OVERSEAS
Hsinchu
Travel journal from Hsinchu, with 10 notes on the places I ate, the dishes I cooked and the sights: Dongmen Market, Hsinchu City God Temple, Hsinchu Station, Xian doujiang (savory soy milk soup).
Journeys: 1 · Notes: 10
Journeys
01
Cook the local flavors once more
Dishes made in borrowed kitchens, and how each one connects to the land.
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Xian doujiang (savory soy milk soup)
A classic Taiwanese breakfast.
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Hsinchu rice vermicelli (instant)
Hsinchu rice vermicelli has a history of more than 150 years.
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
02
A little of each town’s story
Sights, specialties and how the towns came to be: small cultural notes beside each journey.
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Dongmen Market
A market established in 1900, under Japanese rule.
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Hsinchu City God Temple
A City God temple whose construction began in 1747 and was completed in 1748.
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Hsinchu Station
The station opened in 1893.
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Hsinchu rice vermicelli and the Jiujiang wind
Hsinchu is nicknamed the "Windy City" for the strength of the Jiujiang wind, which blows around the ninth lunar month (October to November).
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Gongwan, Hsinchu meatballs
Hsinchu's meatballs, made by pounding pork into a paste and boiling it.
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
03
Places we stopped along the way
What we ate and bought, with shop details checked against published listings.
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Cheng Zu Pepper Bun
A pepper bun shop founded in 1941 that began in Wanhua, Taipei; the Beimen Street shop is the Hsinchu main store.
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
Hsinchu, Taiwan
A-Zhong Ice Shop (阿忠冰店)
A shaved-ice shop beside the Hsinchu City God Temple.
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Rongji Hakka Tangyuan (榮記客家湯圓)
An eatery on Wuchang Street, full of locals.
From: An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market
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