Of course you have to eat the most authentic flavor when traveling to a place. There are always snacks that can be found everywhere in popular tourist areas. There’s really no need to taste it, you can eat it anywhere. The following introduction teaches you how to eat the most authentic Zhahualien local food. Let's take a look.

9453 Salt Grilled Snapper

Taiwanese snapper is well known to many people. In recent years, Hualien’s salt-grilled snapper has become an internet celebrity in the Baodao food world. The 9453 Beer Bar located in the Hualien Railway Station Square is very popular with locals. Salt-wrapped soft-shelled turtle, the salt taste is light through the skin, moderately salty and tender, and the meat is fresh and tender. It attracts not only Hualien locals, but also many people from Taipei and Kaohsiung.

Your Majesty Tailu’s Sweet and Sour Lemon Juice

Although Jiaxing Bingguo Shop is located in the countryside of Hualien New Town, it attracts many diners from Hualien City to drive there. The main lemon juice is sour and sweet, and is the most popular. Carpool tour groups after visiting Taroko will pass by this store (local drivers know this store). If time and parking conditions permit, you can ask the driver to wait for a few minutes and take it out to taste.

Best Ginger Duck

A small restaurant with a good business, especially in autumn and winter, Hualien locals especially like to eat ginger duck hot pot. The bottom of the pot is ginger duck, available in large and small portions. You can order various dishes (duck intestines, duck meatballs, tofu, tofu skin, various vegetables, etc.) and wash them in it. The side ingredients are usually fermented bean curd sauce, which makes you feel warm when you rinse it.

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The mainland friends I know have polarizing opinions on mandarin fish soup, or they think it is super delicious! Or think it’s a ghost! People in Taiwan like to eat milkfish, especially in Tainan, where they can be cooked into porridge or soup. However, I heard that the fish was exported to the mainland that year, but failed, so it seems difficult to buy it in the mainland.

In fact, its taste is not strange. The fish maw soup is slightly fatter and the fish soup is slightly thinner. You can decide according to your own preferences. The fish can be dipped in soy sauce and mustard. Our braised pork rice is also quite popular, but it is quite fat.

Breakfast with money in mind

If you are a big eater, you cannot miss breakfast with money in mind. You can have a serving of chili noodles, half-boiled poached eggs, and a little oily soy sauce noodles, which is simply synonymous with perfection. In addition, pot stickers and pig blood soup are also must-have delicacies in Qian Ji. Qian Ji is a local breakfast restaurant, so be prepared to queue up.

Laicheng Pork Ribs Noodles

Laicheng Pork Ribs Noodles is an ancient local noodle dish that Hualien people like very much. It has a bit of Japanese flavor. The ribs are fried so they are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The noodles are firm and chewy. There are also cold dishes such as golden eggs, kelp, pig scalp, and vegetables. If you like pasta, you can try it.

The small seafood market behind the pier

The black current brings rich fishery resources to the Pacific Ocean in Hualien. The seafood market outside the whale watching pier has several seafood stalls and restaurants nearby. It is a favorite place for Hualien locals to enjoy delicious seafood. There are very few tourists at the moment. The seafood here is not only fresh, but also very reasonably priced, highly recommended.

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Four-star recommendation because it is located in Meilun, a bit away from the city center. But if you live nearby or go to Qixingtan, you can choose to eat.

Their pasta is very delicious (they must be the second generation from other provinces, the pasta made by mainlanders is really delicious). The egg pancake is crispy on the outside and has solid ingredients inside.

My personal favorite combination is: crispy egg pancake (all added), the meat is replaced with gluten, and it is really delicious with the soy sauce prepared by the store!