I Didn't Know Taiwanese Food Was Like This... 🇹🇼

[@JayandKarolina]

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[@CCT14627]

@39:53 On his way out, the owner of the shop told the other customer, "The foreigners want to take a photo. I'll let them get the most of it!" This is very Taiwanese: kindness without reservation, especially in the southern and rural area. I hope you enjoy your visit in Taiwan.

[@JayandKarolina]

🥹 We really could have seen the generosity of that Man! He made our day ❤️

[@TheJoeytsao]

As a fellow Taiwanese, I’ve only met one person who would order full sugar at tea shops. I do have sugar + no ice myself. Note that no ice doesn’t mean room temp. It actually means “chilled but no ice cubes”

[@tingyuwang4056]

Actually Tainan is the sweetest city in Taiwan.Every thing their taste sweeter than other places.And the people there are very friendly and passion.It’s a great place for foreigners to visit!

[@JayandKarolina]

We totally agree! The sweetness in taste was detestable straightway! It's a great city for sure 😬

[@MUSICWORLD_99168]

At 10:09, that movie theater, is where the twice Oscar winning movie director Ang Lee, got his love for movie from, and where he often skip school and went for movie as a teenager in Tainan City. Tainan city is also the birth place of Nvidia's founder, Jensen Huang, and AMD's CEO Lisa Su, and K-Pop idol group TWICE's Tzuyu. Boba tea & bubble tea (originally with small white pearl balls) were invented in Tainan as well, that's why it first got the name "Pearl Milk Tea".

[@kilik1532]

You guys got the spirit to try everything that’s really nice ❤

[@JayandKarolina]

THANK YOU!!! And thanks for watching 😄🙏

[@zoo0602]

40:50 The period of Japanese rule in Taiwan ERA, This is how tofu pudding vendor selling their tofu pudding in the stree.

[@JayandKarolina]

Wow! That’s super interesting! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@林煌昌-x4d]

You are real foodies braving unknown exotic foods, and Tainan is famous place in Taiwan for its street venders and greasy spoons selling a variety of them. Nowaday, a growing number of Japanese and Korean tourists just riding popular wave into this half-modern and half-antique city.

[@JayandKarolina]

We actually live the most trying authentic foods - you can experiment sometimes but it feels (& tastes) 10x better when you try the most authentic dishes 🙏

[@awesomeness87878787]

Those golden paper is “money” to burn either for the saints or for your ancestors. Really like your videos immersing yourself into local food and cultures!

[@JayandKarolina]

That’s what we love doing ❤️

[@denny180]

You are Taiwaneses food representative,it is amazing!! Tainan is the place which is famous for diverse dishes.hopefully both of you enjoy .

[@JayandKarolina]

We really did enjoy our stay in Tainan!

[@deanchang8752]

hope you enjoy your trip in Taiwain

[@林君璇-r5f]

I like gentlemen describes food! Very professional ❤

[@vegamiki2]

避免珍珠沾黏 煮好會先拌入糖槳 如果不喜歡太甜的珍珠奶茶 建議點無糖珍珠奶茶哦～ 祝旅途愉快😊

[@ElsaLinn]

Some foreigners said that they always find some new kind of food everyday after a year live in Taiwan.

[@JayandKarolina]

Totally agree 🤝 And we’re actually loving it!

[@RM-hu9sd]

D*mn! That place looks like a gourmets' paradise!

[@JayandKarolina]

😄😄😄

[@davidwu1234]

Hope you're enjoying your trip in Taiwan..😄😄

[@JayandKarolina]

Yes we are 😍 Very much!

[@laocungwang6005]

以前是挑那種擔子沿街賣豆花的。

[@mingyu9667]

老闆珍藏的古物，太有趣了台南人

[@JayandKarolina]

🙏🙏🙏

[@user-gtv618zzz]

His father used to carry bean curds everywhere and sell them by ringing a bell. It was really hard work, but it was delicious!

[@samanthachen4161]

You must eat the sausage with raw garlic. It brings out the flavor more. Try the next one with garlic and maybe you’ll change your mind. The reason the skin of the chicken is chewy bc they are free range chicken so they actually walk around. The meat will also be chewier. The vegetables in Taiwan are very good too bc they are very tender and fresh.

