Beitaishijiao Seafood

Beitaishijiao Seafood

　　Near Beitou Fishing Port, there is a group of seafood shops selling items like squid, flying fish, small squid rolls, and seaweed crisps at reasonable prices. Across the port, beyond Heping Bridge, there are several more sizable seafood stores that pride themselves on high-quality ingredients and excellent cooking. Squid is a specialty of the rocky shores in the Northeast Coast area, boasting tender, sweet meat with an exceptional texture. Flying fish is an affordable and tasty fish, its flesh being as delicious as that of saury, with a flavor that's both slightly bitter and pleasantly sweet. Local reef-grown seaweed is also a regional specialty, often used to make seaweed soup; while sea lettuce seaweed is commonly coated with scallions, then covered in flour and deep-fried into crispy seaweed snacks. (New Taipei City)