Hu jiao bing is the charcoal-oven-baked Fujian pepper bun: flaky crust around a juicy peppery pork and spring onion filling, sold from market stalls and queue counters.
Pepper bun came from Fuzhou with Hokkien settlers and is now sold at most Taipei night markets. Fuzhou Shihzu at Raohe Night Market in Songshan bakes them on the inner walls of a charcoal-fired clay-and-brick oven, the smoke giving them their distinctive flavour. The bun is Bib Gourmand-listed and the canonical version in Taipei. Each bun is NT$70 and made to order; the queue is 20 minutes deep most evenings.
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