[@JayandKarolina]

Thank you for sharing all the insights! Knowing that the textures and tastes make so much sense 😉

[@cfc0620]

台南的食物都甜甜的

[@edgec23]

Those are indeed money. Not "Fake" but supposedly money they use in the after life. Taiwanese burn them so the ancestors can receive them in the after life. And the very last scene, the owner was trying to show you how the selling of those "Tofu" (which are actually called Tohua) were done in the olden days. Vendor would carry those around and inside are the syrup and Tohua.

[@GideonicGaming]

@JayeshChhaya if you plan to go to Japan next, please be careful to ask every shop for filming before you do so. There are several major cases where some influencer broke Japan's law for their content and getting sentenced. It might be a little sensitive rn. I hope it'll help you on your adventure. Always love your blog mate.😊

[@林君璇-r5f]

I really love her smile! Honestly are u happy with your trip in Taiwan so far? ❤

[@JayandKarolina]

We loved it! And going to different regions allowed us to really immerse ourselves into the culture 😍

[@林宜賢-z1c]

Hello sir , I am a Taiwanese who just got insomnia and found out ur channel here. I live in Kaohsiung and was so much happier to see u guys traveling in Taiwan, but I was think there has still so much beautiful places in Kaohsiung, is there has any chance can invite u guys back to Kaohsiung, and will be my a pleasure to taking u guys some tour and give a drive😅?

[@JayandKarolina]

This is so sweet of you! We 're already in Vietnam but thank you so much!!! It means a lot 🙏

[@jlin7724]

Tainan is the most sweet-tooth out of all places in Taiwan. It’s common sense to turn down a couple of notch if you’re not much a sugar person😂

[@chiehlilee9224]

Instant diabetes if you are not careful at the night markets.

[@JayandKarolina]

We could have actually tasted the difference in the sugar-level! Pretty much every dish was sweeter 😄 But we liked it!

[@fare3468]

台南習慣吃偏甜的食物 他們糖加比較多 不過台灣的很多料理也會放糖 你們接下來要到東部花蓮的話 我可以推薦景點喔

[@JayandKarolina]

It’s so true! All the dishes or especially sauces were sweeter than in other parts of the country! We’re heading to Hualien soon so please send us some recommendations 😍👌

[@fare3468]

@@JayandKarolina 好的 我用臉書傳送給你參考

[@曉荷-v8f]

我看到香菜了～讚啦～😊 ，油條放在湯裡……讚啦～（專拍我愛吃的，謝謝啦～）

[@JayandKarolina]

We loved the food! Although I’m not the biggest fan of the coriander 🌿 🤨

[@shihtsung7994]

您的臺灣旅遊影片拍的很好看！希望能常來臺灣拍片🎉玩的愉快

[@hitokiri92]

You ordered the tofu pudding from a photo online with only the egg pudding as topping. You could actually order it with several toppings on top. For example: Red beans, peanut, taro or sweet potato balls. BTW, the tofu pudding owner is showing you how they used to sell the tofu sweet in the old days, which is carrying the tofu with a stick on their back and when customers hear the bell 🔔 sound they would come out to buy some tofu sweet. 😄

[@tommy65a001]

22:56 This is funniest part in this video the shopkeeper just told you wait a second please in Japanese!

[@JayandKarolina]

That’s hilarious hahaha 😂

[@MuMuChen123]

😂😂😂

[@samanthachen4161]

A lot of “hotels” did away with front desk during Covid and it just somehow stuck. Prob more cost saving and it’s pretty convenient if you have the line app. We did this during our quarantine back in 2022.

[@JayandKarolina]

👍👍👍

[@easycreative8131]

讚唷~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[@igibon8]

The movie theater is for 2nd run movies or just rerun of some sort. I am very familiar with that area because I was there in complimentary school for college entrance exam when I went to college in Taiwan.

[@liebfraumilch3518]

you really know local food!!!

[@JayandKarolina]

We are the FOODIE types 😍🙏

[@tommy65a001]

In the end of the video, that's the traditional container for Douhua, which is what you eat in that store. In like more than 50 years ago, people sold douhua by carrying these containers on street.

[@augustjasmine]

Welcome to Tainan

[@siscaandriani]

whoaaa Tainan also so niceee!!! sooo many good food!! the noodles, coffin bread and bao looks sooo good!!! 😍😍 just a lil problem becoz seems less english menu on the shops ^^ the last dessert shop haha the owner is sooo funny and friendly.. in Indonesia, beancurd seller also use that way to sell on the street and carry around that wooden thing (calls as pikulan here, dunno how to say it in english or chinese) ^^

[@jiansianj]

The last BOSS is show you before people how to sell Douhua. welcome Taiwan!!

