康) street business area. (Nin-Xia night market is fine) Taiwan university experts expressed that high lead level in blood may cause infertility for adults, lower IQ and ability of cognition & social contact for kids, Taipei City government stated lead pipes will be replaced soon within 3 years.

　

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◆  Top 10 dangerous street food in Shih-lin night market 
(<Liberty Times自由時報> & <United Daily News聯合報>, 10.1.2013)

night market food

 heat
 (Kcal)大卡

Deep fried chicken breast
 (炸雞排)

 657

蚵仔煎
   Oyster Omelet 

525
油炸臭豆府腐
deep fried Stinky Tofu                      		496
天婦羅 482
士林大香腸
 Large Sausage          		385
大餅包小餅
Small pie in Large pie		 385
士林大煎包
 Pan-fried Pork Dumpling (Large sheng jian bao)                 		340
fruits/fruits slices水果 297
    Fried Cuttlefish Soup / sautéed octopus/ stir fried octopus, squids 生炒花枝 209
十全排骨 175
Ps: (1) advice: share food with your friend, peel the fried chicken skin, etc
(2) measure Kcal compared with : 1 bowl of cooked rice has about 280 Kcal

　

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◆  National Taiwan Normal University - graduate school of Chemistry, dean Dr. Wu (化學所長吳家誠教授)'s book <Those black-heart products toxin-experts never buy (毒物專家絕不買的黑心商品)> (Nov. 2013): Most of the time I eat at home, and has never dined out in street-side shops / small-eat markets (路邊攤), because those small-eat shops usually/always do not meet the minimum standards of cleanliness.  In case I can't reject some dinner party or must dine out,  I select only some restaurants I fully trust.  Besides, I've never touched processed food or cured products, and any drinks commercially available(市售飲料) in Taiwan, particularly, pearl milk tea which already is a world known Taiwanese food.  PS: The China Times (8-15-2015): Taiwanese favorite drinks contain high Kcal/g heat, you will gain 5.1kg if having pearl milk tea one regular cup (not less-sugar option) per day for 2 months.   Green Tea with Yakult(多多)'s Heat 341 Kcal/g, which is 3.2 times the upper limit of free sugar(游離糖) advised by WHO., Yakult drink, Orange juice, milk tea are high-heat too.

　

　


 90% of what we eat and use contain poison or toxin - The secret that Taiwanese business won't tell you.   pic. is the cover of consultant of Taiwan's government & professor Wu's book <Those black-heart products poison-experts never buy (毒物專家絕不買的黑心商品)>
　


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◆ <The China Times>  (8-15-2015):

products ml Heat (Kcal/g)熱量 每瓶含糖等同方糖顆數
Green Tea (多多綠茶) 700 341 14
Pearl Milk Tea (珍珠奶茶全糖) 700 653 12
Yakult drink (發酵乳飲料) 330 243 11
Orange Juice 400 192 10
Milk Tea奶茶 400 212 9

 

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◆  Apple Daily (蘋果日報) 8-29-2015,   Prime News Edition ;  United Daily News(聯合報) 8-29-2015,
        Dark brown sugars commercially available all contain Carcinogen ("丙烯醯胺", acrylamide , inspected results - max up to 2740 ppb ).  Drinking one cup (700 c.c.) of Pearl Milk Tea (full brown sugar) per day, may have risk of getting cancer.

　

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◆  night markets /  Risks everywhere

Black heart addictives harm the whole Taiwan, including almost all night markets, small eat shops, restaurants(幾近全淪陷)

Taiwanese government lacks of ability to handle this food-scare

(<今周刊Business Today>健康生活專刊04, Sept. 2013)

small-eat street-foods

 j  addictives

why dangerous ?

(大腸包小腸) Small Sausage in Large Sausage

nitrite, NIT,NaNO2(亞硝酸鹽)

Used to add red-color addictive for sausage,
Eating too many may cause cancer增加紅色並防腐，過量食用恐致癌

(珍珠奶茶)Pearl milk tea、(青蛙下蛋粉圓)Tapioca (ball) tea

(防腐劑)Preservative

 Eating too many increases burden of liver and kidney, and may cause cancer過量食用增肝腎負擔， 恐致癌

(炸雞排)Deep fried chicken breast、grilled chicken breast (烤雞排)

(嫩精) Tenderizer

 Used for soften the texture, Eating too many may lead to cardiopalmus, lips numb/tingle, temporary ageusia/loss of taste sense (心悸、唇麻、短暫失味覺)

