{"id":47430,"date":"2025-08-25T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/?p=47430"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:26:09","slug":"market-vogue-ep1-east-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep1-east-market\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 Door Traditional Market Walk [Dongcai Market] A Century-Old Kitchen for the Old City Gentry: Here, Buying Food Is an Elegant Ritual of Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 MARKET VOGUE VOL.1 \uff5c \u6771\u83dc\u5e02\uff08\u6771\u5e02\u5834\uff09\u512a\u5316\u91cd\u88fd\u7248 \u8a2d\u8a08\u8a9e\u8a00\uff1a\u96dc\u8a8c\u7d1a\u9ed1\u91d1 \u00d7 \u7fe1\u7fe0\u7389\u7da0 #1e5945 \u76f8\u5bb9\u6027\uff1a\u5168 inline style + table \u6392\u7248\uff08WordPress \u5b89\u5168\uff09 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 SEO \u5f8c\u53f0\u586b\u5beb\u5340\uff08\u8acb\u586b\u5165 Yoast \/ Rank Math \u5c0d\u61c9\u6b04\u4f4d\uff0c\u52ff\u7559\u5728\u6b63\u6587\uff09 \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 Meta Title\uff1a \u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u6307\u5357\uff5c\u767e\u5e74\u597d\u91ce\u4eba\u5e02\u5834\u00d7\u53f0\u5357\u4e2d\u897f\u5340\u4f4f\u5bbf\u63a8\u85a6 | \u4e09\u9053\u9580\u65c5\u5e97 Meta Description\uff1a \u5275\u7acb\u65bc1908\u5e74\u7684\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\uff0c\u662f\u53f0\u5357\u6700\u512a\u96c5\u7684\u300c\u597d\u91ce\u4eba\u83dc\u5e02\u5834\u300d\u3002\u5f9e\u7fe0\u7da0\u963f\u771f\u6625\u6372\u5230\u65e5\u6cbb\u92fc\u9aa8\u5efa\u7bc9\uff0c\u8b80\u61c2\u5e9c\u57ce\u4ed5\u7d33\u7684\u4e0d\u4e8c\u50f9\u4fe1\u4efb\u3002\u53f0\u5357\u4e2d\u897f\u5340\u4f4f\u5bbf\u63a8\u85a6\u4e09\u9053\u9580\u65c5\u5e97\uff0c\u6b65\u884c10\u5206\u9418\u5373\u9054\u3002 Focus Keyword\uff1a\u53f0\u5357\u4f4f\u5bbf\u63a8\u85a6 Tags\uff1a\u53f0\u5357\u4f4f\u5bbf\u63a8\u85a6, \u53f0\u5357\u4e2d\u897f\u5340\u4f4f\u5bbf\u63a8\u85a6, \u53f0\u5357\u706b\u8eca\u7ad9\u4f4f\u5bbf, \u6771\u83dc\u5e02, \u53f0\u5357\u50b3\u7d71\u5e02\u5834, \u53f0\u5357\u7f8e\u98df, \u5e9c\u57ce\u6563\u6b65\u5b78 URL Slug\uff1amarket-vogue-ep1-east-market \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 Schema Markup \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><br \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n[\n  {\n    \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n    \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n    \"itemListElement\": [\n      { \"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 1, \"name\": \"Home\", \"item\": \"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/\" },\n      { \"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 2, \"name\": \"Market Vogue\", \"item\": \"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/tag\/market-vogue\/\" },\n      { \"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 3, \"name\": \"Dongcai Market: a century-old kitchen for the old city gentry\" }\n    ]\n  },\n  {\n    \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n    \"@type\": \"Article\",\n    \"headline\": \"[Dongcai Market] A Century-Old Kitchen for the Old City Gentry: Here, Buying Food Is an Elegant Ritual of Trust\",\n    \"description\": \"Founded in 1908, Dongcai is the most elegant of Tainan markets, the one locals call the rich people market. 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Stalls generally begin opening around five in the morning, and most close between eleven and midday. We suggest visiting between seven and ten, when the range is fullest and the atmosphere liveliest.\" }\n      },\n      {\n        \"@type\": \"Question\",\n        \"name\": \"Why is Dongcai called the rich people market?\",\n        \"acceptedAnswer\": { \"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Founded in 1908, in the 41st year of Meiji, Dongcai sat beside the early administrative centre of Tainan and the residences of its leading families. A century ago its main customers were officials wives, servants of gentry households and chefs from fine restaurants. 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Head north along Chenggong Road, turn into Qingnian Road and continue straight; the entrance to Dongcai is near the junction of Qingnian Road and Dapu Street. We suggest walking over early to enjoy the loveliest hour of an old-city market.\" }\n      },\n      {\n        \"@type\": \"Question\",\n        \"name\": \"Is Dongcai suitable for visiting with children or older relatives?\",\n        \"acceptedAnswer\": { \"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Very much so. Compared with other traditional markets in Tainan, Dongcai is spacious and bright with smooth circulation, and its high colonial steel frame gives good ventilation, so it is never as crowded or stifling as some markets can be. Stallholders speak softly and the environment is clean, making it a very comfortable choice for experiencing the old city most elegant market culture with children or older family members.\" }\n      },\n      {\n        \"@type\": \"Question\",\n        \"name\": \"How is Dongcai different from Ximen Market and Shuixian Temple Market?\",\n        \"acceptedAnswer\": { \"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"All three are important historic markets in Tainan, but their characters differ entirely. Shuixian Temple Market is fierce and bold, ruled by seafood, a working battlefield where temple and market live together; Ximen Market has a large footprint with fabric trading and street food side by side; and Dongcai is known for elegance, brightness and fixed prices, the aristocratic drawing room of the gentry. 