- And there's rice and...
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Some sugar boba balls...
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- We are at the the Ruifeng Night Market which is
one of the biggest night markets in Kaohsiung
and our personal favorite.
So, we're gonna show you some Taiwanese food tonight.
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- Alright, so the first thing we always get
is Amanda's personal favorite.
These are Fried Sweet Potato Balls.
They taste like a sweet potato fry mixed with a donut.
- This is a Taiwanese sausage, wrapped in glutinous rice.
And then this one has some really good herbs and everything
on it, so... I'm sure gonna try it.
This is great.
And it's gluten free.
(Taiwanese woman talking in background)
- So, I just got an orange passion fruit drink.
It's super good. It's a little bit sweet,
and our favorite thing about these drinks
in all of Taiwan, tea, milk, coffee,
are these lids right here.
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- This may not exactly be the most classic Taiwanese food,
but we love getting these from the market here.
So it's like a potato swirl, and we got sea salt on it,
but they do seem to be pretty popular here, so.
So, milk, just in general, is huge here, but specifically,
this is Taro Milk,
and so there's a lot of specialized stands for this as well,
and then they'll make, like, watermelon milk,
or some type of fruit mixed with the milk.
Oh yeah, and they all have the bottles out in front here
to show what type of milk that they have.
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So this is one of the most popular stands in the market,
it is Xing Fu Tang, and they make brown sugar boba milk.
So these are like brown sugar boba balls,
and then they soak the syrup all on the side
and pour the milk in.
And theirs is actually special from others
that I've seen because they blow-torch the sugar on top
to caramelize it.
So the guy told me I have to stir it 18 times.
It's good.
It tastes like milk from a really good bowl of cereal,
like Cinnamon Toast Crunch or something, and I will say,
this just like,
reaffirms all of the milk we've showed you everywhere.
Everyone just loves milk here.
- The woman back there was actually just nice enough to
give me a little bit of chicken feet, and this time,
I will eat it correctly, because last time our friend Jing
let me know that I was not supposed to stick the
whole foot in my mouth.
It's kind of just... yeah.
It's just fatty. It's kinda cartilage-y.
But it's chicken.
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- Okay, so we found a table to sit down and this is
Angel's Chicken.
So, we had heard a ton about this when we got to Kaohsiung,
and there's always a huge line, and it is just like,
giant pieces of chicken. This is the size of my face,
and it comes in spicy and original.
Mm. It's good.
And it's gluten free, which is why it's my favorite,
because it is dried in potato starch,
which is classic Taiwanese fried chicken.
- I'm having Xiaolongbao, which is,
pretty much pork dumplings.
I'm sitting at a very tiny table.
- Okay, so, the number one thing you have to try when
you come to Taiwan is stinky tofu,
and for a long time, we would walk through the market and we
honestly thought that there was just smelly garbage.
So, yes, it really does smell that bad.
So, this is what stinky tofu looks like.
- (mumbles in background) try it for you.
- Um...
Maybe.
Maybe not.
Okay.
So... I'm trying stinky tofu.
I really honestly wasn't going to try it,
but we... when in Rome, right?
- (In background) What does it smell like?
- It really does smell horrific. Like, I'm not gonna lie.
Uh, yeah, hot garbage.
Okay.
Cheers.
It's not as bad it smells,
although it's spicy, this one's spicy.
It's not great. It smells worse.
(busy street sounds)
- So, the cool thing about night markets here, especially
here in Ruifeng, is not only is there amazing food,
but there's also a gigantic section with carnival games.
- Alright, so, we come to the night market quite often.
It seems to just kinda be part of life here.
But if you are visiting anywhere in Taiwan,
there's definitely some of these foods that you've
seen tonight that you'll see throughout the country, so,
I hope this was helpful and got you excited to come and
try some of them.
And, thanks for watching.
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