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Sliced scallion pancake on a plate at a Taipei restaurant
Taiwan

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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A bowl of chicken pieces in dark sesame oil and rice wine broth.
Taiwan

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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Plate of fried stinky tofu cubes with chili sauce and pickled cabbage
Taiwan

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) — dish photograph
Taiwan

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) — dish photograph
Taiwan

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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Reference photo for Hot Rice Balls over Shaved Ice · 冰火汤圆同类菜品参考照片
Taiwan

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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AI illustration: A small plate of halved cooked eggs with golden yolks and firm whites.
Taiwan

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) — dish photograph
Taiwan

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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AI illustration: A ceramic casserole of large irregular duck or goose pieces simmered in dark savory sauce.
Taiwan

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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AI illustration: A wooden board with a small golden-brown baked loaf.
Taiwan

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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AI illustration: A cup and a small bowl of warm pale beige milk tea.
Taiwan

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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AI illustration: A ceramic bowl of thick pale rice porridge with clearly softened grains.
Taiwan

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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AI illustration: A stylized welcoming Chinese dining table seen slightly from above.
Taiwan

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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AI illustration: Small rectangular and irregular pieces of sesame or peanut brittle and puffed-rice candy on a simple plate.
Taiwan

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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A plate of stir-fried dried tofu strips with pork and scallion in dark sauce
Taiwan

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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