[@JayandKarolina]

That’s so cool!!!

[@talkreal893]

那是古時候裝豆花的桶子～ 在路上背著販賣～😊😊

[@jasonlin1937]

Love all your Taiwan videos.. especially the British accents :)

[@JayandKarolina]

Yay, thank you! Karolina is smiling now because she’s Polish haha and you said accentS 😍😄

[@chiang_paul]

❤Tainan has all good foods 👍all my childhood memories are from the city ❤

[@JayandKarolina]

Loved all the dishes :)

[@terrymardi707]

I would like to see you doing more cycling vlogs on your cycle with jay channel. Please do another vlog of your cycling in huddersfield.

[@wenchunwang6658]

你們很會找食物，都是知名老店👍希望你們喜歡台灣小吃

[@JayandKarolina]

Thank you! We’re the FOODIE TYPES so we wanted to do our research beforehand in terms of the locations 😄

[@zoanthropy18k]

Have you tried Taipei beef noodles?

[@JayandKarolina]

Many times!!! So good 🤪🙏

[@hdtrshdfhjfhd]

good video

[@umbertoconte2081]

Hi Jay, congratulations on the video you made 😄 Hi Karolina, you're nice 🥰

[@takushe0823]

Next Stop Recommend Hsinchu Mountain Area

[@TaipeiEats]

Another Amazing Episode👍👍👍

[@JayandKarolina]

Thanks Simon!!!

[@er-nuo6760]

I just want to say even for some of Taiwanese, Tainan's food is really sweet that is kind of a food feature there

[@JayandKarolina]

Interesting!

[@chiyaogeneshen2922]

We don't have the best-looking cities just due to our early development, but the friendliness of Taiwanese people cannot be understated and it's often times overlooked when talking about the country. Also I believe English fluency on average is better than most East Asian countries, which is an important factor of enjoyment for visitors.

[@JayandKarolina]

That’s true! We felt very welcomed by all the Taiwanese and never had issues with communication 🙏 However, even before coming to the country we had heard that Taiwan would be awesome because of the local hospitality!

[@tiwayhou]

在台灣有句祝福的話:升官(棺)發財,取至讀音稱棺材板,並不會忌諱用棺材來命名!但是路上遇到了真的棺木,口中會默念阿彌陀佛!!!🙂🙂🙂 There is a blessing saying in Taiwan: if you get promoted (coffin) and get rich, the pronunciation is called a coffin board. There is no taboo in naming it after a coffin! But when you encounter a real coffin on the road, you will silently recite Amitabha!!!

[@JayandKarolina]

So interesting! Thanks for sharing! 🙏✨

[@美樺黃-z8k]

Food is so good ❤❤⋯⋯

[@higashirinchiah1013]

Looks like 9 Emperor God Festival. It is also celebrated in Malaysia and Singapore among the Chinese descent around this period. Chinese burns the colour paper as offerings to the gods usually in form of fake money, gold ingots, etc in exchane for blessings

[@蔡天勳]

我可以嘗試去外雙溪釣蝦這休閑活動

[@bgsawnd4449]

You must try Chou tofu..smell not good but taste very good am stay in pingtung chaozhao

[@JayandKarolina]

Sounds good! Next time! 👌

[@troutfishing7775]

I usually drink less sugar pearl milk tea ,I think normol sugar is too sweat

[@JayandKarolina]

Yes, you are right!

[@cfc0620]

從前賣豆花的人，是用肩膀挑著擔子，沿路叫賣。老闆讓你挑的就是古早的擔子

[@taiwan2709]

Welcome to Taiwan.^^

[@林君璇-r5f]

I recommend u to try brown sugar milk tea half sugar and less ice! It’s bloody ❤good

[@JayandKarolina]

Our favouite taste 😍 So good!

[@purpl3cow]

When you order brown sugar bubble tea, that’s the sugar. You want to shake it vigorously while it’s still warm before you start drinking. Or else you’ll just be drinking sugar 😂

[@JayandKarolina]

So true!

[@yvr3599]

Can you shar the name of the places? You eat😊😊please

[@阿魯米-g4k]

你要攪拌均勻再來享用會更棒

[@jasonliu718]

15:30 I think I know what you're talking about. It's like a Greggs Chicken Bake innit 😂

[@JayandKarolina]

YES! EXACTLY THIS! I knew it was similar to something back home 😂

[@samanthachen4161]

Exploded usual means the filling will just explode once you bite into it.

