If it isn't already apparent, I did a
fair bit of eating while I was in Taiwan. You cannot go to Taiwan without having
the traditional breakfast of
YouTiao, a deep fried stick of dough. YouTiao
(pronounced Yo Tao) loosely translated means oil tail - a play on what it looks
like.
My cousin took us to one of the most
popular
youtiao shops in Kaohsiung. It is so popular that the establishment
hired officers to direct traffic in front of the shop and to manage the motor
scooter parking. There are many youtiao shops all over Taiwan. It is probably
best to ask a local which shops in your area have the tastiest ones.
In addition to the youtiao, this
place also has pan fried buns. There were amazingly delicious. So yummy!
The youtiao are cut in half, and
nested into airy, crusty bread, and packaged into paper bags for service.
Here's what our tray looked like.
OMG. So crunchy and delicious. Bread
pocket is one of the crunchiest, no-nonsense breads I've ever had.
Another view of our breakfast.
I'm already ready to go back for
more. The traditional drink with this is soybean milk. We got a few pan fried
yummies too.
The proper way to eat this is like a
sandwich. You dip the end into the spicy soy sauce mix they give you on the
side. Then you experience happiness in a bun.
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