Well good evening, good evening.
Tonight the street food adventures continue and we are going to be eating at the Ningxia
Night Market (寧夏夜市).
So this is our third night market here in Taipei (臺北市) and I feel like there is
still a lot of Taiwanese street food we haven't tried.
So we're going to be on a mission to try a whole bunch of new stuff tonight.
Let's check it out.
And we've already found our first snack of the night.
Tell us.
Yeah, so if you look down here we are having a breaded cheese and shrimp stick apparently.
Oh la lah.
And there is a lot of Taiwanese seafood snacks that we haven't tried yet so we're just diving
right in to that tonight on our third and final street food video here.
Alright, so it is fresh out of the deep-fryer.
And I must say that holding it in the hand I mean it looks really skinny and maybe a
little flimsy but it is actually fairly substantial.
Like there is a bit of weight to it in my hands.
So I'm really excited to try this.
Oh and they put some honey mustard on the outside.
Yeah, they had a few different sauces.
Like mayo and stuff.
So we decided to go with that.
Let's just try it.
Oh, wow.
Look at that cheese.
Cheesy.
Mmmm.
That tastes quite a bit better than I thought it was going to.
Um, really crunchy on the outside and then of course you get the gooey cheese.
You can see it just like coming straight from the stick to my mouth.
Alright, so time for me to try this.
I didn't get any cheese.
Have another bite.
Oh you got lots of cheese on that one.
Woah!
Look at that.
Gooey gooey cheese.
My goodness.
It is mozzarella.
Yeah.
So what do you think?
It is good.
It just tastes like breaded shrimp but I mean it is nothing fancy.
This could be like frozen shrimp out of the freezer and into the deep fryer.
Whatever.
But yeah, it is a nice little snack.
I'm hungry so I'm not complaining.
So I'm really excited for this snack.
I've tried it before and it has a few different names.
I've heard it be called a Chinese style pizza (蔥油餅 - 葱油饼).
Yeah, or green onion pancake (蔥油餅 - 葱油饼).
Yeah, so and really it is neither a pancake nor a pizza.
Um, it is kind of dark here so it is probably a little bit hard to see but I'll open this.
I would compare it more to a roti.
It is like this fluffy um flatbread.
And look at that.
You can see the green onions in it.
Yeah, it has green onions and you can also get it with different fillings.
You can get it with an omelet.
Yeah, or you can get it with melted cheese.
Yeah, we tried one with melted cheese a couple of days ago.
When we were out on a little day trip and it was good.
Oh man.
How is that?
This one has both.
Oh really?
Yeah.
Oh, wow.
This is really good.
Lucky us.
And it is really salty.
Really greasy.
Probably not the best for you but it tastes oh so good.
So it is my turn.
Let's give it a try.
Woah.
Let's not make out with it now.
I bit in to the egg and the cheese part like right where the biggest amount was.
So it kind of like urgh.
Sprayed me in the lip.
But that is really good.
Mmmmm.
I really like this and this is the kind of food that I could eat any time of day.
I could have it for breakfast, lunch, dinner or as a snack.
Yeah.
And it is really cheap.
We paid 35 Taiwan dollars.
35 so basically one US dollar.
Just slightly more than a US dollar.
So really good value and really cheap and we're enjoying this right here on the street.
Alright, time to give it back.
Give it back.
So watching this next snack be prepared was quite the spectacle and a little bit scary.
Ha, so if you look down here you can basically see that it is cubed meat (火焰骰子牛).
And it was cooked by what I like to call the flame-thrower.
Hahaha.
Yeah.
So he's like grilling it but at the same time he's using the torch to cook it faster.
Yeah, exactly.
And we've seen this at the other two night markets so this is something I've wanted to
try and we're finally getting a chance to do it.
So yeah, this is awesome.
So I'm just going to take my little stick here.
My massive toothpick and try it.
Mmmm.
That is really good.
Yeah.
Super juicy.
I wouldn't call it tender.
It is a bit of a fatty meat.
Yeah.
But lots of flavor.
Don't choke on it.
Pepper.
The ground pepper is getting stuck in my throat.
Oh man.
But yeah it is really good.
Really good.
I'm losing my voice.
Hahaha.
Oh man, you sound like the Godfather.
Okay, so time to try this.
The meat was a little bit fatty so I'm like trying to be meticulous.
Let's see which piece will be the best.
Mmmmm.
You like that?
It is very juicy but like you mentioned it also a bit chewy.
So yeah, it is not the softest meat (火焰骰子牛) but it is very flavorful.
And I like that we chose a simple dressing.
We just put black pepper and some sea salt so nothing fancy.
Yeah because you can get something like teriyaki and other things.
Oh and how much was that?
This was a hundred Taiwanese dollars so just a little bit over three dollars.
And this was a small portion.
You can get bigger ones as well.
So initial thoughts from this market it is a lot smaller from the two markets we visited
earlier this week.
Shilin (士林夜市) and Raohe (饒河夜市)) and this one is strictly food.
It is probably just the length of one block pedestrian only and yeah it is just little
stands selling food, no clothes, shoes or anything like that.
If you want kids toys there is like a second block that continues behind us but there is
no food there.
So we're just sticking with street food for now.
And when I say pedestrian only I mean that bicycles and motorcycles still get through
somehow.
I'm not sure why.
Ni Hao.
