Cong you bing is the flaky chewy pan-fried Chinese flatbread layered with green onion. Sliced and eaten plain, or wrapped around egg and pork floss.
Where to eat it: 2 restaurants across 1 city.
Scallion pancake originated in Shandong province but is now ubiquitous across Taipei breakfast counters and street stalls. The lamination technique (oil between flour layers) produces the signature flaky-chewy crumb. Most of Taipei's best versions are sold from tiny breakfast shops in Yongkang Street and Ximending, often as a wrap with fried egg and pork floss inside.
Common allergens: Gluten
Tip from the editors. Don't roll too thin; the layers need room. The pan-fry must be done in oil, not dry; sesame oil between layers gives the flake.
Yong He Soya Milk King in Da'an is Taipei's 24-hour soy-milk breakfast counter, where shift workers and late finishers meet for hot soy milk and youtiao.
Try: Soy milk and youtiao
Tip: Open 24 hours daily. Cash and mobile pay.
Fuhang Soy Milk is the queue Taiwanese breakfast counter near Shandao Temple in Taipei. Fresh-ground soy milk, youtiao, sesame shaobing. Bib Gourmand listed.
Order: Salty soy milk with youtiao soaked in, plus a sesame shaobing.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Cash only; queue from 06:00 weekends Weekends fill by noon.
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