COMMON TAIWANESE DISHES

Taiwanese hamburger

Fujian

A flat, clam-shaped steamed white bread bun with soy sauce braised fatty pork, pickled mustard vegetables, peanut powder, sugar, and cilantro inside.[3]

Cuttlefish geng

Fujian

A clear thick soup with cuttlefish covered in fish paste.

Oyster omelette

Fujian

Chewy omelette made with eggs, oysters, tapioca starch and Garland chrysanthemum leaves. It has a soft, sticky texture, and is eaten with a sweet and mildly spicy sauce, topped with cilantro. This dish is very common in night markets as it is the most popular snack in Taiwan.[4]

Oyster vermicelli

Fujian

A thickened soup made of katsuobushi containing small oysters and steamed Chinese vermicelli.

Pig's blood cake Fujian A Pig's blood cake made from pork blood and rice. It is usually cut into a rectangular piece and served on a stick, dipped in soy sauce, with the option of adding hot sauce, then topped with powdered peanut and cilantro.

Minced pork rice

Fujian

Minced, cubed, or ground fatty pork, stewed in soy sauce and spices, then served on rice.

Small sausage in large sausage

Local

A grilled Taiwanese pork sausage wrapped in a grilled, salty, sticky rice sausage. Usually wrapped with garlic and basil. Customer can also choose the flavour they want, such as black pepper, garlic, chilli, butter, and chocolate. A Taiwanese snack, common in night market.

Three cups chicken

Chinese

A chicken dish which literally translates as "three cups chicken", named because the sauce is made of a cup of rice wine, a cup of sesame oil, and a cup of soy sauce. Alternatively, the sauce can also be made of a cup each of rice wine, sugar, and soy sauce.

Dried radish omelette

Fujian

Finely cut Taiwanese Style preserved white radish cooked into an omelette

Cucumber pork

Fujian

Steamed minced pork with Taiwanese Style pickled cucumber.

Spicy hotpot

Chinese

It is becoming more and more popular, especially in Taipei. The soup of this hotpot includes lots of Chinese herbs and other special materials. People can cook what they want with this soup. The taste is very spicy, but this kind of hotpot can help you keep warm and feel good in the winter.

Eel noodles

Fujian

Rice eel with Yi mein in a starch thickened sweet and sour soup.

Noodle stuffed tofu

Local

Steamed tofu stuffed with cooked cellophane noodles and covered with surimi

Iron eggs

Local

Eggs stewed in soy sauce, usually with their shells still on but cracked throughout, until they are flavourful and chewy in texture.

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