Yongkang Street
Buzzing lane of century-old alleys, generations-old eateries, and the storefront where dumpling fame began.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Yongkang Street in Taipei follows a young refugee from northern China who opened a cooking oil shop here in 1958, and the day fourteen years later when cheap mass-produced salad oil arrived and wiped out his business overnight. It traces the visiting Shanghai restaurateur's advice that changed what he sold next, and the small dumpling counter that grew from three tables. Listen for the lane's older shopfronts as you walk this stretch of Yongkang Street.
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