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The Taiwanese capital, Taipei, has about 20 streets dedicated to food. Every time you think you've found the best streetside bao, the most incredible stinky tofu or mind-blowing beef noodle soup.
1. Braised pork rice
"Where there's a wisp of smoke from the kitchen chimney, there will be lurou fan [braised pork with rice]," goes the Taiwanese saying. The popularity of this humble dish cannot be overstated.
"Lurou fan" is almost synonymous with Taiwanese food.
"Lurou fan is the more ordinary and down-to-earth dish for any Taiwanese," says Rae Lin, founder of dearbnb, a Taiwanese travel website. "From your mother's version of lurou fan to the one served in a restaurant, it's the one dish we truly can't live without."
A good bowl of lurou fan features finely chopped, not quite minced, pork belly, slow-cooked in aromatic soy sauce with five spices. There should be an ample amount of fattiness, in which lies the magic. The meat is spooned over hot rice. A little sweet, a little salty, braised pork rice is comfort food perfected.
2. Bubble tea
Bubble tea represents the "QQ" food texture that Taiwanese love. The phrase refers to something that is especially chewy, like the tapioca balls that form the "bubbles" in bubble tea. It's said this unusual drink was invented out of boredom.
Chun Shui Tang and Hanlin Tea Room both claim to have invented bubble tea by combining sweetened tapioca pudding (a popular Taiwanese dessert) with tea.
Regardless of which shop did it first, today the city is filled with bubble tea joints. Variations on the theme include taro-flavored tea, jasmine tea and coffee, served cold or hot.
3. Anything braised with Lantern soy sauce
No matter what you choose from the Lantern Lu Wei food stall, it'll take on the taste of the signature five-spice soy sauce. It's a little sweet, not too salty and aromatic, made with cloves, star anise, cinnamon and other spices.
Pick your preferred ingredients and the chef will cook it in a pot filled with the special sauce. It's a perfect light meal before a big night out. You should expect to wait in line as the chef never rushes -- he takes his time to allow the the food to absorb the sauce.
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