我最喜歡的台灣文化：夜市
我在台灣的時候，我非常喜歡的文化是夜市跟它的美食。夜市的食物又便宜又好吃。
所以我要給考慮去台灣旅行的人推薦夜市。
台灣哪裡的城市都有幾個夜市。可以買衣服，飲料，跟食物（小吃）。因為原來的夜市是賣食物給民工的地方，現在也很便宜。我在台灣的時候吃了很多夜市的東西，所以我要介紹幾個我最喜歡的。
第一個是：地瓜球！地瓜球是用地瓜粉作的小小炸物。可以吃有梅子粉的甜甜的，還有有胡椒的鹹的。我怎麼樣的都很喜歡，但是特別喜歡梅子粉的或者糖粉的。口感也非常好。
還一個是：雞排。雞排是雞肉，可能是台灣最有名的小吃。我覺得台灣的雞排比其他國家的炸雞很好吃，因為又脆脆又很大。去台灣的外國人一定應該吃。我最喜歡的雞排口味是大蒜，但是這個大蒜的口味很強，所以應該小心一點。
第三個是：百頁豆腐。這個豆腐也是炸物，我去夜市的時候一定想要吃這個，因為口感太好了。很多英國人認為豆腐完全沒有味道，所以不好吃。但是這個想法並不對，其實非常好吃。我最喜歡胡椒味的百頁豆腐。
還有一個豆腐是：台灣名品臭豆腐。臭豆腐很臭，如果附近有人賣臭豆腐，若果你不看也會知道，因為非常臭。臭得我沒吃過它，但是很多台灣人說很香。
最後一個是：果汁！我跟我室友們都很喜歡台灣的果汁因為非常新鮮。什麼果汁都喝得到。我朋友喜歡木瓜汁，但是我喜歡西瓜汁。可以加糖，但是我覺得不加糖最好吃，也比較健康。
如果你打算去台灣，你一定要去夜市吃小吃。台北的最有名的夜市是饒河街觀光夜市，士林夜市跟師大夜市，但是小的夜市也好吃。
My Favourite Part of Taiwanese Culture: Night Markets
In Taiwan, my favourite part of the culture was the night markets and their food, which is both cheap and tasty. I would definitely recommend them to anyone considering visiting Taiwan.
Every city in Taiwan will have night markets, where you can buy clothing, food and drinks. Because the original night markets imported from China were aimed at migrant workers, they are historically cheap and remain so today. I ate quite a lot at these markets and so today I shall introduce a few classic foods.
The first food is sweet potato balls! They are small, deep-fried balls made from sweet potato starch, and you can eat them sweet (e.g. with plum powder) or savoury (e.g. with salt and pepper). I like them in all forms, but especially enjoy the plum powder ones or the ones with icing sugar on top. The texture is also wonderfully chewy.
Another food item is Jipai. Jipai is essentially a deep-fried chicken cutlet, and is likely Taiwan’s most famous snack food. In my opinion Jipai far outdoes fried chicken from any other country as it is so crispy, and also huge! Anyone visiting Taiwan should definitely check out this one. My favourite flavour would be the garlic one, but you do have to be careful as the garlic is incredibly intense.
The third must-eat street food is shutter bean curd. It is essentially small cubes of deep-fried (again) tofu, and it’s absolutely delicious – I get this every time I visit a night market. In the UK tofu is often thought of as completely tasteless, but in my opinion that’s actually far from the truth. This one is great with salt and pepper.
Another tofu to be found at the night market is stinky tofu. Like the name, it really does smell, and if there’s someone selling it nearby you’ll definitely smell it before you see it. It smells awful so I haven’t dared try it, but a lot of Taiwanese people have told me it tastes great despite the smell.
And last but not least, there’s the fruit juice. Me and my roommates loved the fruit juice as it is so fresh – they usually blend up the fruit in front of you, and you can basically have any fruit. My friends like the papaya juice, and personally I’m a big fan of the watermelon juice. There’s the option of adding sugar too, but personally I think it is better without (and healthier!).
If you are planning to visit Taiwan, the snacks at the night market are a must! The most famous markets in Taipei are Raohe Street Night Market, Shilin Night Market, and Shida Night Market, but even the smaller ones are great too.