(現切水果)fresh cut fruits、(糖葫蘆)sugar coated Chinese hawthorn fruit

(糖精)Saccharin、 (甘精)glargine

Eating too many hurts liver and alimentary canal or may cause urinary bladder  cancer過量甘精傷肝與消化道、過量糖精致膀胱癌危險

(泰國蝦、烤蝦、蝦仁煎) Thailand shrimp, grilled shrimp, shrimp prawn Omelet

(硼砂)borax

 May get roseola、feel like throwing up、diarrhea 、shock to stupor; coma; muzziness.  Taiwan law already prohibited the use of food/ food products患者皮紅疹、嘔吐、腹瀉diarrhea 、休克致昏迷、已禁用於食品
ps: expert M.D. expressed :
(1)Taiwan's law is behind of medical studies, we already ate lots of legal but suspicious dangerous food addictives.
(2) medical tests only for single chemical compound, not for 2+ chemical compounds (which may be interactive to increase probability of getting cancer)  .台灣美食風險(1)法律落後醫學，我們早已吃下許多合法但疑慮食品添加物 (2)檢驗只針對單一化合物，若化合物相互作用則不查   English version : Food in Taiwan( 危險美食)
　

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 ◆ <CTV> (中視 "新聞一點通"),  9.25.2013 13:35pm

      Even you cook by yourself, still have chance to eat some black-heart ingredients/materials... ("台灣小吃 幾乎淪陷" 就算你三餐自己烹調 也不見得避開所有黑心食材)

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 ◆ <BBC>,  6-6-2013  "台湾来鸿：危机四伏的饮食"

      High-risk industrial starch foods like oden (黑轮, fish cake), Taiwanese meatball, black tapioca pearl (粉圆) are popular Taiwanese small eats in night markets, Most of toxic/poisonous soy sauce were sold and delivered to night markets, including best-known Shih-Lin night markets... Taiwan is the only country eating cured products made by animal-feed, G.M.(genetic modified) soya beans.  (主妇联盟说台湾是世界上唯一直接食用饲料级基改黄豆加工 的豆制品国家。)

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◆ Top 10 Most Dangerous Taiwanese Snacks
(<United Daily News 聯合報> 4.30.2011)

 small eat

 heat  density
(大卡Kcal/克g)		 quantity of heat calorie
 (大卡Kcal/克g)

鹽酥雞Taiwan's fried chicken

 3.9 585/150

蔥油餅Scallion Cake or Chinese Pizza   

3.78 541/143
鍋貼Fried-Dumpling                                     3.06 753/246
大腸包小腸
Small Sausage in Large Sausage 		 2.68 582/217
滷肉飯
Braised Pork Rice                         		2.25 648/288
油炸臭豆府腐
deep fried Stinky Tofu		 2.13 565/265
米糕
Gutinous Rice Pudding                    		1.98 672/340
肉圓Meatball 1.85 324/185
蚵仔煎
   Oyster Omelet                               		1.55 516/332
蚵仔麵線Oyster thin/soft Noodles 1.01 415/412
(above may be: Top 10 Most Popular Local Delicacies)

　

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Taiwan
food		 ◆   <Business Today>, Taiwan  Pic. above: The secret that restaurant bosses don't dare to speak out !
Fatal & Horrible cooking materials/ingredients !
A top chef : "These cuisine are made for customers, you guys (assistants in kitchen) don't eat them ! "

Pic. right:  Taiwan's government is unable to do administration on food industry, all Taiwanese people are in deep risk !
Black hearted soy sauce harms the whole Taiwan! it appears almost all night markets, snack shops, restaurants ... <Business Today> no. 856

 

 ◆ The New York Times, The Economist (11.29.2014) comment and analyzed that a series of food safety scandals is one of few main factors causing the KMT, Taiwan's ruling party, has suffered one of its worst electoral defeats since Chiang Kai-shek and his forces fled to the island at the end of Chinese civil war in 1949.

 

　

◆ Taiwanese government never does some soul searching and corrects the wrong, according to Business Weekly (No. 1436, June 2015), "It's weirdo !!, Taiwanese government's food-safety check only focuses on 3 dried products - dried daylily, dried radish, and preserved fruits (snacks)", National Taiwan University professor Wu K.Y. comments it as "Completely evading the crucial point", "those 3 items are very low risky products", and "Taiwan's food safety is nothing but a slogan (台灣食安只有口號-apple daily 3-28-2015  http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20150328/582381/)".

