# Taiwan's must-eat street foods

The night market and street snacks you have to try in Taiwan, combining CNN's recommended Taiwanese foods, the Michelin Guide's street food articles and travel sites' must-eat lists.

- 10 votes · 16 items
- Sep 7, 2020 · Yizhen Huang
- https://even.best/en/l/199/taiwan-s-must-eat-street-foods

## Top 15

1. **Braised pork rice (lu rou fan)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Diced pork belly stewed in soy and five-spice over rice, Taiwan's national comfort food.
2. **Stinky tofu** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fried crisp with pickled cabbage, or in a mala hotpot; also recommended by CNN.
3. **Bubble tea** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Born in Taichung in the 1980s: milk tea with chewy tapioca pearls, now global.
4. **Beef noodle soup** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Braised or clear beef broth with thick noodles; Taipei holds a beef noodle festival.
5. **Xiaolongbao** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Din Tai Fung made Taiwanese soup dumplings famous worldwide.
6. **Big sausage wrapping small sausage** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Taiwanese sausage stuffed in a sticky rice sausage, a night market signature.
7. **Oyster omelette** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Oysters, egg, sweet potato starch and greens, topped with sweet chilli sauce.
8. **Oyster vermicelli** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Brown rice vermicelli with oysters and intestines, with black vinegar and garlic.
9. **Pepper buns** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pepper-pork buns baked in a charcoal tandoor; Raohe Night Market's are the most famous.
10. **Popcorn chicken (yan su ji)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried chicken bites with basil and pepper salt, the late-night favourite.
11. **Pig's blood cake** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sticky rice blood cake rolled in peanut powder and coriander.
12. **Gua bao** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Steamed bun with braised pork belly, pickled greens and peanut powder, the 'tiger bites pig'.
13. **Douhua** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Silky tofu pudding with peanuts, tapioca and syrup, hot in winter, cold in summer.
14. **Ba-wan (meatball)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweet potato starch dumpling with pork filling; Changhua's are the most famous.
15. **Fried chicken cutlet** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A fried chicken cutlet bigger than your face, the night market icon.
16. **Mango shaved ice** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Summer shaved ice topped with fresh mango and condensed milk.

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