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JUNE 2012
and spicy
,
covering each of the five
traditional Chinese tastes.
Waiting in a long line for chicken
at Taipei
’
s Shilin night market
,
Steven
Huang
,
a student from Kaohsiung
,
attributes the dish
’
s popularity to
the odd-hour cravings of college kids.
“
You can find fried chicken at any
time, anywhere in Taiwan
,”
he says.
But is it popular because it
’
s every-
where
,
or is it everywhere because
it
’
s popular? That
,
says Huang, is a
“
chicken or the egg
”
question. —C.K.
FRY-BY-NIGHT
Left and below, Hot
Star chicken heats up
Shilin night market
shrines and altars, especially during
religious festivals like Chinese New
Year. A major cash crop for Taiwan, it
can be found ripe, peeled and seeded
in the island’s famous night markets,
while most grocery stands proffer the
unripe version, which is dull green
and the size of a grapefruit. Once
the Buddha head fruit reaches peak
condition, however, you’ll want to eat
it quickly. As its namesake might say,
the window in which a sugar apple is
at its best is fleeting. —J.S.B.
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