Nightmarket Treats – Part 1 of many

The following snacks are available in the Ruei Feng (瑞豐) Nightmarket.

Famous Duck Wrap – soft outside shell (sort of like a bread-y tortilla) filled with succulent duck meat, cucumber strips, pickled vegetables, onions, and a sweet savoury sauce.

 

This is the sign for the Duck Wrap, including the choices of flavours. Most of them are self-explanatory. “Numb” apparently, is another word for VERY SPICY :)!

 

 

Parking: Easy. There are two parking lots. The one that is usually open is on Nanping Rd. (南屏路), which is off of Yucheng Rd. (裕誠路). The other lot is open when the first one is full, and it’s just past the nightmarket on Yucheng Rd.

Price: Cheap! 40 NT per wrap

Directions: From MAK, take Hwy 10, exit Zihyou/BoAi Rd. Go south on Bo Ai until you reach Yucheng Rd. Turn right onto Yucheng, go one block, and you’ll see the nightmarket on the right. For parking, take another right at your first light after you turn onto Yucheng. That road is Nanping Rd. There is one parking lot that is very visible on your left. THAT IS NOT THE LOT! Go about half a block until you see a “P” on your left – it’s basically a little alley that goes into the lot. Look for a little restaurant that looks really elegant, and starts with the letter “M”. It’s just past that restaurant. If that lot is full, then you’ll need to circle around, and go back onto Yucheng. Go past the nightmarket, and right where it ends (before the next lights), turn right. They’re both difficult to spot, so look out!

Hours of Operation: Tuesday, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, starting at about 6pm. (Food vendors tend to open earlier than clothing/games vendors)

Yang Bao Bao

For some of the tastiest local steamed dumplings and beef wraps, along with fried bread that will have you going back for more, try out Yang Bao Bao in Nantze. The restaurant looks like this:

This restaurant has food based on the northern-Chinese style (i.e. not rice, but heartier foods that would keep you warm on a cold day). This restaurant is EXTREMELY popular with local people and originally outgrew its nightmarket stand a few years back. It is often bursting at the seams, even on a weekday lunch, so don't be surprised if you have to wait to be seated. If you're getting food to go, take a pink menu from the front counter, order, turn it in to receive a number, and wait until they call your number. Or, go an order teas from the tea stand next door while you wait. :-) This restaurant can also be a fun one for visitors from your home country who are slightly leery of eating out in Taiwan because the restaurant is clean and the food is delicious.

Here is a basic run down of the menu:
a) pork steamed dumplings (8 of them) (pictured above)
b) beef steamed dumplings (8 of them)
c) veggie steamed dumplings (8 of them--highly recommended!)
d) fried dumplings
e) pork wraps (wrapped in fried bread)
f) beef wraps (pictured above)
g) fried bread, cut into triangles
h) fried bread, "shredded" into some pieces (highly recommended) (pictured above)
i) chicken broth soup
j) beef broth soup
k) hot and sour soup
l) corn chowder soup
m/n) sides (such as these green beans, pictured above)

Click on the menu for a larger view

Directions from MAK: When turning on to the "main" road (that runs under the freeway), turn right (towards E-Da Hospital). When the road T's into the next major road, turn left at the light. This is highway 22. Continue on this road until you enter Nantze several kilometers down the road. Once in Nantze, go straight through the intersection that has McDonald's/Donutes/KFC on your left and the train station on the right. At the next intersection, turn left. Go straight down this road until almost the end. The restaurant will be on your near a corner furniture store. Look for lots of scooters and cars outside. If you reach the back entrance of the hospital, you've gone too far.

Alternate route, via Dashe: Go through Dashe towards Nantze. Once in Nantze at the intersection with the Easy Shop straight ahead, 3C on the left, and McDonald's/Donutes/KFC/Subway/Dominos on the right, turn left. Go approximately one block. Turn right at the 7-11. Follow this road straight for a few blocks. The restaurant will be on one of the intersections, far right hand side, on the cross street. Park wherever you find space, or pay at one of the local lots. 

Parking: Challenging (may cost 30NT at a local lot)

Costs: Economical