Black Pepper Pork Buns (Michelin Bib Gourmand)
by Fuzhou Black Pepper Bun, Raohe Street Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan
I landed in Taipei in late afternoon, and after taking the train to the city, checking in, and dropping my luggage off at the hotel, I was off to Raohe Street Market. It was the first place I wanted to visit in Taiwan before anything else!
Raohe Street Night Market is one of the most popular night markets in the city, and the most famous food for sale is the Michelin Bib Gourmand Award-winning Black Pepper Pork Bun.
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| Fuzhou Black Pepper Bun at Raohe Street Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan |
Fuzhou Black Pepper Bun is a Michelin Bib Gourmand street food cart that always has a long line of hungry customers wrapped around it. Fortunately, the line moves fast, and the food is worth the 10-15-minute wait.
The pepper pork buns are made of juicy marinated minced pork mixed with black pepper and lots of green onions stuffed inside a flaky bun of dough topped with sesame seeds and grilled to a golden-brown inside a clay and brick oven. They are served piping hot right off of the heat and have a delicious smoky flavor.
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| Michelin Bib Gourmand black pepper bun in Taipei |
Price
There's just one item on the menu, so ordering couldn't be simpler. Each pepper pork bun costs 65 NT$, which is around $2 USD.
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| pork buns with black pepper and green onions at Raohe St. Night Market |
Location
Fouzhou Black Pepper Bun is located at No. 253號, Raohe St, Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 105. It's the very first shop that you see when you pass under the gates and enter the pedestrian-only night market walking street, and with its perpetual popularity, is impossible to miss. Raohe Street Night Market is located adjacent to Ciyou Temple and is just 100m from Exit 5 of Songshan MRT Station.
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| Raohe Street Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan |
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