[@JayandKarolina]

🤩

[@廖嘉豐-f9m]

May I ask where you from?

[@JayandKarolina]

Midlands, UK 🇬🇧 Derby/Nottingham area 👍

[@廖嘉豐-f9m]

@@JayandKarolina I see Welcome come to Taiwan

[@廖嘉豐-f9m]

@@JayandKarolina because you have a different accent i

[@badpigy]

在大西洋上，傳說有亞特蘭提斯。在太平洋上，則是姆大陸。 在台灣，3000公尺以上的高山有285座。 如果，台灣曾經是姆大陸的一部分，那麼，那285座3000公尺以上的高山，我覺得，可能存在遠古時候的什麼🤔 在台灣高雄的萬頭蘭山區有很多奇特的史前岩雕。 如果人們相信這個宇宙存在著「屬靈世界」，那麼，如同台灣通靈者說的，在山裡和水邊都有無形界的存在。 我曾看過一個台灣通靈者的說法： 台灣是姆大陸文化的重地。而姆大陸文化重靈性輕物質。 在版大這個影片裡5:00開始的「廟會活動」，是台灣獨特的「宮廟遶境」，我記得，好像是A地的宮廟神明去拜訪B地的宮廟神明🤔 影片裡出現有畫臉譜的，是形象化神明身邊的「兵將」。 最後，關於台灣人手一杯的手搖飲料。我其實很推薦版大多嘗試其他的風味，不是只喝珍珠奶茶： 百香綠茶、多多綠、鐵觀音拿鐵、冬瓜檸檬、冬瓜仙草、綠奶茶、木瓜牛奶、酪梨🥑牛奶、芋頭牛奶、南瓜牛奶等等，各式各樣的「飲料」都可以嘗試看看😊

[@samanthachen4161]

You might have like the rice dumpling more if it had meat. When they show you the amount of ice and sugar to get, you usually stick with it. Like you said, it was 0% then 25% so you should’ve asked for 25% instead of your own percentage of 10%. The vendor has already calculated the diff sweetness that they feel is best the drinks. Like other vendor might have 0 or 30% sugar instead of 0 or 25% (the place you went). Some drinks can’t adjust sugar or ice bc they’ve tested and come to the best combination. Also you need to shake the brown sugar bubble tea more so the brown sugar syrup will mix into the drink. If you don’t shake it well enough, your bubbles might taste too sweet. The burning of the yellow paper is money for the underworld. Seafood in Taiwan is really fresh so it may taste very diff from the seafood you’ve had. You should try seafood. Coffin bread reminds me of chicken pot pie. The noodle place vendor just told you guys to wait in Japanese, lol. For the dry noodle, you needed to mix everything first. That’s why you said it was salty bc you didn’t mix it. Also the shrimp isn’t fishy bc most seafood in Taiwan is really fresh. It’s an island so seafood is readily available.

[@JayandKarolina]

🙏🙏🙏

[@81phoebe]

In asian, It temple procession.

[@susanchang7825]

Zong Zi is not a dumpling. I consider dumplings as bite size. Zong Zi is popular during the dragon boat race festival period. The yellow papers are "money" that people burn to send to their ancestors in the after life.

[@JayandKarolina]

I really liked it 🥜😋 [Karolina] We called it a dumpling because of the translation online haha but it was way bigger from the other Chinese dumplings that are as you said one-bite size!

[@Puffy_Puff]

You guys should have just stayed in Taipei (north of Taiwan) for food. Just tastes so much better than the south Taiwan. The rice dumplings are also way different than the ones you guys tried. No peanuts on top and the rice is not sticky.

[@janewu4303]

你是假台灣人吧！😂絕大多數的台灣人都覺得南部東西比較好吃，台北是牛肉麵和麻辣鍋比較出名罷了！😊

[@Puffy_Puff]

@@janewu4303 聽你放屁。台北大部分人都覺得台南的東西太甜了，而且台北的選擇真的比較多，沒得比

[@mater225]

上面兩位完美示範南北食物戰爭

[@hitokiri92]

你們兩個去外面單挑啦 😂

[@Puffy_Puff]

🤣🤣🤣 我只是說實話而已，而且你看這個男的KZbinr 也都覺得不怎麼好吃

[@Star.Soul.]

Don’t forget to mix soupless noodles with its sauce before you eat.

[@ezio8530]

5:00 its Religious activities. The more famous one is the Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage.

[@kchang6565]

The noodle looks very authentic - you guys are really good at going after the original. The burnt yellow paper before cofin bread whould be god money. there are at least two types of such money: for god and for ghost.

