$1 Breakfast Noodles! The MOST ULTIMATE Hotpot Buffet & NIGHT MARKET Tour in Taiwan

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Started out with some delicious breakfast noodles at
正宗阿桑大腸麵線
No. 32-2號, Quanzhou St, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 100
Then to the most ultimate hotpot buffet in Taipei at
King Food Spicy Hot Pot
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[@user-x57620fzmt]

I am Taiwanese. I wanna say I had never had sandy clams until I moved to the US 😂. I think the key is to put living clams in salt water for a while (maybe 1 hour) before you cook them. That's how everybody does in Taiwan. It helps the clam spit out sands. I don't think you can buy living clams in the US (unless in an Asian grocery store) and that's probably why they're always sandy.

[@senpairaijin7079]

you can buy them live but they are sitting in shaved ice, not in water

[@fractaliamom]

You buy them live in the US, feed them cornmeal and they spit out the sand.

[@Macksify]

Same I am Taiwanese

[@justinjohnson5906]

As a clam & oyster farmer in the US. Yes we have live clams

[@Jzwiz]

Clams are normally sold fresh and live here, dead clams arent sold unless they are frozen normally

[@wishmaster808]

These are the kinds of videos which made me fall in love with Strictly Dumpling and this channel. Those expensive buffets are nice and all but realistically most of us cannot afford them/aren't willing to spend that kind of money on food. Night markets lets us see new foods and experience some of the culture of the countries. I love these!

[@teeleaf19]

i love watching these kind of videos, sadly ive stopped watching the more expensive food videos because it just feels unrealistic if you know what i mean!?

[@Sweatcheck69]

Street food tours are always the best and most optimal way of exploring a country's food items

[@bbpisc]

thats why i like them😂 bc its the only way ill experience them lol

[@Goldenkitten1]

@@teeleaf19 My real issue with the expensive videos is less about the feasibility (I know I'm never going to MOST of these places regardless of price) and more about how samey they get. I mean; crab, lobster, caviar and wagyu beef, how many times can you record the same food prepared essentially in the same way a hundred times and expect the video to feel fun to watch? I do get that Mikey is in a different stage of his life now but I think it's more videos like this we need on the main channel and not the other way around.

[@samanthachen4161]

$30 usd shouldn’t be too expensive if you are talking about splurging once or twice on your vacation. Heck, each meal in Europe could cost you at least $25 USD.

[@cherh5980]

The breakfast noodles with oysters and large intestines was flour vermicelli 麵線 not rice noodles米粉. 😊

[@vikavikasa]

And finally! Taiwan!!my fav place on earth

[@rickymartinme]

I believe this video made a lot of people want to visit Taiwan night market. So many delicious food.

[@stephenm8542]

Nobody: Mikey: UMAMI FLAVOR

[@bleu_ace1200]

I have on my bucket list to visit Taiwan and just explore night markets.

[@yichang1661]

If you make it to Taichung, go to the Hanxi 旱溪night market. It's where the locals go. The absolute MUST when you go is 發哥炭烤，a stall that grills oysters, clams, fish over charcoal fire. The whole fish there is AMAZING! and of course the oysters and clams are great too, and the price is super affordable.

[@marsdoria189]

Not only is Taiwan a beautiful country.. it also has some of the best food on Earth.

[@Sweatcheck69]

I'd wish I could go there someday

[@torstimyle1355]

Correction it's Chinese colony

[@Sweatcheck69]

@@torstimyle1355 No its a different country

[@onceyouwheeinyoucantwheeout]

@@torstimyle1355 it’s their own contry

[@torstimyle1355]

@@onceyouwheeinyoucantwheeout let them back it up against PRC without the help of the U.S.... Sovereignty is certified by power of v*olence

[@EvelynLien]

so glad that you visited Taiwan, my hometown again, and enjoyed the food!

[@David_Kheddar]

I like to watch his videos while I'm starving, for some reason I like watching this dude talk about all this awesome food while Im super hungry, oddly satisfying...

[@michellecampbell3894]

I watch his videos while I eat my less interesting food that I cook. I can't afford to travel nor eat in restaurants, so I go to the feira, cook with locally grown food, hit or miss with recipes, and eat with pleasure in good Mikey company. The best seasoning is hunger and Mikey narrations!

[@phoenixaleks]

I always wondered whatever did happen with your puppy? 🐶

[@JoJo-op5xy]

He Logan Paul it

[@TifaTakeuchi]

He said right at the start he was co-adopting Dumpling with someone who looked after them while Mike was abroad. Don't know how that's changed. Possibly the other person has Dumpling full-time now.

[@alexthai5223]

Prob dead

[@lindacassell1979]

How did you make dumplings out of the puppy

[@Phoneix8]

Taiwan has some of the best food in the world and this video just confirms that.