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We suggest entering from the Qingnian Road side to take in the Japanese steel-frame architecture, then settling your stomach at prepared-food stalls such as A-zhen spring rolls and A-mei old-style cake, shopping at specialist stalls such as the Zheng family butcher and Jingfa butcher, and finishing with Auntie A-fen chrysanthemum tea before walking back to 3 Door Hotel.\" }\n      },\n      {\n        \"@type\": \"Question\",\n        \"name\": \"Is there somewhere to stay within walking distance of Dongcai Market?\",\n        \"acceptedAnswer\": { \"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"3 Door Hotel stands at No. 77 Chenggong Road in Tainan West Central District, about a 10-minute walk from Dongcai Market and close to Chihkan Tower and Shennong Street, with Tainan Railway Station about ten minutes away by car. Whether you are looking for accommodation in the West Central District or somewhere convenient for the station, the hotel is itself a space blending historic architecture with local culture, well suited to travellers who want to experience the old city market culture on foot.\" }\n      }\n    ]\n  }\n]\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 ARTICLE \u4e3b\u9ad4 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<article style=\"max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; background: #faf8f3; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC','Microsoft JhengHei',serif; color: #2b2b2b; line-height: 1.95;\"><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 Issue \u6a19\u982d\uff08\u9ed1\u91d1\u96dc\u8a8c\u5c01\u9762\u611f\uff09\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<header style=\"background: #1a1a1a; padding: 0; position: relative;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 32px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(184,134,11,0.4);\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">MARKET VOGUE | 3 Door Hotel Online Magazine<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #9a9a9a; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\" align=\"right\">VOL.01 \u00b7 The Market Walk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 48px 32px 40px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 6px; color: #1e5945; background: #f0ede4; display: inline-block; padding: 5px 14px; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">Dongcai \u00b7 EAST MARKET \u00b7 1908<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 33px; font-weight: 900; color: #faf8f3; line-height: 1.4; margin: 26px 0 18px;\">A century-old kitchen for the old city gentry<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #b8860b;\">Buying food is an elegant ritual of trust<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #c8c2b4; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0 0 24px; font-style: italic;\">Step through a time tunnel to 1908, from emerald spring roll skins to golden old-style cake, and taste the most abundant and most unhurried daily life in Tainan.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Written by | an editor devoted to the lanes of Tainan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u9752\u5e74\u8def\u9580\u9762-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u9752\u5e74\u8def\u5165\u53e3\u9580\u9762\uff0c1908\u5e74\u5275\u7acb\u7684\u65e5\u6cbb\u6642\u671f\u92fc\u9aa8\u7d50\u69cb\u5efa\u7bc9\u5916\u89c0\uff0c\u53f0\u5357\u4f4f\u5bbf\u63a8\u85a6\u666f\u9ede\" width=\"760\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u767c\u520a\u8a5e \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 46px 32px 8px; background: #1e5945;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 5px; color: #a8c8b8; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 14px;\">EDITOR&#8217;S PREFACE<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #f4f1ea; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Market Vogue has never set out to be a food map. We believe a city&#8217;s most honest soul lies in its markets \u2014 the place where money, human feeling, the seasons and trust are all settled afresh each morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #f4f1ea; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 16px;\">And among Tainan&#8217;s many markets, we chose<strong style=\"color: #f0d98c;\">Dongcai Market<\/strong>to open this series, because it is so distinctive: other markets teach you cheapness, Dongcai teaches you discernment; other markets compete in volume, Dongcai competes in<strong style=\"color: #f0d98c;\">the confidence not to haggle<\/strong>. Here, buying food is not a transaction but an elegant ritual of trust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #f4f1ea; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0;\">If you are looking for somewhere in Tainan from which you can walk straight into a century-old market, the next five thousand words are the best possible ticket to knowing the old city. Come with us through that door on Qingnian Road.