苗栗市英才觀光夜市 — Attraction in Miaoli City

my most disappointing night market experience in taiwan thus far. definitely do not travel here just for the night market considering both hsinchu area and taichung area have much better offerings.

one in three items was a disaster; out of the 6 items sampled, two were complete flops (deep fried egg scallion pancake and longan honey hong kong style egg puffs), one was good (deep fried boneless pork ribs), one was great (large sour plum flavor deep fried sweet potato balls), and two were ok but overpriced (large lemon aiyu small pearls drink and oyster large intestine thin rice noodle in thick dark gravy).

1. deep fried boneless pork ribs (TWD 50) - very crispy, didn't feel oily, wasn't salty. a bit dry though.
2. large lemon aiyu small pearls drink (TWD 50) - didn't really taste much lemon and rather expensive. small pearls were a bit hard.
3. deep fried egg scallion pancake (TWD 40) - this was a complete disaster. felt very, very oily without any crunchiness or crispiness anywhere. have definitely had better. one soggy mess.
4. longan honey hong kong style egg puffs (TWD 60) - exterior was not crispy at all as egg puffs should be. it was like eating warm soft pancake. that had a minimal amount of longan honey drizzled on top. mind you, when you drizzle honey onto the puffs, how can one eat the puffs one by one without getting one's hands sticky?
5. large sour plum flavor deep fried sweet potato balls (TWD 55) - first, the balls themselves were huge, very chewy, and had a slight crispiness on the outside. sour plum flavor was delivered via the sprinkled sugar (i had thought it would be built in but alas it was not to be). portion is conspicuously generous, must try.
6. oyster large intestine thin rice noodle in thick dark gravy (TWD 55) - i am no fan of a) eating large intestine as this organ is in constant contact with excrement and b) anything slimy.i didn't have this but my partner said the...

This is the famous night market in Miaoli. Its quite small only 50 or so stalls the encompass food, drink and old skool arcade games. Some notable treats to come here for include the best "rou jia moh" or braised pork pan fried pancake I've ever had in my life. Also there's a grass jelly stall that has superb hot grass jelly that jellifies as it cools. Theres also long queues for sweet potato balls and dumplings. Come here on Friday night for dinner. You...

雖然地小，但是攤販很多，裡面除了我同學讚不絕口的[新疆羊肉串]之外，還有我覺得很讚的[大熱狗]、[章魚燒]、[炸蛋蔥油餅]和[苦茶]。除了吃的喝的，裡面也有販賣3C產品的攤販和玩小遊戲的攤販。夜市當中主要有幾個類別的攤販，分別是滷味、章魚燒、炸蛋蔥油餅、10元燒烤、新鮮水果、炸地瓜球、蚵仔煎、鐵板燒、臭豆腐、煎餃、小籠包、果汁、各類飲料、小遊戲、生活百貨、3C產品、烤玉米和鴨賞這些類別，而且除了臭豆腐、鴨賞、煎餃、蚵仔煎和烤玉米之外，每一種都至少有一家以上，如果你在這一家覺得不夠好，妳可以前往另一家去試試看。 另外我這邊分別推薦[我自己喜歡]和[其他人推薦的攤位。我自己的話是力推臭豆腐、苦茶、章魚燒和小籠包，臭豆腐有跟鴨血一起賣，而且是麻辣的，冬天吃很暖身體；苦茶是很健康的飲料，而且它的苦味還能夠淨化妳的味蕾；章魚燒不用多說，是很多人都喜愛的夜市小吃；小籠包我認為算是英才夜市的一絕，皮薄肉厚又多汁，一口咬下，濃濃的肉餡與湯汁會讓你停不下來!再來是其他人推薦的，他是我同學，他力推烤玉米、新疆羊肉串和炸蛋蔥油餅。烤玉米也算是英才夜市的特色之一，據說想吃烤玉米的人多到有時必須要用預約的才能夠吃到；新疆羊肉串很特別，它的香料有別於平時所吃過的味道，加上它的名字，讓他不由得聯想說這是不是來自新疆的風味，同時老闆人也很豪爽，讓我同學成為新疆羊肉串的忠實粉絲；炸彈蔥油餅是真的好吃，原本軟嫩的蛋被炸過之後，有種脆脆的口感，配上同樣炸過的蔥油餅，迸發出奇妙的口感。 英才夜市還有許許多多驚喜等著第一次和無數次造訪的你來發掘，像是滷味的攤販中，有一家滷味是標榜素食的；它裡面還有一個攤販是碰碰車，要不是裡面大多都是小孩子，我還真想要下去玩一局，重溫童年的回憶；有一個生活百貨的攤販，裡面有許多日常生活中會用到的小工具，從長尾夾到針線盒、檯燈到原子筆、板手到剪刀、碗到鍋子、菜瓜布到洗碗精，可以說是應有盡有；最後誠心推薦第一次來到英才夜市的各位，不要走馬看花似的草草逛過，而是抱著悠閒的心，慢慢的品位每...