[@JayandKarolina]

We loved all the foods in Tainan! It's always super interesting to see the cultural customs happening around! Thank you for taking the time and explaining it to us 😇

[@kaideng2571]

There's a running joke that people in Tainan have syrup running thru their veins lol Their food is sweeter than the rest of Taiwan.

[@MeiTuhh]

台灣房子看起來說老舊！1:台灣處地震帶古造房子不必高2:日治時期至今還留有多數舊房歷幾十年都還很堅固可使用！3:房子使用權住民所有政府不可強拆！ 所以浅見說老舊不探其因！世人應有看過豪麗高新建物沒幾年就癱蹋是吧！

[@JayandKarolina]

That’s so interesting what you’ve just shared! I’m curious now what architecture Taiwan will have in couple of years time 😊

[@RajeshRavindranathan]

I dont know man but I think my favourite Chinese food are Malaysian Chinese or Singaporean Chinese food..they are the bomb!

[@JayandKarolina]

We actually loved the Chinese food in Malaysia too 😋

[@文少少]

你們好會喝飲料😂

[@JayandKarolina]

🤪🤪🤪

[@jasonreviews]

You should try food for HK and GZ. cantonese food is good. in LA lotta taiwanese frequent our food. LOLs.

[@JayandKarolina]

We've actually tried the HK food in Taichung in one of the local places! It was different but equally good!!!

[@henryhuang7553]

As a Taiwanese, I have never ever tried the first one, I guess that is like the local cuisine in Tainan. i dont live in Tainan thats why i dont know, the coffin never tried, oh finally the third one I have eaten before. ha ha

[@JayandKarolina]

You need to give it a go! 🤪

[@阿松-u4j]

😂❤👏👏👏👍

[@TL243]

😎❤️🇹🇼🚴🏽‼️

[@saintslow2023]

拜託! 外國人總是有這種缺點..醬料! 醬料! 記得加一下... 每次全世界的外國人 都不願意嘗試加醬料的

[@JayandKarolina]

Haha we try to add sauces whenever possible but sometimes the taste is good enough to have the dish by itself 🤪 Especially when you're trying something for the very first time!

[@troutfishing7775]

we call the burning thing "ghost money",and wish for blessing from God(a traditional ritual) .I hope that didn't scare you 😂

[@JayandKarolina]

Haha it didn’t scare us but was super interesting!!! Thanks for sharing 😄🙏

[@439zero]

台南人的血液是甜的....

[@JayandKarolina]

😂😂😂

[@PeterKoiraila]

Yellow paper is ghost or God's money.

[@吳力安-q1l]

棺材板=官財板=[昇官發財]

[@JayandKarolina]

🤔💭

[@高進-g2f]

​@@JayandKarolina升職，加薪，的意思

[@taiwansivispacemparabellum9546]

14:14 Coffin Plates, it’s a word play on “career promotion”

[@chuanyuan616]

Money for their family ancestors.

[@艾貞-w9w]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😘👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@向風-q7h]

是神明的節慶遶境活動

[@JayandKarolina]

🙏✨

[@m231444]

Those are stacks of ghost money they are burning for their dead loved ones to spend in the afterlife.

[@JayandKarolina]

So interesting! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@hitokiri92]

​​@@JayandKarolinathey were burning the gold paper money which is for gods. There is also Sliver paper money that's for your loved ones that passed away.

[@m231444]

I never knew there was a difference in the color of paper money. Thanks for sharing.

[@susunwan8523]

Hi Jay it not a festival they a coffin in the truck family pass away

[@JayandKarolina]

Oh, thank you for letting us know 🙏

[@liebfraumilch3518]

民國26年跟台灣一點關係也沒有！簡直在誤導歷史！當時的台灣是昭和12年，或說1937年，才是正確的台灣史！

[@jiansianj]

The beging people is doing one religious ceremony like a procession.

[@danismanz3703]

台南真的很落後

[@painolu]

你的思想可能比較落後:))

[@張錦松-j3o]

現在的中國人都以為房子越新越高越漂亮 就是先進 像，讓他高興一下吧。

[@JayandKarolina]

We actually liked the vibe 😄

[@sharonsoleil2]

外國人喜歡有地方特色的老建築，要蓋新大樓誰不會

[@Pegzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

I love your video. Hope you enjoy you trip in Taiwan!!!!!!

[@JayandKarolina]

Thanks! We really did!!!