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u5e8f\u7ae0 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 50px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 4px solid #1e5945; padding-left: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #1e5945; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">PROLOGUE<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 25px; font-weight: 900; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 6px 0 0;\">An aristocratic drawing room where time stands still<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; line-height: 2.1; margin: 0 0 20px; color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"float: left; font-size: 62px; line-height: 0.82; font-weight: 900; color: #1e5945; margin: 6px 12px 0 0; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif;\">If<\/span>Yamuliao Market is Tainan&#8217;s fierce battlefield, then<strong>Dongcai Market<\/strong>is without question the city&#8217;s most elegant aristocratic drawing room. It neither shouts nor jostles, yet it carries an atmosphere that slows your step without your noticing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 20px;\">Walking in from Qingnian Road, you will first be struck by its<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">brightness and composure<\/strong>. There are no scooter fumes competing for the aisle and no hoarse calls to buy. The high colonial steel frame lets air circulate naturally, sunlight falls gently through the skylights onto the stalls, and even the drops of water on the vegetable leaves catch the light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 22px;\">Here you will see grandmothers who dress neatly, with jade bangles or pearl necklaces, even to buy a bunch of greens. They move lightly and speak softly with the stallholders, like old friends chatting. This is not only a market: it is Tainan&#8217;s most understated and most thorough<strong>respect<\/strong>for the quality of daily life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 22px;\">For a younger generation used to hypermarkets and delivery apps, Dongcai feels like a secret place running against time. There are no QR codes to order from, no algorithm deciding what you eat today; there is only a face that remembers your preferences, and a sentence like &#8220;this one is better today, I&#8217;ll keep it for you&#8221;. Contemporary life has automated too much, and Dongcai stubbornly preserves the kind of shopping that requires conversation. That slowness has become the rarest luxury of all.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 520px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u65e5\u5f0f\u5efa\u7bc9\u92fc\u9aa8\u7d50\u69cb-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u5167\u90e8\u6311\u9ad8\u65e5\u5f0f\u92fc\u9435\u9aa8\u67b6\u5c4b\u9802\u7d50\u69cb\uff0c\u5efa\u65bc\u660e\u6cbb42\u5e741909\u5e74\uff0c\u53f0\u5357\u6b77\u53f2\u5efa\u7bc9\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.85; color: #7a7468; text-align: center; font-style: italic; margin: 0 0 8px; padding: 0 16px;\">Tainan East Market, known as Dongcai, was built in 1909 in the 42nd year of Meiji, with a steel frame roof introduced during the Japanese colonial period. Solidly and honestly made, it retains parts of its historic form and stands with Ximen Market as a representative of Japanese-era market architecture.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u7b2c\u4e00\u5e55\uff1a\u767e\u5e74\u8eab\u4e16 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 36px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 4px solid #b8860b; padding-left: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">ACT ONE<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 25px; font-weight: 900; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 6px 0 0;\">A century of lineage \u2014 why the rich people market?<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 20px;\">Dongcai&#8217;s lineage is remarkable. It was established in <strong>1908, the 41st year of Meiji<\/strong>, one of the first generation of modern public markets, completed in the same period as Ximen Market. The Governor-General&#8217;s Office was then pursuing a market reform plan, gathering the open-air, disorderly stalls of the past into steel-framed buildings with roofs, drainage and order \u2014 extremely progressive urban governance for its day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 20px;\">But what truly decided its fate was<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">geography<\/strong>. Dongcai is ringed by important centres of worship such as the Tainan City God Temple and Dongyue Hall, and stands close to the early administrative centre around the prefectural hall and to the residences of the leading families. A century ago, those who shopped here were mostly officials&#8217; wives, servants of gentry households and chefs from fine restaurants. When buyers are discerning, sellers cannot be careless.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 20px;\">Worth noting is the<strong>colonial steel roof<\/strong>that still stands. Steel was then an expensive import, and supporting a whole market on a steel frame was itself a display of national strength and urban standards. What it brought was not only solidity but<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">ventilation and light<\/strong>\u2014 the high structure lets heat rise, and natural circulation carries away the stuffiness and fishy air that plague traditional markets. That is why Dongcai still feels unlike an ordinary market today: its brightness and dryness are a gift handed down by the architectural wisdom of a century ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 20px;\">Among older locals another, earthier name for this area still circulates:<strong>the glutton square<\/strong>. In Taiwanese, the first part describes someone greedy for food, and the second means an open square. Together they describe this patch of ground where food has gathered since the Qing era, where nobody can resist moving from one stall to the next. From the people&#8217;s glutton square to the gentry&#8217;s rich people market, two entirely different names for the same ground show exactly how Dongcai&#8217;s appeal crosses class: it fed the passing labourer and waited on the exacting official&#8217;s wife alike.