[@Sunnywow1]

How is it that Mike can always find awesome food places that no one else has talked about before?? I mean I live here, and even I didn't know about that awesome hotpot place. I get the same feeling when he visits other countries. For example, I've been to Italy 2 times and still didn't know about most of the restaurants Mike recommended. This is why Mike's video is so worth watching.

[@LifePhantom]

its kind of his job lol

[@alexthai5223]

I don't think it's anything that special he finds

[@enigma5014]

his Chinese and there foods are awesome

[@Sunnywow1]

@@alexthai5223 ​Then why do you watch it? There are so many food channels on youtube we all just pick the ones that fits our preference to watch, right?

[@fr0zn303]

Awesome Video! I really enjoy these street food videos a lot. Keep it up

[@haoyunchou1467]

Just rewatched all Mike’s Taiwanese videos and realized that he didn’t have fried stinky tofu (taiwanese national snack) even once! As a Taiwanese I have to say there are plenty of other Taiwanese unique food and snacks and I wish to see Mike tastes some of them👍

[@hc434]

Stinky tofu is originally from China though so it's definitely not unique to Taiwan. There are plenty of unique Taiwanese dishes but that definitely is not one of them

[@haoyunchou1467]

@@hc434 it’s true that other places in China also serve stinky tofu, but to be Taiwanese fried stinky tofu it must be accompanied by Taiwanese sauerkraut (高麗泡菜). Together with the sweet and spicy red sauce it neutralizes the ammonia aroma coming from the stinky tofu! Boy I really miss the stinky tofu 🫢😷😋🤤

[@bctvanw]

@@hc434 Prepared differently. It is just like Japanese Ramen was originally Chinese food in Japan, but most people treat it like Japanese food nowadays.

[@joekatkkjj]

Mike’s had stinky tofu before and he didn’t care for it. He felt it was just like regular fried tofu and didn’t feel like the stinkiness added anything 😂

[@haoyunchou1467]

@@joekatkkjj I believed he had stewed stinky tofu instead of fried ones in shilin night market. You can tell people who took him there knew it’s a lot stinkier then the fried stinky tofu and he would not like it! The fried stinky tofu with Taiwanese sauerkraut is a lot milder than the stewed ones!

[@Crosshill]

the way he says 'this ones just okay' as nicely as possible

[@AussieAngeS]

I’d love to go to Taiwan one day 😍

[@Bens_Tunes]

Hopefully China stays away. G'day from Australia as well.

[@tynishabattle4218]

I get full just watching you eat I always have 2 bottles of water 😂if I try to keep up with you I would hurt myself respect 🫡 to you MIKE💯

[@cdpgeorge]

I was gonna say, that stand alone building made me thought of Taiwan. And it was. I need to go back. It's such a good country.

[@littlebacon1908]

You’re making me miss Taiwan so much rn :(

[@nelle671]

More Taiwan please!

[@dbrown101272]

Love it Mike. This video alone makes me want to go to Taiwan!

[@AHylianWarrior]

The reason the clams don't have sand in them is because they've never seen sand in their life. Most if not all of the fish and shellfish you get from these places are from places that farm them in confined areas. It's a thing all across East Asia.

[@MariaCortez24]

My pick from Taiwanese night market food items are stinky tofu, sweet potato balls and grilled corns. They are so additive. ❤

[@thetanndone]

Mikey thank you for visiting Taiwan!

[@sceadwe]

I wish Ive seen this before we went to Taiwan. Guess we have to go back. 😊

[@jacintaeisentraut8224]

That chicken at Toni's looks awesome!

[@irena-talita]

Omg the food was amazing great video Mikey ❤❤

[@fredericasteller8939]

You eat such amazing food, Mike, it makes me very hungry! 😊😋😋😋😁😊🤣😂😅😀

[@Sydorrah]

Great seeing Mikey back in Taiwan y'know more great food videos are coming

[@andycool6132]

They are called "Tang Yuan"

[@superbilly16]

welcome back to Taiwan Mikey! it's been a while :)

[@speedracer2111]

Easy on the pork belly Mike... it will linger in your arteries! Lol Great video, keep em coming.

[@adriennefloreen]

I love how you end your video by saying Taiwan was the first country you went to when you started making food videos.

[@rodw4057]

Roasted Sugar Cane juice? Man!! That sounds so, so good!! I wish we had it here.

[@CDPA7]

My fiancee is wanting to go to Taiwan next after watching I may have too 👀

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

Awesome job Mikey

[@rodw4057]

Never seen a Chinese restaurant that serves a palate cleanser. He must be at a high, high end restaurant. Lucky him!!

