Hot Star Large Fried Chicken is a street-food stop in Shilin, Taipei.
Hot Star at the Jihe Road entrance to Shilin Night Market is the dinner-plate-sized fried chicken cutlet stall. Crisp, juicy, seasoned with house spice blend.
Tip: Open 16:30 to 24:00 daily. Cash only; cutlets are face-sized, easily shared.
Address: Stall 30, Jihe Road entrance, Shilin Night Market, Shilin District, Taipei City 111
Tien Hsiang at Tonghua-Linjiang Night Market serves Bib Gourmand-listed deep-fried stinky tofu with pickled cabbage. A locals' bowl on the south Da'an strip.
Try: Deep-fried stinky tofu
Tip: Open 18:00 to 01:00 daily. Cash only; eaten with chopsticks at the standing counter.
Yu Pin Yuan at Linjiang Night Market in Taipei runs Bib Gourmand-listed iced and hot tangyuan, glutinous rice balls in sesame syrup or sweet ginger soup.
Try: Glutinous rice ball tangyuan with sesame
Tip: Open 18:00 to 01:00 daily. Cash only; the iced version is the summer order.
Shijia Baobao at Linjiang Street Night Market runs the gua bao Taiwanese hamburger, fatty pork belly in steamed bao with mustard greens and peanut powder.
Try: Gua bao Taiwanese hamburger
Tip: Order extra peanut powder; the queue is short before 19:00.
Jin Feng on Roosevelt Road is the canonical lu rou fan counter near CKS Memorial Hall MRT. Fatty braised pork mince over rice; Bib Gourmand listed.
Try: Lu rou fan braised pork rice
Tip: Cash only. Add a soft-boiled tea egg and braised tofu side.
Fang Chia at Ningxia Night Market in Taipei runs the chicken-rice stall (ji rou fan), poached chicken pulled from the bone over rice with house soy sauce.
Try: Shredded chicken rice
Tip: Open 17:00 to 23:30. Order with a side of bamboo soup and pickled vegetables.
Lan Jia near Gongguan MRT is the canonical Taipei gua bao counter, lotus-leaf steamed bun with five-spice pork belly, mustard greens and peanut powder.
Try: Gua bao
Tip: Closed Mondays. Cash only; queue runs 15 minutes at lunch.