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \u4fe1\u4efb\u7d93\u6fdf\u5b78 highlight box --><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin: 8px 0 24px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-left: 5px solid #1e5945; padding: 24px 26px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #1e5945; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\u2696\ufe0f The trust economics of the fixed price<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0 0 12px; color: #2b2b2b;\">The point of the nickname has never been expensive but a<strong>top-tier filter<\/strong>. Stallholders here do not like to haggle, because they have absolute confidence in their goods; customers do not haggle either, because what they are buying is trust in a fixed price.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0; color: #2b2b2b;\">In most markets, bargaining is a daily exchange of moves; at Dongcai, bargaining seems impolite \u2014 the assumption is that you already believe the price offered is the fairest one. That composure, free of negotiation, is the most expensive and most compelling<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">social capitala century has accumulated.<\/strong>for the quality of daily life.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 30% \u5c08\u5c6c\u7248\u9762\u5be6\u9a57\uff1a\u4ed5\u7d33\u63a1\u8cb7\u52d5\u7dda\u6642\u9593\u8ef8 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 30px 32px 10px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #1a1a1a; padding: 30px 28px; border-radius: 2px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 5px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 6px;\">SIGNATURE TIMELINE<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 22px; font-weight: 900; color: #faf8f3; margin: 0 0 6px;\">A gentry&#8217;s day at table \u00b7 the shopping route<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #9a9a9a; margin: 0 0 24px; line-height: 1.8;\">Dongcai&#8217;s elegance lies in its sense of time. Follow this route once and what you carry home is not only ingredients but a whole day of composure.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 0 22px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"74\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; font-weight: 900; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">07:00<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 0 22px; border-left: 1px solid rgba(184,134,11,0.35); padding-left: 20px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: #f4f1ea; margin-bottom: 5px;\">Walk in \u00b7 feel the architecture<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #bdb8ac; line-height: 1.85;\">Set out from 3 Door Hotel and walk about 10 minutes along Chenggong Road and Qingnian Road. Do not rush to buy: look up first at that colonial steel roof and the morning light falling through it. This is the most cultivated market opening in Tainan.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 0 22px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"74\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; font-weight: 900; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">07:40<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 0 22px; border-left: 1px solid rgba(184,134,11,0.35); padding-left: 20px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: #f4f1ea; margin-bottom: 5px;\">Settle your stomach \u00b7 an emerald beginning<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #bdb8ac; line-height: 1.85;\">Go first to A-zhen spring rolls and watch the owner spread an emerald skin across the hot plate; then have a slice of A-mei old-style cake to warm your stomach. Shopping on an empty stomach leads to buying badly \u2014 Tainan people know this well.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 0 22px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"74\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #f0d98c; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">08:30<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 0 22px; border-left: 2px solid #f0d98c; padding-left: 20px; background: rgba(240,217,140,0.06);\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #f0d98c; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 4px;\">\u2605 The traveller&#8217;s best window<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; margin-bottom: 5px;\">Buy knowledge \u00b7 consult the craftspeople<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #d8d2c4; line-height: 1.85;\">The stalls are fullest and the craftspeople most free to talk. Tell the owner at the Zheng family butcher what you want to cook tonight and let him choose the cut; pick handmade fish balls at Mingzong. In this hour, what you buy is a consultancy you will not find elsewhere.