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Four Herbs Soup with Pork 四神汤
Four Herbs Soup with Pork (四神汤) is served in Taipei (台北) with pork intestines and Job’s tears.
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Pineapple Cake 凤梨酥
Pineapple Cake (凤梨酥) is a filled pastry found in Taipei (台北)'s bakeries and souvenir-food culture.
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Scallion Pancake 葱油饼
Scallion Pancake (葱油饼) is a flour pancake cooked with chopped scallions and oil. Taipei (台北) street stalls include a style developed by migrants from Matsu (馬祖), using hot-water dough and a generous amount of oil in a broad pan.
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Sesame Oil Chicken 麻油鸡
Sesame Oil Chicken (麻油鸡) appears in the local food directory for Taiwan. The Chinese introduction below explains the named food and its preparation in the linked culinary reference.
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Ginger Duck Hot Pot 姜母鸭
Ginger Duck Hot Pot (姜母鸭) is a Taiwanese duck dish simmered with mature ginger, sesame oil, rice wine and Chinese medicinal herbs.
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Stinky Tofu 臭豆腐
Stinky Tofu (臭豆腐) is fermented tofu whose pungent smell is part of its identity. In Taipei (台北), a version described in a 2018 report at Ningxia Night Market (寧夏夜市) is fried until crisp and served with pickled vegetables.
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Ba-Wan Pork Dumpling 肉圆
Ba-Wan Pork Dumpling (肉圆), in Taiwanese bah-oân, is a Taiwanese street snack: a flat, translucent round of starch dough about six to eight centimetres across, wrapped around a pork filling and served under sweet and savoury sauces.
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Hot Grass Jelly 烧仙草
Hot Grass Jelly (烧仙草) appears in the local food directory for Taiwan. The Chinese introduction below explains the named food and its preparation in the linked culinary reference.
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Hot Rice Balls over Shaved Ice 冰火汤圆
Hot Rice Balls over Shaved Ice (冰火汤圆) is a Taipei (台北) dessert that sets steaming, springy rice balls on a mound of shaved ice. The city's illustrated magazine documents a sesame-and-osmanthus version at Yu Pin Yuan (御品元).
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Shenkeng Stinky Tofu 深坑臭豆腐
Shenkeng Stinky Tofu (深坑臭豆腐) is the fermented tofu of Shenkeng District (深坑区) in New Taipei (新北市).
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Tamsui A-Gei Stuffed Tofu 淡水阿给
Tamsui A-Gei Stuffed Tofu (淡水阿给) is fried tofu filled with glass noodles and sealed with fish paste. In Tamsui (淡水), New Taipei (新北), the Cultural A-Gei (文化阿給) version is made by hand and steamed.
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Tamsui Fish Balls 淡水鱼丸
Tamsui Fish Balls (淡水鱼丸) are the stuffed fish balls of Tamsui District (淡水區) in New Taipei (新北市).
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Tamsui Iron Eggs 淡水铁蛋
Tamsui Iron Eggs (淡水铁蛋) are small, black, chewy eggs from Tamsui District (淡水区) in New Taipei (新北), Taiwan, made by braising and air-drying ordinary braised eggs over and over until they shrink and harden.
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Jiufen Taro Balls 九份芋圆
Jiufen Taro Balls (九份芋圆) are chewy balls made from taro, a traditional Taiwanese dessert closely tied to Jiufen (九份), an old hillside town in Ruifang District (瑞芳区), New Taipei.
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Jinshan Braised Duck 金山鸭肉
Jinshan Braised Duck (金山鸭肉) is the duck served on Jinshan Old Street (金山老街), also called Jinbaoli Old Street (金包里老街), in Jinshan District (金山区) on New Taipei's north coast.
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Sanxia Golden Horn Bread 三峡金牛角
Sanxia Golden Horn Bread (三峡金牛角) is a horn-shaped bread from Sanxia District (三峡区) in New Taipei City (新北市), Taiwan, where Chinese Wikipedia describes it as a well-known traditional pastry and gift to take home.
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Banqiao Youkukou Oyster Vermicelli 板桥油库口面线
Banqiao Youkukou Oyster Vermicelli (板桥油库口面线) is the thin-noodle soup of Youkukou (油庫口), a stall-turned-shop on Lane 188, Section 1 of Wenhua Road in Banqiao District (板橋區), New Taipei (新北市).
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Yonghe Soy Milk Breakfast 永和豆浆
Yonghe Soy Milk Breakfast (永和豆浆) pairs soy milk with shaobing flatbread (燒餅) and youtiao fried dough sticks (油條). Its local history centres on Yonghe (永和), beside Zhongzheng Bridge (中正橋).
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Ruifang Fried Fish Paste Drumsticks 瑞芳龙凤腿
Ruifang Fried Fish Paste Drumsticks (瑞芳龙凤腿), longfeng tui or 'dragon and phoenix legs', are a fried snack from Ruifang District (瑞芳区) in New Taipei City (新北市), Taiwan.
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Gongliao Abalone Congee 贡寮鲍鱼粥
Gongliao Abalone Congee (贡寮鲍鱼粥) is rice congee cooked with Gongliao abalone (贡寮鲍), the shellfish farmed in Gongliao District (贡寮区), New Taipei (新北).
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Pinglin Tea Cuisine 坪林茶餐
Pinglin Tea Cuisine (坪林茶餐) is food made with tea in Pinglin District (坪林區), New Taipei (新北市), a district whose main cash crop is Wenshan baozhong tea (文山包種茶).
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Daxi Dried Tofu 大溪豆干
Daxi Dried Tofu (大溪豆干) is the dark, firm pressed tofu of Daxi District (大溪区) in southeastern Taoyuan (桃园), Taiwan.
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Longtan Peanut Candy 龙潭花生糖
Longtan Peanut Candy (龙潭花生糖) is the peanut confectionery of Longtan District (龙潭区) in Taoyuan (桃园), best known in its soft form, peanut soft candy (花生软糖), which is the souvenir Longtan is best known for.
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Hakka Stir-Fry 客家小炒
Hakka Stir-Fry (客家小炒) is a stir-fry of pork belly, dried squid and pressed tofu with celery and spring onion, one of the 'four stews and four stir-fries' (四炆四炒) that HakkaNews (客新聞) calls the classic set of Hakka dishes.
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