Small eats are the big thing in Taiwan
小吃在台灣是件大事
31. Pig’s blood rice pudding (豬血米糕)
This pudding is a mix of pig's blood and sticky rice and stuck on the end of a stick like a lollipop. For the final Taiwanese touch, the pudding is coated in a sweet peanut powder.
Basketball star Jeremy Lin Shu-How endorsed pig’s blood rice cake as one of his favorite snacks on his recent visit to Taiwan. If it is good enough for Lin, it is good enough for us.
Xiao Li (小李), No. 1-3, Lane 136, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei City; +886 2 2368 3417 (台北市羅斯福路四段136巷1-3號)
32. Three-cup chicken (三杯雞)
Signature Taiwan: Three-cup chicken.
台灣代表味：三杯雞
Three-cup chicken is cooked in a cup of rice wine, a cup of oil and a cup of soy sauce. To this Taiwanese culinary triumvirate is added some fresh basil, chilies and garlic for an irresistible combination.
Some kitchens have a different definition of three-cup chicken, such as a cup of wine, a cup of sesame oil and a cup of sugar.
Old Taiwan (新台灣原味), 1 Mincheng 3rd Road, Gushan District, Kaohsiung; +886 7 522 8852, www.oldtaiwan.com.tw (高雄市鼓山區明誠三路1號)
33. Tamsui Agei (阿給)
Agei, an edible purse full of goodness.
阿給，像一個充滿精華、可以吃的小錢包
Agei comes from the Japanese "aburaage" which are deep-fried tofu pockets.
These Taiwanese agei are stuffed with mung bean noodles and sealed off with fish paste. A typical sweet-spicy sauce completes it.
The tofu soaks up the soup its cooked in so each bite bursts with broth. Paired with a soy milk, the agei makes a great savory breakfast.
Zhenli Street, Tamshui (淡水真理街)
34. Fen yuan (粉圓)
Fen yuan, like sweet sticky marbles.
粉圓，像是甜甜的、濕黏的彈珠。
Fen yuan refers to all the chewy dough that Taiwanese like to add to their dessert.
Sometimes they are made with sticky rice flour and various fillings. The dough is slightly translucent when steamed, revealing the colorful insides -- red bean, green tea, egg custard. They are just so joyful to look at.
Fen yuan is more commonly made from tapioca without filling. And when black sugar is added, it becomes the black pearls in bubble tea, called pearl fen yuan.
Raohe Night Market, Taipei City (台北市饒河夜市)
35. Hot-star Large Fried Chicken (豪大大雞扒)
Almost as big as your face.
幾乎跟臉一樣大!
According to a Taipei Times’ report in 2011, Taiwanese devour more than 250,000 fried chicken cutlets each day.
If piled atop each other, they would make a chicken cutlet tower 10 times as tall as Taipei 101, the island’s tallest skyscraper at 508 meters.
Go to Hot-star for the original oversized chicken cutlet. The enormous slice of meat is as big as your face and very moist with a crispy crust. A generous coating of five-spice powder and pepper gives it a kick.
Starting as a small counter at Shilin night market, Hot-star is now a franchise present in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.
Hot-star Large Fried Chicken (豪大大雞扒), Shilin Night Market, (台北市士林夜市) see other locations at www.hotstar.com.tw
36. Anything with cuttlefish
Risotto in cuttlefish.
章魚燒!
Barbecued Taiwanese cuttlefish hits the spot every time. The island gets a lot of great cuttlefish and grill stations covered in cuttlefish skewers can be found everywhere in the southern tip.
Although a thick cuttlefish soup with herbs and veggies is a typical Taiwanese winter-warmer, the best way to enjoy the mollusks is fresh out of seawater, straight onto the charcoal grill.
Imagine the smoky aroma, dark grill marks, glistening furled edges and dustings of salt and pepper.
Fengjia Night Market, Taichung County (台中逢甲夜市)
37. Aiyu jelly (愛玉冰)
Very wobbly and hardly tasting of anything, the aiyu jelly takes on the flavor of whatever it is eaten with.
Add it to lemonade and shaved ice for a refreshing summer drink. The jelly gives the liquid a fun gloopy texture.
Shida Night Market, Taipei City (台北市師大路夜市)
38. Ke le bing (可樂餅)
Tasty and super cute, the croquette enslaves amateur food photographers.
好吃又超可愛的炸餅，讓大家變成美食攝影師
Inspired by the Japanese deep-fried patty, korokke, and the French croquette, the ke le bing is now an indispensable snack in Taiwan.
Stuffed with mashed potato or minced meat, the disc-shaped croquette is coated with flour, eggs and breadcrumbs.
You can choose deep-fried meat, vegetables, seafood and anything else edible that can be molded into a disc shape. We love the pork and cheese combo the most.
Koroke (肉丸餅), 49-10 Emei St., Wanhua District, Taipei City (台北市萬華區峨眉街49-10號)
39. Steamed spring roll (潤餅)
To describe it as the non-deep-fried version of a spring roll would be unfair, as "run bing" (steamed spring roll) was invented before the spring roll.
Every household has its own recipe for run bing. During festivals, families will gather at the table to have a run bing wrapping party. Each person chooses their own fillings from a buffet and rolls their own run bing.
Besides serving delicious run bing, Shin Yeh at Taipei 101 also offers an incomparable view of city.
Shin Yeh (欣葉), 85/F, Taipei 101, 7 Xinyi Road, Section 5, Xinyi District, Taipei City; +886 2 8101 0185 (台北市信義區信義路五段7號 台北101大樓85樓) , see other locations at www.shinyeh.com.tw
40. Spicy hotpot (麻辣火鍋)
Hot pot: best social activity.
吃火鍋是最佳的社交活動
Taiwanese are mad for spicy hot pot.
And who wouldn't be? The bubbling pots of broth are filled with all sorts of Chinese herbs and spices to create an incredibly rich flavor for all the raw, fresh ingredients that diners will dip into it.
New hot pot places pop up in Taiwan every day, each with a gimmick to attract insatiable hot pot diners.
There's all-you-can-eat hot pot and yakiniku served at the same table; there's bubble tea hotpot for the jaded.
But it is spicy hot pot with quality ingredients that stands the test of time. While Taiwan's spice-levels can't come close to Chongqing's, they're pretty piquant.
Head to perennial hot pot favorite and celeb-magnet Taihodien for a glam Taiwanese hot pot experience.
Taihodien can be found across Taiwan, see www.taihodien.com.tw for details; try bubble tea hotpot at Yue Yin Xuan, 80 Wenzhou St., Ta'an District, Taipei City (台北市大安區溫州街80號)
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