[@YASTravelsEatsWell]

Yes, that was a very interesting selection of Taiwanese street food at the night market! The hot pot AYCE was super as well!

[@SJ-yn1qi]

I've never had hotpot before but going soon. What's the best dipping sauce recipe to try with a hotpot??

[@mtmt88]

It really bothers me that all these KZbinrs - Mikey no exception - when eating hotpot they empty the whole plate, dump every single slice of meat in the broth like they're boiling soup. That's NOT how you do hotpot, people!! One slice at a time, keep the water temperature high, let the meat swim a little and just cooked!!

[@rodw4057]

Wow!! He can sure eat!! At 17:04, he got a 2nd larger order because it was so good! Good for him!!! 😂🤤

[@jubistar99]

Now I’m hungry! BRB gonna go make some noodles 😊

[@Ava_Orchid]

I live in Florida and rarely encounter a sandy bivalve (think thats what they all are called) because we purge them. I usually only eat them if they are live at purchase or maybe in a restaurant that serves raw oysters as those must be live before prep. That does mean its a rare thing to eat for me as live are expensive. However there is also a way to grow clams and bivalves where they never encounter sand and therefore do not need purging

[@hc434]

"Bivalves" - sounds so appetizing

[@zz3271]

Nice video I only have issue with one thing, why are you calling them mochi balls when it’s clearly tang yuan/yuan xiao?

[@JAF30]

There is some weird food chemistry thing that goes on with freshly fried chicken. Same goes for breaded mushrooms, the heat from being cooked will only escape a fresh piece of fried chicken when you bite into it. You can leave it sit there for ten or more minutes and the first bite will always scorch the inside of your mouth if your not careful .

[@lofisubliminal1863]

Night market videos are my favorite

[@kadijadiallo1950]

I was early but decided to get a plate before watching. Been watching foodie shorts and was already feeling it. This would've made it worse 😅

[@FlavorofMind]

Hell yes, keep crushing it Mikey! I absolutely love Taipei, and this food looks truly heavenly... There's so much simple, soulful eating to be done over there!

[@kikyochan66]

That’s not two kinds of tofu in hotpot. The darker one is pigs’ blood, very common in Taiwanese hotpot

[@hitokiri92]

It could be duck/pig blood possibly.

[@kikyochan66]

@@hitokiri92 very true

[@Olofpalme1337]

best one yet seeing you finish first double bowls!

[@tofusoupz]

I LOVE MONGA chicken cutlets!

[@missmarypoppins9191]

9:24 I’m curious who is your camera person? 🎥

[@johnwinner8511]

Burgers, flies , gravy , chicken wings, lasnga, take out or eat in . Oh what food do they like! Chinese Japanese Taiwanese Korean Vietnamese Thai American italian ....

[@johnwinner8511]

We need to meet at the office .

[@johnwinner8511]

I bet you invested in 3 more restaurants styles .

[@caiuspostumiusturrinus1024]

Mike you gotta have California coastal BBQ. Nothing beats it... Go to Santa Barbara and have red oak tri-tip.

[@billb.5183]

I find it somewhat amusing that he considers brains to be "gnarly" but he eats the chewy tubes that poo flows through like they're candy. 🤣

[@alexthai5223]

Fr

[@hc434]

Isnt sausage casing also intestines though

[@patt335]

I’ll eat brains before touching intestines. Actually I don’t want either. Just because they’re on the menu doesn’t mean they need to be ordered. The solid blood can be omitted too.

[@frankmacleod2565]

Great work as always Mike

[@kbaxterpackwood]

Those giant crawfish, aka mud bugs, look delicious!

[@RustyHeart2Heart]

I like the Snoopy tea @ 10:00! That's pretty cool!

[@rodw4057]

At 2:16 he got a 2nd bowl! The bowls look small though. 😂

[@sethsoderman2731]

I always hear amazing food always and Taiwan other awesome stuff all the time too

[@AL-ws5yi]

So many places I want to go to…

[@MonteyB]

Another fantastic video

[@tanyacreedon]

I love your garlic chili oil. Thank you. 💓

[@alisachamoy225]

Looks great! (everything except for a yogurt drink with all of that! and having to use one plate for all of that).

[@linited]

The soursop looked more like custard apple but everything looked delicious as usual

[@samanthachen4161]

It is custard apple but has been cross bred with pineapple so it’s not the round ones but rather pineapple shaped and the inside isn’t individually seeded.

[@finallydone8640]

Spice from the white powder strong words in these days love the show

[@cheerios4canaries]

Hello Mike, just got back from Taipei but I’d like to know the name of this night market?