　

　

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◆  United Daily News(聯合報)/Liberty Times(自由時報)/China Times(中國時報) etc,  6.5.2014

Top 10 horrible combination-food in Taiwan for office ladies/men (十大恐怖外食)

 horrible index

hamburger + French fries (middle sized) + coke (600 cc)
　

 too much greasy, sugar, salty

Spareribs (pork-rib) lunch box排骨便當 + pearl milk tea (500cc)
  
Fried-Dumpling鍋貼 + bean sauce (350cc)                 
Baked Italia noodle + Puff pastry on creamy soup
Korea fried chicken + beer       
Fried rice + pork-ball soup貢丸
Ramen (Japanese noodle)拉麵 + soft ice-cream               
Braised Pork Rice滷肉飯   + fish-ball soup
  beef noodle + pickle vegetable酸菜
deep-fried meat-ball炸肉圓 + olen (Japanese style Kantoni)關東煮

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★  Taiwan administration and vendors may learn something or be inspired by research article :   https://www.cookly.me/10-cities-where-you-can-eat-amazing-street-food

★  Taiwan dangerous food, pls. click Food Scare for full details !

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 other night markets intro. by local media    

             

         ●   Asia Travel channel, Chef Nic (12道鋒味), 11-2-2018:  舒琪 intro. Kee-long City, Miaokou night market
                 ● No. 15 stall  (天婦羅)    ●  Wu Family's  Din-Bian-Tsou / Potside sticker soup (百年吳家鼎邊銼)   ●  No. 58 stall  Nutritious Sandwich (營養三明治) 
                 ●  Chen Ji  Pao-Pao Ice / bubble ice  (甜品 陳記泡泡冰)  ●  Deep fried chicken - opposite of No. 42 stall  
                       Chef Nic (HK star 謝霆鋒) comments : "fantastic atmosphere, solid foundations (氣氛非常棒  基礎很扎實)"


        

       ● United Daily (3-1-2017 聯合報):  Nin-Xia night market became the model of all this kind due to its creative business strategy which includes first non-smoking night-market, heat (Kcal) remarks, and outdoor-style catering "千歲宴"... 

      ● United Daily (1-13-2016): Taipei mayor Ko expressed Shi-Lin night market and Nin-Xia night market are 2 most popular Taipei markets selected by tourists.

　
◎  Taiwan's best night markets ― in more details:
★ 士林夜市   ( Shi-Lin or Shih-Lin night market)  ★ Shih-Lin night market's brand foods
◎  "Grandmom's family"「阿婆之家」(ps: was one of 2  stores earliest-selling oyster omelet in Taiwan.)、       

(Liberty Times 自由時報, news reported at 2-7-2013)

　

  1) "Zhong Cheng Hou"「忠誠號」 since 1972，brand foods are stir-fried cuttlefish thick soup (生炒花枝羹)，pig liver soup with sesame oil (麻油豬肝湯), and oyster omelet。

　

  2) Widely known "Hao-Da" (豪大) XL deep fried chicken breast has 2 branches，one is at front of theater (陽明戲院)、another is near night market in Gin-Ho Rd.

　

 
3) Others like Small pie in Large pie (大餅包小餅)、Oyster vermicelli /thin, soft Noodles (阿亮麵線)、Tapioca ball tea(青蛙下蛋)、 seafood & herb regimen food (海友十全藥膳) are good-tasted foods 。

　

　
◎"Loyalty" / "Zhong Cheng Hou"「忠誠號」―  oyster omelette or 天婦羅
◎ Chou doufu (stinky tofu) in Shi-Lin night market
◎  538 (original shop number)    ―    大香腸 (Large-sized Sausage) 
◎  501 (original shop number)    ―    大餅包小餅 (Small pie in Large pie)
◎   Hao-Da XL (「豪大」大雞排)  Deep fried chicken breast  
◎   stir-fried cuttlefish thick soup (生炒花枝羹)
PS: Tzeng oyster omelette  was voted as No.1 award winner among 6 shops in Shi-Lin night market by consumers and juries at 2-19-2012。
　

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Taiwan's night markets

★The Liberty Times (自由時報),  reported at 2-7-2013

★The Liberty Times,  (自由時報), Weekender , 10-16-2015.

