Taiwan is all about night markets, and night markets are all about FOOD. For those of you who haven’t been to Taiwan before, this shall be your food bible when you finally head to the land of awesome night market food. If you have been there countless times, there’s absolutely no harm in trying them again and again, simply because, why not? So here you have it, all the awesome Taiwanese food that you have to try at least once in your life!
1. Pepper Bun
Filled with dumpling fillings but even better with a generous amount of soup and a crispy (slightly charred) outer skin.
Where we found it: Raohe Night Market
2. Ah Zong Mian Xian (The Legendary One)
A little overrated but still pretty good if you are eating it for the first time
Where we found it: No. 8~1 Emei St, Taipei (East Xi Men Ding Pedestrian Area) – they have many other outlets too
3. Shaved Ice
Where we found it: Xi Men Ding
4. Braised Pork Rice (Lu Rou Fan)
Where we found it: Anywhere
5. Cheese Potato
Baked Potato stuffed with bacon, sweet corn, broccoli, pineapple, octopus, egg, tuna-mayo, and nacho cheese : $70 TWD ($3 SGD)
Where we found it: Shilin Night Market
6. Crispy Chicken Cutlet
ANY chicken cutlet in Taiwan is finger-licking good. Crispy skin and tender juicy meat.
7. Grass-Jelly Milk Tea
8. Grilled Bacon stuffed with Spring Onions
Where we found it: Shilin Night Market (Underground food area)
9. Da Chang bao Xiao Chang (大腸包小腸)
Where we found it: Shilin Night Market (Underground food area)
10. Fried Quail Eggs
Where we found it: Shilin Night Market (but most night markets would have them)
11. Sweet Potato / Sweet Potato Balls
What’s there not to love about Sweet Potato (Di Gua), not matter which shape they are in.
12. Wheel Pie (Japanese style)
Comes with different fillings like red bean, chocolate, cheese, durian, custard and more.
Where we found it: Raohe Night Market
13. Man Han Da Can Cup Noodles
5-Star Maggi Cup-Noodles that you must get from any 7-11/Family Mart. It costs around $2 SGD (Singapore’s 7-11 is selling it for $4 SGD). It even comes with real beef / pork. #superlegit
Where we found it: Any convenient store
14. Peanut and Ice-cream Popiah
Yam and vanilla ice-cream scoops in a sea of fresh peanut shavings, wrapped in thin popiah skins. #ourfavourite
Where we found it: Jiu Fen
15. Smelly Toufu (Chou Dou Fu)
Many might not accustom to the after-taste but definitely a must try (at least once), if not don’t tell others that you’ve been to Taiwan.
16. Oyster Omelette
17. Dou Jiang You Tiao (Soya Milk and Dough Fritters) and Dan Bing (Egg ‘Prata’)
Because you just have to try it in Taiwan itself.
Where we found it: Yong He Dou Jiang 永和豆漿 | No. 30 Hankou Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei (They have many other outlets all around Taipei too)
18. Sweet potato-flavoured hokkaido ice-cream
Freshly made from purple and yellow sweet potatoes (Hualien’s specialty). One’s love for sweet potatoes and taro just never dies.
Where we found it: Hualien District
19. Seasoned Fried Giant Squid
20. Xiao Long Bao
Where we found it: Zhou Jia Xiao Long Bao (Hualien District)
And there you have it, top 20 famous Taiwanese food that you must definitely try on your next trip to Taiwan. Tell us which is your favourite, or if your favourite happens to not be in this list!
If you find this post useful, read more of our Sky Passports To Taiwan here.
Read more Taiwan travel guides:
GENERAL
20 TAIWANESE FOOD YOU HAVE TO TRY AT LEAST ONCE
HUALIEN
24 HOURS IN HUALIEN, TAIWAN – ULTIMATE ITINERARY
HOW TO CONQUER TAROKO NATIONAL PARK IN 1 DAY
Kenting
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9 PLACES YOU MUST VISIT IN KENTING NATIONAL PARK (墾丁國家公園)
TAICHUNG
THE ULTIMATE INSTAGRAMMABLE TAICHUNG ITINERARY FOR YOUR FIRST VISIT
TAIPEI
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THE SKY PASSPORT 
I’ve been enjoying scrolling down, gazing at the delicious Tawainese food!
Such nostalgia really and it sure makes me miss Taiwan a lot too Xx
Ice Pandora
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Glad this post reignites your love for Taiwan and Taiwanese food! Been to Taiwan twice and still not sick of it, definitely! 🙂
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I’m so hungry now…! Do miss the food in TW! Everything about it is just perfect!
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Yes, simply adore the Taiwan night markets food!
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Try their Hua diao chicken instant mee manufactured by their local TLL … Damn nice … Another variation is the deSame oil chicken instant mee… They hv rice wine inside which makes e noodle very fragrant…. Do take note that it’s pretty hard to find it though 7-11 n quan Jia do sell it…
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Wow, thanks for sharing Su Han! It definitely sounds really appetizing. Will look out for them when I head back to Taiwan!
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Just some things I think you missed:
Beef Noodle Soup (This is so important! it’s basically Taiwan’s national dish!)
Danshui A-Gei (noodle dumpling)
Ba Wan (saucy meat dumpling)
Danshui Fish Ball Soup
Dou Hua
Rou Geng Mian
Pig Blood Cake
Gua Bao
Pineapple Cakes
Tea Eggs
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Reblogged this on soli deo gloria and commented:
Literally the worst thing to happen to me this finals week so far…
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Whoa, how convenient! I’m in Taiwan until the end of April.
My favorite thing so far has to be the giant squid, but I do eat dan bing every morning. 😁
And the peanut ice cream rolls in Jiufen… Magic. Pure magic.
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Hope you are enjoying your stay in Taiwan as of now! I do wish I could head back there soon! 🙂
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