Hua Hsin Street (Myanmar Street) Introduction
Located near the Nanshijiao Metro Station in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, Huasin Street, commonly known as Myanmar Street, features the most diverse array of Southeast Asian cuisine in Taiwan. This area is home to many descendants of troops stationed in Myanmar and Thailand from Yunnan, as well as Burmese Chinese immigrants who came to Taiwan for economic reasons. As a result, the food here carries the culinary techniques of both Yunnan and Myanmar, offering particularly authentic flavors. Huasin Street, the largest residential area for Burmese Chinese in Taiwan, has developed over decades into the biggest Southeast Asian cultural community in the country. Not only does it boast a variety of Southeast Asian delicacies, but the annual Water Festival is also celebrated here. The shop signage along the streets is written in both Chinese and Burmese, and it has nurtured Taiwan's first Southeast Asian-themed bookstore, "Brilliant Times." You can taste the most authentic home-style Southeast Asian dishes at the restaurants on Huasin Street, most of which serve snacks from Myanmar, Yunnan, Thailand, and India. These modestly decorated eateries offer the most traditional and authentic Southeast Asian snacks, such as boba (rice noodles), coconut chicken, fish soup noodles, curry chicken, spicy pho, shredded chicken noodles, and pea fritters. These dishes are hard to find elsewhere in Taiwan, and diasporic Chinese from across the island often come here to enjoy hometown snacks, alleviating their homesickness.