 Taiwanese flavored foods

 Exotic food-shops run by foreigners

★ 寧夏夜市 (Taipei NinShia or Nin Xia night market)

◎ G KO pork with rice (「知高飯」) no. 034攤(since 50 yrs ago)、蛋包蝦仁湯
◎ old fashioned but 2nd generation steamed spring roll / lumpia (since 60 yrs ago) 第二代古早味潤餅店 no. 043攤(60年)
◎ coke cake or koroke pie(「梅可樂」可樂餅) no. 071攤(since 5 years ago 開店5年)
◎ "Lon" pig liver (「榮仔」豬肝) , since 60 yrs ago
◎ "Circle" chicken soup with sesame oil (「環記」麻油雞)
◎ "Cow's mom" Taiwanese barbecued sauce beef noodle (「牛媽媽」沙茶牛肉麵)
2011 on file:
◎   44-2 Nin Xia Rd. 「圓環邊」Oyster Omelet  ◎  「圓環」麻油雞 ("Taipei Circle" sesame oil chicken soup) ◎  「榮仔」"Lon"  Pig livers 

 ● Egyptian chickens and beefs - Taipei Gongguan (or Kungkuan 公館商圈) business area, tel: 0933268677

● Turkish roast meat - Taoyuan Xing-Ren (桃園 興仁花園夜市) Garden night market, tel: 0976097585

● Iran's Alibaba Middle East roast meat - TaiChung  Feng-Chia (逢甲夜市) night market, tel:0919846270

　

● Brazilian Gaucho - Taichung Da-Lee (大里大里國際觀光夜市) int'l tourism night market, address: 478, sec. 2, Zhong-Hsin Rd.

　

● Pakistan Hola Mexican - TaiNan DaDong night market (大東花園夜市), tel: 0929005000

　

● Pakistan chicken curry bao  -  Kaohsiung FonShan (鳳山區大明路流動夜市) area, tel: 0988105509

　

● Eastern Germany Das sausage  -   Kaohsiung Rei-Fon (瑞豐夜市)night market, tel: 0956730609

　

● Italia cakes - Taipei Ton-Hua night market (通化夜市), tel: 0921617581

　

● Polish hand-made Paul Papa dessert - TaiChung Han-Si (旱溪夜市)night market,  Address: sec.1 , Han-Si E. Rd., TaiChung

　

● Korean cakes - TaiChung Gateway cultural-creativity tourism night market (水湳經貿文創觀光夜市), tel: 0978153925 

● Spanish cakes, bread, potato egg omeletes -  TaiNan DaDong night market(大東花園夜市), tel:0935016171

　

● British Mr. Fox cakes - Kaohsiung Rei-Fon (瑞豐夜市)night market, tel: 0911736361

　

● GNA apple pie, cakes (boss: German, boss's wife : Polish) - Kaohsiung Rei-Fon (瑞豐夜市) night market, tel: 0910816504

　

　

● Turkish ice cream -   Kaohsiung Liu-Ho (六合夜市) night market, addr: front of no. 64,  Liu-Ho 2 Rd

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● French / delices de France -   Kaohsiung Rei-Fon (瑞豐夜市)night market, tel:0986006218

　

　

PS:  To find English / Chinese names of night market foods -  pls. refer to:
 http://eservice.seti.com.tw/PrivateList.aspx?Model=%E5%A4%9C%E5%B8%82%E5%B0%8F%E5%90%83


★ 高雄六合夜市(Kaohsiung City,  Liu-Ho night market)

◎  "Cheng old" papaya milk (鄭老牌木瓜牛奶)
◎  seafood soft rice (海產粥)   ―    choose the shop with most number of staffs
◎  mullet roe (烏魚子 烏魚腱)
　


★ 基隆廟口夜市 (Kee-long City, Miaokou night market)

◎  Din-Bian-Tsou / Potside sticker soup (頂邊銼)、a mouthful sausage (一口吃香腸)、Pao-Pao Ice / bubble ice (泡泡冰)

　


★ 華西街夜市 (Hua-Xi Street night market, Taipei)

◎  Angelica sinensis / Danggui herb pig feet soup (當歸豬腳)、"Little Wang" Steamed Minced Pork with Pickles and soup (小王清湯瓜仔肉)、"Norther port/ Bei-Gun" sticky soft sweet-tasted rice ball (北港甜點麻糬)

　


★ 宜蘭羅東夜市 (Yi-Lan City, LuoDong night market)