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 0;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"74\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; font-weight: 900; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">09:30<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0; border-left: 1px solid rgba(184,134,11,0.35); padding-left: 20px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: #f4f1ea; margin-bottom: 5px;\">Finish with liquorice \u00b7 walk back<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #bdb8ac; line-height: 1.85;\">Finally, order a chrysanthemum tea with liquorice root and astragalus from Auntie A-fen and drink it as you walk back to the hotel. Put your spoils in the fridge, and a Tainan afternoon begins from that composure.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u7b2c\u4e8c\u5e55\uff1a\u540d\u6524\u5de1\u79ae \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 46px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 4px solid #b8860b; padding-left: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">ACT TWO<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 25px; font-weight: 900; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 6px 0 0;\">A textbook of taste \u2014 a tour of the classic stalls<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 30px;\">At Dongcai, every stall is a lesson in discernment. The following are the names the editor, after countless visits, most wants to underline for you.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \u6524\u5546 01 --><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 30px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 4px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"60\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px; font-weight: 900; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; line-height: 1;\">01<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 8px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 900; color: #1e5945; margin: 0 0 4px;\">A-zhen Spring Rolls<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #9a9a9a; font-weight: 400;\">| a visual surprise<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0;\">This may be the most beautiful spring roll skin in Tainan. Unlike the usual plain white, what A-zhen is praised for is that touch of<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">emerald green<\/strong>in the spinach skin. Watching the owner sweep a green waltz across the hot plate and then wrap in dried tofu, shredded egg, cabbage and peanut sugar \u2014 this is not only street food but a clean, healthy, delightful piece of work. Insiders ask specifically for the green skin: it is A-zhen&#8217;s signature mark.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- \u6524\u5546 02 --><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 26px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 4px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"60\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px; font-weight: 900; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; line-height: 1;\">02<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 8px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 900; color: #1e5945; margin: 0 0 4px;\">A-mei Old-Style Cake<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #9a9a9a; font-weight: 400;\">| an olfactory temptation<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0;\">Before you even reach the stall, that<strong>rich, warm fragrance of egg and milk<\/strong>catches your nose. The old-style cake here has no fancy cream decoration, only the purest flavour of its ingredients. Watching the owner cut a huge, airy, golden slab of cake is the boldest and gentlest afternoon tea in Tainan. Half plain and half chocolate is the regular&#8217;s standard answer.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 8px 0 26px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u91d1\u947e\u8089\u7cbd-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u91d1\u947e\u8089\u7cbd\u642d\u914d\u8c6c\u8840\u6e6f\uff0c\u53f0\u5357\u50b3\u7d71\u65e9\u5348\u9910\uff0c\u4ed5\u7d33\u5e02\u5834\u7f8e\u98df\" width=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \u6524\u5546 03 --><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 30px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 4px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"60\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px; font-weight: 900; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; line-height: 1;\">03<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 8px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 900; color: #1e5945; margin: 0 0 4px;\">Jinluan Rice Dumplings<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #9a9a9a; font-weight: 400;\">| layers of texture<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0;\">What does a gentleman eat for brunch? Try a Jinluan rice dumpling. Firm glutinous rice drinks up the braising liquor and wraps around well-balanced braised pork and shiitake, dressed with Tainan&#8217;s characteristic sweet sauce and peanut powder. Add a bowl of clean, sweet pork blood soup and that balance of<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">fullness without greasiness<\/strong>is a microcosm of Tainan&#8217;s food aesthetics: rich, but knowing when to stop. Tainan dumplings belong to the southern boiled tradition, with soft grains and even flavour, a different philosophy from the northern steamed version with its distinct grains. One dumpling with soup is the most solid fuel there is before walking a market.