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Slideshow: Taiwan Street Eats & Night Market Surprises

Locations in this article:  New York City, NY

Night vendors in Lukang also serve up county favorite ba-wan, which literally means ‘meat sphere’. It is a dumpling of sorts, made of glutinous, transparent rice dough and stuffed with a savory filling.

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Text and photos by Julie Alvin. Follow Julie at twitter.com/juliealvin. Julie Alvin is a Senior Editor at Zagat in New York City, and a freelance writer for Food & Wine, iVillage and others. Formerly at Conde Nast’s Cookie magazine, when that publication folded Julie spent six months backpacking around Australia, Southeast Asia and Australia.