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  1. AUG 25

    Taipei’s Extra-Long Pig Blood Cake Comes Coated in Peanuts and Cilantro

    Zhu Dalang serves one of Taiwan’s most familiar street snacks on an unusually long skewer, coating the steamed blood-and-sticky-rice cake with sauce, peanut powder, and cilantro. Photos from a franchise stall show how the snack is made, while a recent price increase reveals how even a classic small purchase is changing.

    A Zhu Dalang sign and a posted notice saying pig blood cake costs NT$50 from May 1.

  2. AUG 25

    Steamed Ba-wan and Four Herbs Soup at Jiantan Rouyuan Wang

    Jiantan Rouyuan Wang is a small Taipei shop serving steamed ba-wan with a soft rice-starch skin, lean pork filling, and sweet-savory sauces. Its short menu also includes four herbs soup, a mild herbal broth with pork intestine and grains.

    The open storefront of Jiantan Rouyuan Wang on a rainy day, with Chinese signs and bamboo steamers visible at the counter.

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