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- \u6524\u5546 04 --><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 18px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 4px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"60\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px; font-weight: 900; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; line-height: 1;\">04<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 8px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 900; color: #1e5945; margin: 0 0 4px;\">Auntie A-fen&#8217;s Milk Tea<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #9a9a9a; font-weight: 400;\">| a master of slow simmering, hidden in the market<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0 0 14px;\">With changing times and the pandemic, Auntie A-fen now uses convenient paper cups, but the feeling of that first mouthful has not dimmed at all. The editor once happened to order a<strong>chrysanthemum tea<\/strong>and realised that this woman is in fact a master of slow simmering, hidden away in a market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0;\">It is no ordinary sugar water. Beyond the clean fragrance of chrysanthemum there is a mellow depth \u2014 because inside are<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">liquorice root and astragalus, to soothe the throat and build energy<\/strong>. On a hot Tainan afternoon this cup does more than quench thirst: it carries an older generation&#8217;s wisdom about nourishing the body through food. What you drink is not only a drink but Auntie A-fen&#8217;s care for every customer.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 480px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 8px auto 22px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u963f\u7c89\u59e8-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u963f\u7c89\u59e8\u98f2\u6599\u6524\uff0c\u53e4\u6cd5\u71ac\u716e\u83ca\u82b1\u8336\u52a0\u5165\u7518\u8349\u9ec3\u8006\u7684\u50b3\u7d71\u4e2d\u85e5\u98f2\u54c1\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 26px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px dashed #c9bd9c; padding: 16px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.85; margin: 0; color: #5a5446;\"><strong style=\"color: #b8860b;\">An editorial favourite:<\/strong>do not miss<strong>Meifeng Oil Rice<\/strong>next to Auntie A-fen \u2014 the oil rice, rice noodles and bowl pudding are all classics, flavours locals have known since childhood.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 0 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u7f8e\u9cf3\u6cb9\u98ef-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u7f8e\u9cf3\u6cb9\u98ef\u6524\u4f4d\uff0c\u53f0\u5357\u50b3\u7d71\u6cb9\u98ef\u7c73\u7c89\u7897\u7cbf\u5728\u5730\u5c0f\u5403\" width=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \u6524\u5546 05 --><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 30px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 4px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"60\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px; font-weight: 900; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; line-height: 1;\">05<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 8px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 900; color: #1e5945; margin: 0 0 4px;\">Mingzong Fish Balls<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #9a9a9a; font-weight: 400;\">| a craftsman of freshness<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0;\">A celebrated name inside Dongcai: fresh, professional and faithful to traditional flavour, with a kind and straightforward owner. Mingzong&#8217;s handmade fish balls are excellent in soup or fried noodles, and are the editor&#8217;s own favourite stall \u2014 that firm, springy bite full of savour is craft that mass production can never imitate.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 0 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u660e\u5b97\u9b5a\u4e38\u9b5a\u7fc5-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u660e\u5b97\u9b5a\u4e38\u9b5a\u7fc5\u6524\u4f4d\uff0c\u65b0\u9bae\u624b\u5de5\u9b5a\u4e38\u53f0\u5357\u50b3\u7d71\u7f8e\u98df\u540d\u5e97\" width=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u7b2c\u4e09\u5e55\uff1a\u63a1\u8cb7\u7684\u85dd\u8853 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 36px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 4px solid #1e5945; padding-left: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #1e5945; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">ACT THREE<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 25px; font-weight: 900; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 6px 0 0;\">The art of shopping \u2014 a professional consultancy<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 24px;\">At the rich people market, what you buy is not only ingredients but<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">knowledge<\/strong>. Every stallholder here is a skilled consultant on food.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 0 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u4e00\u5bb6\u4eba\u4e00\u8d77\u6253\u62fc\uff0c\u5275\u9020\u767e\u5e74\u8001\u92ea\u65b0\u98a8\u8c8c\u3002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u912d\u5bb6\u8089\u68e7\u767e\u5e74\u8089\u8216\u5168\u5bb6\u4eba\u5408\u5f71\uff0c\u50b3\u627f\u4e09\u4ee3\u7684\u53f0\u5357\u8001\u5b57\u865f\" width=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \u912d\u5bb6\u8089\u68e7\uff1a\u7cbe\u7c21\u5c0e\u6d41\uff0c\u4e0d\u5077\u8dd1\u4eba\u7269\u8a8c --><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 24px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #1e5945; padding: 26px 28px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #a8c8b8; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\ud83d\udd2a Professional trust \u00b7 a century-old shop<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #f0d98c; margin: 0 0 12px;\">The Zheng Family Butcher<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; color: #f4f1ea; margin: 0 0 14px;\">At this butcher, handed down for a century, the owner is more a food consultant. You need not know anything about meat; you need only say, &#8220;Tonight I want to make sweet and sour ribs.