◎   "Uncle Zao" mutton hot pot (阿灶伯 羊肉爐), Tapioca (ball) tea (包心粉圓), braised chicken legs and shelled shrimps(龍鳳腿), "E-Fung" Cong you bing / a flaky scallion pancake made with hand-rolled dough (義豐蔥油餅)

　


★ 台中逢甲夜市 (Tai-Chung City,  feng-chia night market)

◎  "Japanese Boat / Tseung Kwan O"  takoyaki / octopus meat ball  (日船章魚小丸子)、"Guan Chi Lin" Small Sausage in Large Sausage (官芝霖大腸包小腸)
◎Dai Gwan Hujiao bing (wheat buns more accurately, pies or pockets, 台灣帝鈞碳烤胡椒餅)

　

★   快炒&海鮮 (NT100 quick served stir-fried sea-foods & vegetables)

◎  US TV program introduced Taipei's "Central Market" (「中央市場」) fast served Stir-fries located in Chang-An E. Rd.(長安東路).  Many dishes cost NT100 for each.

　

★  10 biggest temple side night markets : Keelong (奠濟宮), Taipei (大稻埕/慈聖宮&霞海城隍廟), HsinChu(城隍廟) , TaiChung FoonYuan(豐原慈濟宮) , TaiChung Da-Gia (大甲鎮瀾宮) , ChangHua Lu-Port (鹿港天后宮), Yuan-Lin (北港朝天宮), TaiNan (保安宮),  TaiNan (祀典武廟) , Kaohsiung (武廟) -  ref. to the Liberty Times Weekender, Nov. 1, 2015

　

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◎  China Times Weekly  ( 時報周刊)  issue No. 1983,  ~ 2-25-2016: 

           "Follow Taiwan's President Tsai to enjoy Ba Wan (Taiwanese pork ball ) ! " ( "跟著小英(蔡英文)瞌總統肉圓")
　

★  New Taipei City/ Ah-Dian meat-ball 新北三重阿典肉圓 tel:22863475

★  Chang Hua/ Ah-Chang meat-ball 彰化阿璋肉圓 tel:04-7229517

★  PingTong/ Chang-Chi meat-ball 屏東潮州張記肉圓   tel:08-7899686
★  YunLin/  Fu-Chi BBQ goose 雲林福記炭烤鵝肉   tel:05-5867007

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Eating in Taiwan /  Chinese restaurants

中餐廳 (Chinese cuisine in Taiwan)

Best Chinese cuisine restaurants in Taiwan include: 

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★Din Tai Fung ( 鼎泰豐),  CNN (July 2015) dropped it to No.20 in Taiwan, Daily Meal (Oct. 2014) dropped it by 6 positions.  Din Tai Fung has been using MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) till present,  being suspicious of getting involved in Taiwan food scandal, and used G.M.(genetic modified)  material until July of 2015.  

★ YinYih restaurant - belongs to Chinese HuaiYang cuisine, intro. by Discovery of USA  ("銀翼", 淮揚菜系, 美國Discovery介紹 ) tel: 02-23417799

　

★ "Lon" restaurant - Shanghai original flavor, intro. once by Wall Street Journal, USA  (隆記菜館, 上海本幫菜,  美國華爾街日報Wall Street專文介紹)

　

★ Celestial restaurant, known for its Beijing Roast duck, intro. by Japanese magazine (天廚, 北京烤鴨, 日本刊物介紹)

　

★ Peng Yuan restaurant, Chinese HuNan province cuisine (彭園, 湖南菜系, 台灣大報介紹)

★ Beijing Do It True, intro. by Discovery USA (北平都一處since 1949, 醬肉燒餅etc, 美國Discovery介紹 )

　

★ Chin Garden - SiChuan province cuisine, In XiMun Din there's a SiChuan cuisine street ("黔園", 台灣大報介紹, 四川菜系,  西門酊康定路25巷是川菜街   )、

★ Chinese two provinces - Yunnan and Kweichow  cuisin 人和園(雲貴菜)

　

★ NanMen market, a most famous cuisine shop - ycyf.com.tw ("億長御坊", 年菜、中國傳統家常菜 -  自由時報等介紹)、a branch in Taipei 101 F1 supermarket (南門市場內有些知名年菜店如合興糕餅、隆記等)、

　

★ Braised snacks / munchies:  JengJi.com.tw(正記, salty ducks鹽水鴨etc)、LauTianLu.com.tw(老天祿,braised duck tongue滷鴨舌etc)、LaoTianLu.com.tw(上海老天祿 braised duck tongue 滷鴨舌etc )、信遠齋(smoked chicken燻雞etc)。

★ some Chinese restaurants in some best 5 star hotels。

　

★ Taiwanese cuisin, YongKang beef noodle, other widely known beef noodles include Lao Wang, 15 Tao Yuan St.,  Lao Dong which won 1st award in 2006 int'l beef-noodle contest (news report: " Japanese and  HongKongers heard YongKang's name and came (永康牛肉麵, 日本、香港客聞風來")", but I personal feel YongKang beef noodle is more soy-sauce flavour according to experience about 5 years ago , so I agree CNN's evaluation in July 2015)

　

the Brand personality?

