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Late-night ramen, market kushikatsu, century-old shops — eating is the fastest way to travel.

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[Illustrative] Dong Family Three Brothers Meatballs

Dong Jia San Xiong Di Ba Wan is a Shui Li, Nantou institution with more than seventy years of history, famous for freshly handmade ba wan dumplings paired with complimentary pork bone broth. The small shop has only about twenty four seats and frequently sees queues, with weekday hours roughly 2 pm to 6 pm and holiday closures often triggered by early sellouts. The dumpling skin is translucent, glossy, and springy, the filling juicy, and the house chili and numbing spicy sauces can also be dipped directly in the bone broth. Beloved by locals and tourists alike, it is a Shui Li must try snack.

Ya-Mi Buffet in Kinmen County's JinCheng Township is a Chinese-style buffet. The doors open at 11 AM, with the spread rotating through a wide range of dishes - the affordable crispy fried chicken steak is a particular highlight. The dining room is kept clean, prices are wallet-friendly and the food quality has earned positive feedback online with an average rating of about 3.7 stars. A great pick for travellers who want to sample many Chinese dishes in one sitting without spending much.

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Gongzheng Street Bun Shop

Gong-Zheng Street Bao-Zi is a 40-plus-year Hualien snack landmark, anchored by its thick-skinned small soup dumplings and steamed dumplings. The dough is hand-rolled into soft, chewy, faintly sweet wrappers that hold a simply seasoned, juicy pork filling. The shop also serves steamed dumplings, soup dumplings, pork-thickened noodle soup, hot-and-sour noodles, meatball soup, iced soy milk, and red tea. Even after the late-2023 move, the popularity has held steady - queues are shorter but the dumplings remain a Hualien must-eat. Prices are friendly, with each soup dumpling around NT$5-7, perfect for grab-and-go eating.
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Zhoujia Steamed Dumplings

Zhou-Jia Steamed Dumplings on Gong-Zheng Street in Hualien has been operating for nearly fifty years and is famed for its hand-folded steamed dumplings and soup dumplings made fresh to order. The menu offers three steamed-dumpling flavours, hand-made soup dumplings, hot-and-sour soup, pork-thickened soup, and braised pork rice, and the shop runs 24 hours a day - so breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a midnight snack are all on the table. Ten steamed dumplings run about NT$30, ten soup dumplings about NT$40, prices are friendly and flavours bright, and the regular queues mark it as a must-visit for locals and tourists alike.
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Zengji Mochi

Tseng-Ji Ma-Shu is a 30-plus-year Hualien heritage brand famed for its hand-made mochi, folded fresh in front of customers. The shop offers many flavours, with peanut and sesame the most-loved signatures - soft, chewy skins wrapped around fragrant fillings, sweet but never cloying. Beyond mochi, the shop stocks a full line of souvenirs, perfect for the journey home. Tseng-Ji is celebrated for its traditional craftsmanship, no preservatives, and same-day freshness, and was the first mochi brand in Taiwan to earn GSF certification. Branches across Hualien City make it easy for travellers to grab a box any time.
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Linji Mingli Road Scallion Pancake

Lin-Ji Scallion Pancake on Ming-Li Road in Hualien City has been turning out hand-made pancakes for more than forty years. The signature pancake costs just NT$20, or NT$30 with an egg - a friendly price that never dents the quality. The crust is crisp outside and chewy inside, the oil fragrant but never greasy, and pairing it with a half-set egg and the house chilli sauce brings layered sweet-spicy depth. The shop also serves old-style red tea, and regulars routinely order several at once. Queues are common, but the team works fast and fries each piece to order, so the pancakes arrive hot and crisp - a must-try for street-food lovers.
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Banyan Tree Noodle Shop

Rong-Shu-Xia (Under-the-Banyan) Noodle Shop is a half-century-old neighbourhood staple tucked into an alley off Lin-Sen Road in Hsinchu, serving a full spread of traditional noodles and braised sides. The menu covers dry noodles, soup noodles, rice noodles, flat ban-tiao noodles, and wontons at friendly prices, with a meal running about NT$40-100. Stand-outs include Hakka-style dry ban-tiao and dry rice noodles with balanced sweet-savoury seasoning, and the salt-water duck one-duck-two-ways set with pickled-duck soup that needs to be ordered in advance. The shop opens at 6 AM, closes Tuesdays, offers dine-in and takeout, and the dining room is spacious and clean.
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Grandma Shen's Dried Chili

Shen-Ma-Ma Bo-Pi-La-Jiao is a Hualien heritage souvenir brand known for hand-pickled crisp peeled chillies. Products range from jarred peeled chillies and peeled-chilli chicken-soup ready-to-cook packs, to garlic-chicken hot pot and handmade peeled-chilli dumplings, all freezer-friendly for gifting or home use. The main storefront sits in a residential house in Xin-Cheng-Bei-Pu, with a branch on Zhong-Mei Road in Hualien City for travellers convenience. The defining qualities are chilli aroma balanced with crunch, fully hand-made preparation, and a versatile range of cooking uses - a must-buy Hualien souvenir.
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