原味 大肠包小肠 (NT$50)!
The Taiwan night market classic: a grilled pork sausage tucked into a split glutinous-rice sausage with pickles. NT$50.
One of the great Taiwan night-market snacks: 原味 大肠包小肠 (the original “big sausage wraps small sausage”), NT$50 (around SGD$2.30). 😋
What I had:
- A grilled pork sausage tucked into a split glutinous-rice sausage, with pickled vegetables
The name literally means “big intestine wraps small intestine”, which is its own kind of poetry. The “big sausage” is actually a fat glutinous-rice sausage, grilled and split open like a hot-dog bun, and the “small sausage” is a juicy, slightly sweet pork sausage laid inside it. So you get a Taiwanese take on a hot dog, where the bun itself is made of chewy, savoury grilled rice.
It is loaded with little extras tucked in: pickled vegetables, slivers of garlic and greens that cut through the richness with a tangy crunch. Eaten hot off the grill, the contrast is fantastic, the smoky-sweet pork sausage against the chewy, charred rice casing, with the sharp pickles keeping it from feeling heavy.
It is messy, hand-held, full of flavour, and gone in a few happy bites. Pure night-market joy, and an absolute bargain at NT$50.
Overall: 4.7 / 5. 😋👍🏼 A juicy pork sausage in a chewy grilled rice sausage with tangy pickles, brilliant street food. Would re-order.