Din Tai Fung's Hong Kong branches were just eliminated their Michelin one star
 title at Oct. 31, 2014,


Taiwan's Din Tai Fung never won any Michelin star title, but it is advertising itself a Michelin star restaurant by posters at front of largest Japanese mall, Mitsukoshi Dpt. Store in Taipei. (photo Aug. 22 2015)

　

Din Tai Fung USA website (http://DinTaiFungusa.com) has also been advertising a similar one in its front-page. (tests till present at 9-17-2015)
 more critiques ...

　

ps: the China Times analyzed losing Michelin most likely it's because of inconsistent quality problem.  (http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20141031001358-260405)

 

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★  You may ref. to Apple Daily's Next Magazine "The Best Restaurants 2013, Taiwan - high end and low end ones"  ( <壹周刊>出版之「美食大賞2013」之"高檔餐廳"與"平價餐廳"二版本)。

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 Taiwanese foods
Beaviss : dummy ! there's no poison, addictives, MSG, lard oil, gutter oil, etc being added in these Chinese heritage arts - pork stone and cabbage jade
Butter-Head: so, we can eat these health foods now?!

a creativity by Z. Zu

pic. below: former US president Bush was in Taiwan's restaurant - Beijing Do It True.
ps: DIT doesn't have Bush's favorite, Beijing roast duck, the best duck in Taiwan is in Celestial (天廚) restaurant.

US president Bush was in Taiwanese restaurant


Snake Alley, HuaXi street's special ―  snake (Cobra, etc) soup  (a bowl for USD 5 ), snake gall, snake blood
Pic. above is a huge golden-color Patteraless (python)
Vedio below shows peeling a painful, curling, long snake for a  regimen-meal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUX6sVx3pFU

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hot pot - ShanXi instant boiled mutton
M.D.s advised Taiwanese favorite new-in spicy hot-pot may causes illness if having much; pic. above is tranditional Chinese ShanXi hot pot in Taiwan for instant boiled meat, was no longer popular.


I ate turtles and alligator-tail in Florida before, a widely saying in China & Taiwan ― eating soft-shell turtles is good for regimen, however, Taiwan just found turtles (甲魚/水魚) in a famous restaurant chain contain poisonous LMG, etc.  (CNA, 7-25-2015)
pic. above is a tourism site in S. TW.


Hong Kong's TimHoWan is a Michelin restaurant, but Taiwan's branch restaurant is not. 

Introduced by Wall Street Journal.
 Chiang or Jiang G.K. (蔣經國), Former president's favorite-food restaurant was no longer crowded.

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. Eating in Taiwan /  int'l & Chinese cuisine

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★  <The Daily Meal> 101 Best Restaurants in Asia, The Daily Meal celebrates the most exemplary epicurean endeavors in Asia :

 At 10-10-2014,   http://www.thedailymeal.com/101-best-restaurants-asia , ranks best restaurants in Taiwan:
No.6  Din Tai Fung  (was already wiped out of Michelin star list of 2014/2015)
No.43 Le Mout, Taichung  (the official website spelt wrongly - "Taiching")
No.42 DN innovation, Taipei, Taiwan
No.61 Osteria de Angie, Taipei, Taiwan
No.73 La Cocotte, a French restaurant, Taipei, TW
No.79 七十二牛肉麵 (Seventy-Two beef noodle restaurant, Taipei, Taiwan)