[@mongulkhanaxe6639]

Mike are you coming to Australia and New Zealand? They have good Asians food in big cities too

[@lokiarei]

I seriously need a video for my area.... I'm in DC and know there's good places to eat, but don't know where to go for good Asian food. Plz do a video so I know where to get good food! Asking as a fellow foodie

[@aliali-ce3yf]

like the Kdrama villain black baseball cap you're wearing

[@timmiller6454]

Last time I got the spice from a white powder was some guy selling it behind the quicky mart 😅

[@kipakimakpkm9615]

Airy is his favorite word

[@icekitten4u2love14]

I got a serious question, do all breakfast noodles come with oysters, I am not allergic to all shellfish but oysters are one of the ones I am allergic too and is why I ask

[@meech5407]

you can ask for no oysters it’s like that for all street food

[@SpiritsAndDemons]

​@meech As long as the food is not cooked with the oysters, then removed before serving. Still deadly if allergic.

[@cdnsilverdaddy]

Not all .. there are vegetarian versions just as good or better

[@SpiritsAndDemons]

@amateurranconteur OK that is good to know!! 😊

[@hitokiri92]

BTW the broth could be cooked with bonito (fish) flakes, if you're ok with fish then you should be fine, just ask without oysters. And it's not a breakfast only noodle, it's just a little snack for people to eat throughout the day.

[@zoltangerliczkis80s.multim60]

Hi, mike! Did you shoot this movie in one day? Look like you can eat even more than Mark Wiens.

[@MillionaireCoaching]

Sweet potato puffs ... what does the pressing down with the colander looking lid do? Seems it would smash them, but they come out looking perfect.

[@michelleb2087]

I don’t think the lid comes down far enough that it would smoosh the puffs. It’s just enough to submerge them in the oil to cook them evenly.

[@MillionaireCoaching]

@@michelleb2087 Thank you! That's great. Looks so good.

[@_itscrisp]

Mr Funny Face!

[@HeatherGuibas]

What kind of gluten free options do some of these places have if any?

[@wyatthowie5998]

Mike:loyal supporter here. How can you eat that pork belly and keep a reasonable cholesterol level?

[@alexthai5223]

Prob doesn't

[@itsnewzie]

I don’t know if this has ever been addressed but whatever happened to the restaurant you were opening in TX? Houston I think?

[@bartvanderauwera6906]

Snif, snif, I also like white powder on my soups😅

[@henryt8020]

love it. still in TW?

[@MariisRoom]

Hi Mike I’m going back to San Francisco on my birthday because last time was a fail bc I brought a very unhappy friend with me so next time I’m going alone but Do you think you could ever do a video in Japan town ? Especially the mall!

[@Mai-xs9oc]

My favorite

[@JDo-tq9lo]

Hi Mikey, I recently moved to Cleveland Ohio and was wondering if you could pay a visit to AsiaTown in Cleveland. I’ve never been there yet.

[@jeandavies4550]

Seriously…exactly how much do you really eat in one day?

[@alexthai5223]

All of it

[@robertnagy6125]

If I ate this kind of soup for breakfast, I could go to the toilet in 2 minutes.🤣🤣🤣

[@SH-zx3nx]

Mike, if you’re still in Taiwan 🇹🇼 you should collab with a KZbinr “Joeman” he mentioned you in one of his videos

[@rodw4057]

Funny how they blurred out the guy in the back. Lol!

[@tracywells13]

Mike you look so different in that ball cap

[@xiaovic6619]

which taiwan night market is this? what isit called?

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

It all looks so mouthwatering! Love your videos mike!

[@SaraO-fj8pq]

Yummy

[@almeidacheang7853]

hey Mike,where is this place of many food stores(street)

[@gary8146]

Mike. If you had to describe your vpn provider in a word…would you say they are umami.

[@congee]

Which market was this? Lingjiang (tonghua)?

[@appolop8273]

With all the food he's eating, he never gets an upset stomach.

[@CDPA7]

Most important how is mikey not diabetic 😱

[@EinkOLED]

He spits out the food once the filming stops.

[@CornellCS]

wait is this sarcastic or am I just slow

[@CornellCS]

@@EinkOLED no shot

[@davidmckesey7119]

He probably does. Just doesn't film it lol

[@shockwavemasta]

I can never make a good hot pot sauce - anybody have a recipe for use in restaurant?

[@amazing1891]

日本式沾醬: 日本式醬油+醋or酸橘醋+青蔥。 適合麻辣火鍋的沾醬: 芝麻醬+醬油+醋。 台灣式沾醬: 沙茶醬+花生粉+醋+糖+生蛋黃+醬油+大蒜+青蔥。 普通沾醬: 醬油+芝麻油+（辣椒、大蒜、醋、青蔥）。

[@user-vb6oe9ql6j]

welcome to Taiwan!