Taiwan Travel 2024 🇹🇼 Shopping at Taipei's Oldest Market, Taiwanese Street Food, Dadaocheng Vlog

for our first trip of the year we are  spending 12 days traveling around Taiwan   Today, we're visiting Dadaocheng, home to the oldest street in Taipei the most popular for its festive Lunar New Year activities But first, a classic Taiwanese breakfast it's our first time at this popular soy milk shop in ximending known for its traditional taiwanese breakfast staples like fan tuan a sticky rice roll stuffed with pork floss and preserved vegetables so they actually use a qr system to place your orders online maybe the dan bing and the soy milk two orders of soymilk one of the salty soy milk with fried dough what's the difference between 'oil' and 'burning oil' 🤔 you pay at the counter after ordering online the shop downstairs was pretty small so they seated us on the second floor try this soymilk a little bit sweet... nice flavor so ordering from the app was confusing... we got our xiaolongbaos or soup dumplings a dan bing this salty tofu soup with fried dough and a classic soy milk so i'm going to start with the salty soy milk this one's more like a broth if you notice it has the fried dough in it it's kinda soggy already definitely very savory not very soy (tasting) but there's chunks of soy in it if you notice there's also spring onions and tiny bits of shrimp which you can really taste it's like a seafood-y dashi flavor xiaolongbao super like explodes in your mouth dan bing it's like a teriyaki sauce... but like with a dan bing so that was a really quick and easy taiwanese breakfast all for 210 NTD here's a handy map of the dadaocheng area they've outlined where the souvenir shops are the tourists spots and must eat food, and we're starting from over here this is the first shop that we entered last year the cafe at the bottom of this boutique hotel is so chic first coffee of the day enjoyed their pour over cool selection of vintage furniture dihua is the oldest street in taipei it comes alive in the days before the lunar new year i love that he has a little jacket... him too! lots of sweets and desserts for the new year first time seeing this unique dessert wait for it whoa came across this long line it's like everybody is lining up for this daifuku taiwanese jams look so good oolong tea spread so we're back at the dadaocheng visitor's center after a year again, it's a few days before the chinese lunar new year there's so many more people compared to last year walking around and we're so excited to just walk around, check out all the heritage spots in this area aside from keeping up the lantern area from last year i noticed that they added area where you can wear traditional taiwanese or chinese outfits @badun8484 on youtube it's like a pick you own meat situation it starts to get crowded as you go further down the street these taiwanese candy shops are super popular time for a taiwanese sausage - can i have one? - which flavor? - original, one? - just one when you buy from this stall you get to play a game so what do we do? it got stuck lol -- lucky guy.. i'm a lucky guy - because he won the game, he got a free hotdog it's more chewy... juicy, chewy... it's better than the night markets this sausage is on the sweeter side the same shop also sells lots of unique taiwanese snacks they also have so many taiwanese snacks i'm gonna try this plum flavored seaweed snack taiwanese fruit jelly salt and pepper dried radish crackers konjac jerky... iron bird eggs... so these old shophouses tend to have these connecting courtyards this one connects to... a cafe i think looks like this was the set of a film okay, so apparently this cafe was featured in a netflix film called 'light the night' dihua street spans quite a few blocks so there's a lot of ground to cover dihua is known for its traditional herbal shops peach gum made from the sap of wild peach trees it's used in traditional chinese desserts and has a beautiful amber color all sorts of teas... this one is a chrysanthemum flower i really love the flavor of these red dates so i'm going to get one to take home freeze dried figs herbal tea blend time for our second coffee of the day at this jazz cafe in a century old building front part was full so they're leading us into another area i think they accidentally brought this to our table but it looks so good we might as well get one ordered a caramel pudding and black sugar lattes the heritage buildings have such great details this olympus shop is housed in a building from 1919 our fave travel point and shoot is an olmpus some cool old olympus cameras on display vintage olympus pins nice selection of camera merch they even have binoculars didn't expect to find a cool vintage store here love the antique jewelry box displays some interesting taiwanese antiques edo-era prints convenience store break after all that walking this one is so colorful and festive banana observations ralph just dumped these banans on me boom... potassium love the packaging at this chili crisp shop crisp whole garlic jalapeno rice crackers sichuan rice crackers these were really good, not too spicy back at our favorite taiwanese soap shop smells like a dad tryin the cedar soap da chun has been making soap since the 1920s they've added some skincare products too big crowd at this taiwanese market bag shop this shop specializes in aged garlic black garlic candy maybe we'll try this next time this shop sells all sorts of taiwanese woodwork the crowds start to thin as you reach the end of dihua this shop serves traditional taiwanese sweets the buildings in this area are so well-preserved last shop on the street this seems like a popular photo spot taipei 101 in the mist this hip restaurant is part of the michelin guide to taiwan lush art deco interiors inspired by chinatown in the 1920s futuristic aquarium this kaohsiung based concept serves modern taiwanese cuisine eggplant with century egg sauce this starter was so good smoked squid mullet roe fried rice with seared scallops the pink rice gets its color from being soaked in dragonfruit you can really taste the strong flavor of the mullet roe juicy seared scallop pork belly soft shell crab this shrimp omelette was so delicious seafood balls filled with whole piece of squid taiwanese fried chicken the yuzu cheesecake was teh perfect way to end the meal happy lunar new year thanks for watching! see you next week

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Length: 20min 3sec (1203 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 10 2024