In its report of May 16, 2013, 4 out of top 5 are communist Chinese restaurants (全鴨季,Beijing; 紫雲軒茶事,Beijing; Temple Restaurant, Beijing; 前門M餐廳, Beijing).
There're 6 restaurants in Taipei rank "Top 101 Asian best restaurants", in addition to 鼎泰豐:
 No. 43: Tainan Tu Hsiao Yueh Danzai noodle (台南度小月擔仔麵).
 No. 50:  Non-zero restaurant, Taipei(非零餐廳).
 No. 70: Osteria by Angie, Taipei, Taiwan, it's an Italia restaurant.
 No. 74:  Seventy-Two beef noodle restaurant, Taipei, Taiwan (七十二牛肉麵).
 No. 76:  La Cocotte, a French restaurant, Taipei, TW.
 No. 86: Hiroshima, Taipei , TW (鐵匠鐵板燒居酒屋).

ps:      Best dish in Taiwan : oyster omelet (introduced by Discovery channel of USA) ―  it is most typical Taiwanese food( street snack everywhere in night markets), but not exquisite & elaborated food.   

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★ According to New York Times (12-12-2015), French La Liste's  top 10 best restaurants include 3 Asian restaurants, but no any Taiwanese restaurant was included, the Liberty Times (12-13-2015) mentioned no Taiwan's restaurants included in top 1000 list. 

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★ According to < Miele  Guide> of 2011/2012, There's no Taiwanese restaurants is included in top 20 Asian best, but inside Taiwan, 5 restaurants are listed as below:
   (1) Din Tai Fung,  ps: This restaurant admits they do use Monosodium Glutamate as addictive, and won't change this policy so as to keep major cuisine (e.g., steamed bun, chicken soup) delicious, according to United Daily News 5.9.2013.
   (2) 銀翼 (best dishes:文思豆腐,蔥開煨麵)
   (3) ShinYeh Taiwanese cuisin 欣葉 (02-25963255, best: 煎豬肝, 菜埔蛋)
   (4) Le Mout French restaurant 樂沐法式餐廳, a French restaurant (excellent, evaluated by Relais & Chateaux in 2011)
        in Taichung city (04)23753002(best dish: 經典套餐NT3800)
   (5) La Cocotte, a traditional French cuisine restaurant own by Fabien Verge (02)33223289 (best dish: NT980白酒墩牛肚)

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★ According to < Country Brand Index> of 2007( 2008 Top Country Brand Index Ranking  )，Japan is the only Asian country ranking top 10, Red China is a rising star.

"Fine dining" category:

2007-2008

 Italia, Singapore, Japan, US, UK, UAE, Malaysia, Spain, Argentina .( underscore for Eastern nations) 
"Food" category:

2011-2012

 1 Italy, 2France, 3 Japan, 4Spain, 5 Singapore, 6 Thailand, 7 India, 8 Brasil, 9 Malaysia, 10 Swiss, 11 Germany, 12 Vietnam, 13 Greece, 14 Australia, 15 USA (underscore for Asian nations)

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★  The World's 50 Best Restaurants 1-50, 2013 sponsored by S. Pellegrino & Acqua Panna,   April 29, 2013  http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World's_50_Best_Restaurants  (by Wikipedia)

In this list, top 10 are in Western world (Spain, Denmark, Italia, USA, UK, Austria, Germany), Hong Kong's 龍景軒 is the highest ranking (No.75) Chinese restaurant, no any Taiwanese restaurant included.  Taiwanese chef Jiang (江振誠)'s "Restaurant Andre" located in Singapore ranks No.38.


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★  The Best Restaurants 2013, Taiwan /  High End restaurants list , published by Apple Daily's Next Magazine, Taiwan.  (「美食大賞2013」高價餐廳， <壹周刊>出版)。

    (1) ●Taipei City & New Taipei City/ 
          3 star high end restaurants:明福Taiwanese cuisine 。 
          2 star high end restaurants:
                ● Chinese Dishes(中菜): Bamboo Village Cantonese cuisine(竹家莊粵菜香港料理)、 真的好Cantonese seafood cuisine、Le Meridien艾美酒店寒舍食譜Cantonese cuisine、Palais de Chine 君品酒店頤宮Si-Chuan&Cantonese cuisine、 軒維小館Ze-Jian & Jian-Su cuisine、 客家小館Hakka & Ze-Jian cuisine、 新東南Taiwanese cuisine 。
                ● Western & other cuisine (西菜與其他):  n/a.
    (2) ●West (Tao-Yuan City, Tai-Chung, Tai-Nan, Kaohsiung, Jia-E City, etc)/
           3 star high end restaurants: Thomas Chien French cuisine,  
           2 star high end restaurants: 
               ● Chinese Dishes(中菜):  Tai-Nan City台南阿美飯店Taiwanese cuisine, Tai-Nan City阿霞飯店Taiwanese cuisine, Kaohsiung City高雄海天下Taiwanese seafood cuisine。
            ●  Western & other cuisine (西菜與其他):    n/a。
           1 star high end restaurants:  n/a.

