Taiwan: Guangzhou Street Night Market
The snake at Huaxi night market was such a let down that we weren't content to end the night just like that. Fortunately for us, right at the mouth of Huaxi street is Guangzhou street, on which this huge, sprawling night market is located:
Way more people and way more food options. Hooray!
What we needed was a good, old-fashioned, pork knuckle pick-me-up:
Just the complimentary soup was enough to lift our spirits:
So maybe there was nothing "exotic" about it, but it was darn good. The broth was rich in flavor, yet remained very light. We spent the time waiting for our pork knuckle cursing the snake we had and the stomach space it wasted.
Then the pork knuckle arrived and all speech was silenced:
Heavenly. The pork came with marinated peanuts, fresh ginger, and pickled sour vegetable. One bite into the fatty pork skin made the entire night okay again.
We noticed a type of fried fish on the menu that we couldn't read. When asking fellow diners and the owner what kind of fish it was didn't prove to be enlightening at all, we ordered it out of curiosity:
Still don't know what kind of fish it was, but it sure was good. The meat was really tender and the batter nice and crunchy.
On the way back to the MRT station, we passed by this crazy line. Of course we got into it without knowing exactly what we're lining up for. That's how we roll:
Turns out it was a shaved ice place. We mistakenly thought we were ordering some kind of shaved ice with 4 types of fruit (one being mango). Instead we got this:
There was mango, glutinous rice balls, peanuts, and some kind of jelly. Not bad. I particularly liked to eat the peanuts and the rice balls together. The mango was slightly more tart than I'm used to having on shaved ice, but it still tasted good.
I can't really figure out what makes one shaved ice place more popular than another (minus snow ice, that's a whole other story). It's just toppings on ice, right? I don't know why this place attracted such a long line, but now I can say I've been there.
If you're ever in the area, check out the snakes at Huaxi, but eat your heart out on Guangzhou Street. There's way more good stuff there.
Way more people and way more food options. Hooray!
What we needed was a good, old-fashioned, pork knuckle pick-me-up:
Just the complimentary soup was enough to lift our spirits:
So maybe there was nothing "exotic" about it, but it was darn good. The broth was rich in flavor, yet remained very light. We spent the time waiting for our pork knuckle cursing the snake we had and the stomach space it wasted.
Then the pork knuckle arrived and all speech was silenced:
Heavenly. The pork came with marinated peanuts, fresh ginger, and pickled sour vegetable. One bite into the fatty pork skin made the entire night okay again.
We noticed a type of fried fish on the menu that we couldn't read. When asking fellow diners and the owner what kind of fish it was didn't prove to be enlightening at all, we ordered it out of curiosity:
Still don't know what kind of fish it was, but it sure was good. The meat was really tender and the batter nice and crunchy.
On the way back to the MRT station, we passed by this crazy line. Of course we got into it without knowing exactly what we're lining up for. That's how we roll:
Turns out it was a shaved ice place. We mistakenly thought we were ordering some kind of shaved ice with 4 types of fruit (one being mango). Instead we got this:
There was mango, glutinous rice balls, peanuts, and some kind of jelly. Not bad. I particularly liked to eat the peanuts and the rice balls together. The mango was slightly more tart than I'm used to having on shaved ice, but it still tasted good.
I can't really figure out what makes one shaved ice place more popular than another (minus snow ice, that's a whole other story). It's just toppings on ice, right? I don't know why this place attracted such a long line, but now I can say I've been there.
If you're ever in the area, check out the snakes at Huaxi, but eat your heart out on Guangzhou Street. There's way more good stuff there.
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