Papaya milk.
Small or large?
Small please.
Okay, sixty.
Sixty.
Yep.
Ah yes.
Thank you.
Xie xie.
So we've had a lot of savory treats so far so getting a little thirsty.
So we noticed a place selling papaya milk so we're going to give that a try here.
Papaya milk.
I've never heard of that before.
Oh.
That is really good.
Yeah?
Really creamy.
Is it milky or more fruity?
Uh, it is about half and half.
To be honest.
You really taste the papaya.
You really taste the milkiness of it.
Um, I like that it is sweet but it doesn't seem like that added a lot of sugar or any
at all.
You taste the natural fruit flavor and the milk.
It is not overwhelming amounts of sugar like say in a milkshake so I like that.
It tastes more natural.
One more.
I like that.
Alright, so packaging is pretty cute.
We've got two little panda bears on top and they also had a lot of different flavors.
They had like apple milk, avocado milk and like a whole bunch of other fruits so we went
for papaya.
This was Sam's decision.
I'm not the biggest fan of papaya so we'll see.
See if you actually like it or not?
It is frothy.
Yeah.
It is almost like a milkshake.
It is but it is not as sweet as a milk shake.
Would you agree?
Okay, that is not bad.
I mean I still don't love papaya.
You would have got a different flavor.
I would have.
Which one would you have got?
If they had strawberry I would have had strawberry.
But yeah, I like that it is very creamy and thick and frothy.
That is one good thing about the drink.
A different fruit would have made it better.
This one was my pick.
I saw they had baked potatoes.
And I ordered the double cheese potato (王子起司馬鈴薯).
So she put what looks kind of like a cheese whiz.
Like a melted cheddar.
Yeah, and then on top parmesan.
And it looks like that might be oregano or some kind of spice.
There is a lot of cheese going on.
Yeah.
And this is like steaming.
It is pipping hot.
Piping hot.
Mmmm.
Is it good?
Yeah.
Very cheesy.
It is nice.
And you can also get it with other toppings.
They had like ham and corn and whole bunch of other things to choose from.
We went for the double cheese.
We really like our cheese.
Mmmmm.
I really like this angle here because we've got a bearded red haired man right behind
you.
Check it out.
Are you serious?
Check the sign.
Haha.
My bearding abilities are not that good but I can eat well.
I can eat well.
So let's try this.
*Cough sounds*
We're both choking on the potato.
I'm choking on the parmesan.
Oh.
Cough.
Alright, we're good.
We've both recovered.
Mmmm.
What do you think?
That is really cheesy.
Yeah.
I mean it is not the best quality cheese (王子起司馬鈴薯) but it does the job.
It does the job and I mean for the price point was it sixty Taiwan dollars.
So less than two bucks and it makes a good snack on the street.
So we are now ready to move on to dessert and we are having something called Coffin
bread (府城棺材板) and I've been told this is a dessert that originated in Southern
Taiwan in a particular city.
Can't remember the name now.
Um but it is called Coffin bread (府城棺材板) because the toast is carved into a little
coffin and then it is filled.
Look at that.
And you can choose all sorts of fillings.
We chose the tapioca pearls.
Yeah because and brown sugar because we just can't get enough of that stuff.
Haha.
So yeah the toast was deep-fried and then afterwards they carved it.
The preparation was fascinating.
Yeah.
Alright, let's give it a try.
It is nice thick toast too.
It is thick.
But you know what?
It is smaller than what I was expecting.
I thought it was going to be like those giant square pieces of toast that are like super
thick.
So let's see.
So what say you?
It tastes like deep-fried dough.
Hahaha.
Do you taste the tapioca pearls and the brown sugar?
Not quite the strong to be honest.
It is mostly like the taste of the oil and deep-fried bread coming through.
So.
Not my favorite to be honest.
It looks really cool on camera but flavor-wise it is not my favorite.
Maybe with a different filling.
I'm going to let you try it now.
Let's see what you think.
First impressions?
What do your taste buds think?
I feel kind of the same way you do.
Yeah.
I think it could use a little more of a stronger topping.
Yeah but maybe more brown sugar.
But the Coffin bread (府城棺材板) itself is good I would just like to see a different
topping with a bit more sugar added.
More sugar.
That would also go good with ice cream too.
Yeah, maybe icing sugar on top or like more brown sugar inside the coffin.
Yeah because the tapioca, the pearls, it is just a little bit bland inside.
Yeah, I do agree with you about that.
Yeah, alright.
Well, most of the food has been a hit so far tonight but sometimes you just can't win them
all.
So final thoughts from this market.
We ate pretty well but in comparison to the other two we visited previously.
Shilin (士林夜市) and Raohe (饒河夜市)) I would say this one has a little bit less
variety to choose because it is smaller so I prefer the other two.
What about you?
But I feel like this one is a little bit more traditional so I quite like that.
I think I like it a little bit more than you but it is the kind of place where you just
come for the food and the experience and it is very busy so I think it was fun.
I'd come back again but yeah if you go to the other two night markets which are bigger
and a little more famous you do have more food options definitely.
Alright, Mister give us instructions.
How do we get there?
So to get to this Taipei Night Market you're going to take the red line.
You're going to get off at Shuanglian (雙連站).
Take exit one, take a left.
You're going to walk down about two or three blocks and you're going to see it on your
left hand side.
You can't miss it.