    (3) ●East (Kee-lung, New Taipei coast, Yi-Lan, Hua-Nien, Tai-Dong, remote tiny islands Ludao, Sanasay, Jitanasey)/ 
            3 star high end restaurants: none was selected, 
            2 star high end restaurants :阿國Taiwanese seafood、陶甕百合春天Taiwanese aborigines cuisine,  
            1 star high end restaurants: n/a.

          (n/a restaurant-names, Pls. contact Next Magazine <壹周刊>。)

　

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★  "Michelin Star" restaurants in Taiwan: 

    Actually, There's no Michelin starred restaurant in Taiwan by mar 2018.

    ●   TimHoWan (添好運):  With nick-name "Global cheapest Michelin Star restaurant",   Hong Kong's TimHoWan 3 branches in 北角、深水埗, 大角咀 at 10-30-2014 gained Michelin one star title respectively。At Nov. 5, 2015, their Hong Kong (not Taiwan) restaurants won again.  But CTV evening news (12-12-2015 7:15pm) criticized some foods in Taiwan TaiChung branch is not up to Michelin level.

     ●   YeShanghai (夜上海): Hong Kong's YeShanghai obtained Michelin 2 stars in  2012, one star in  2013, 2014(10-30-2014)。

     ●  L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon (侯布雄法式餐廳,Taipei) :  Taipei's L'ATELIER ( Robuchon ) located in Bellavita is not a Michelin starred restaurant, although their branches in Paris, Tokyo, etc obtained Michelin star titles in recent years, for full details pls. check  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Michelin_starred_restaurants。

     ●   Din Tai Fung / 台灣鼎泰豐自我宣傳為米其林餐廳, 但even其香港分店剛失去2015米其林title (ps: 2016年也落選)，台灣總店則從未摘星。http://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail.html?id=ABFGD1ozBwlZFQNo

     ●   The 2016 Michelin Guide is now featuring wallet-friendly street food in the latest instalment of its Hong Kong and Macau hospitality guide edition (no "star" awarded).   The 'branch' of Taiwan's Dai Gwan Hujiao bing (wheat buns more accurately, pies or pockets, 台灣帝鈞碳烤胡椒餅) in Feng-Chia (逢甲) night market is included in 2016's street food list of Macau.  The boss said there're some difference between Taiwan's and Macau's.   The Hujiao bing in Macau's branch taste more salty, those in Taiwan taste more spicy (SETV news 11-6-2015). 

     ●  For more Michelin restaurants and further details pls click  Le Guide Michelin  Mar. 2018

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 Fast foods/burgers in Taiwan

     ◆ US Wendy's already pull back from Taiwan market, McDonald's already announced withdrawing in the near future,  You can have some others - Western business, e.g., Burger King, KFC, Pizza Hut, 7-Eleven, StarBucks, Subway, etc, and Japanese MOS Hamburger (摩斯), Family Mart, etc。 click for Controversy of McDonald's in Asia .

       ◆  As for Taiwanese-Brand hamburgers, pls. ref. to the Liberty Times - Weekend Life(9-12-2015) :"You must have a bite - A List of Super Evil Delicious Hamburgers (超邪惡美味漢堡 - 必咬名店大公開)"。

                  ● Must eat in Northern Taiwan: 
                        ● Burger Ray (Cardiac Heart-disease burger ) 8771-5811; 
                              ● Burger Fix 27516628 Ambassador Hotel (國賓大飯店) 1Bite2Go restaurant;  
                              ● Burger&Co 27840182;  
                              ● Cali burger (Mexico flavor) ZhongXiao E. Rd., Sec. 4, Ln.205, Alley 7, No.1;
                              ● Bravo Burger 8771-9787;  
                        ● Palais de Chine Hotel (君品酒店)  Le Bar 2181-9999 (Alaska Crab Beef burger NT680),
                  ● Must eat in Central Taiwan: ●傻子漢堡 04-2375-9113;  ●牛逼洋行 04-2372-1755; ●For Farm Burger 04-2234-3535
                  ● Must eat in Southern Taiwan:  ●A J Burger 06-2095171; ●布雷克漢堡 07-5224205;  ●豐盛廚房 07-5509893
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