&#8221; He will select the cut precisely, cut it to size and even tell you how to marinate it for the deepest flavour. That bespoke service is a warmth no supermarket chiller can ever provide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.9; color: #cfe0d6; margin: 0;\">The Zheng family&#8217;s story is so good that we wrote them a whole profile of their own \u2014<a style=\"color: #f0d98c; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/market-vogue-zheng-family-butcher\/\">read The Zheng Family Butcher: one knife across three generations here<\/a>, and see how second-generation owner Tsai Yu-lan turned a butcher&#8217;s shop into the kitchen strategist most trusted by the housewives of the old city.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 0 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u8521\u7389\u862d\u7b2c\u4e8c\u4ee3\u8001\u95c6\u5a18\u6b63\u5728\u5207\u5206\u8c6c\u8089\uff0c\u8a31\u591a\u8001\u5ba2\u4eba\u524d\u4f86\u5411\u5979\u8acb\u6559\u5982\u4f55\u8abf\u7406\u8c6c\u8089\u3002-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u912d\u5bb6\u8089\u68e7\u7b2c\u4e8c\u4ee3\u8001\u95c6\u5a18\u8521\u7389\u862d\u793a\u7bc4\u5207\u5206\u8c6c\u8089\uff0c\u70ba\u9867\u5ba2\u8b1b\u89e3\u8abf\u7406\u65b9\u5f0f\" width=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \u7f8e\u7389\u70b8\u6599 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 16px;\"><strong style=\"color: #1e5945; font-size: 18px;\">\ud83c\udf64 Meiyu Fried Items | a microcosm of the banquet<\/strong><br \/>\nUnlike the rough-and-ready frying at Yamuliao, Meiyu offers<strong>refinement<\/strong>. The eight-treasure balls and fried shrimp rolls here still keep the standard of early Tainan banquet cooking. Buy a few, arrange them on a plate, and you have a dish fit for company. This is the essence of the rich people market: what it sells is not fullness but dignity; what you carry home is not a meal but the confidence to entertain. For travellers, taking a few back to the hotel to go with a drink brings the gentry&#8217;s table of the old city straight into your room.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 18px 0 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u4eac\u767c\u8089\u82163-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u4eac\u767c\u8089\u8216\u660e\u4eae\u6f54\u6de8\u7684\u5c08\u696d\u6524\u4f4d\uff0c\u53f0\u5357\u8001\u5b57\u865f\u8c6c\u8089\u8216\" width=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.8; color: #7a7468; text-align: center; font-style: italic; margin: 0 0 22px;\">A bright, spotless specialist stall found only at Dongcai \u2014 the Jingfa butcher, where even a meat counter is kept immaculate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 0 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u83dc\u6524-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u852c\u83dc\u6524\u4f4d\u6392\u5217\u6574\u9f4a\uff0c\u8272\u5f69\u8c50\u5bcc\u7684\u65b0\u9bae\u6642\u852c\uff0c\u8cb4\u65cf\u5e02\u5834\u7f8e\u540d\" width=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.8; color: #7a7468; text-align: center; font-style: italic; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Even the vegetable stalls at Dongcai are arranged this beautifully; the reputation as an aristocratic market is thoroughly deserved.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u7b2c\u56db\u5e55\uff1a\u96b1\u85cf\u7d30\u7bc0 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 36px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 4px solid #b8860b; padding-left: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">ACT FOUR<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 25px; font-weight: 900; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 6px 0 0;\">Hidden details \u2014 the sources of flavour that are easy to miss<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 20px;\"><strong style=\"color: #1e5945; font-size: 18px;\">\ud83c\udffa Century-old grocers | the arsenal of Tainan sweetness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 20px;\">Walk to the back of the market and you will see several grocers and sauce stalls piled with jars and bottles. Please stop and look closely: there are little mountains of rock sugar, glossy black fermented beans, and dried shrimp and flatfish in every grade. These things are ordinary enough to overlook, and yet they are the true source of the depth in old-city cooking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 24px;\">Remember the art of addition we described in <a style=\"color: #1e5945; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep5-taste-spectrum\/\">Side Feature V: the Tainan spectrum of taste<\/a> ?<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">This is the arsenal of Tainan sweetness.<\/strong>It is precisely these unremarkable dried goods and sauces that give old-city cooking its inimitable layering and depth. Only those who know how to shop here have truly read Tainan&#8217;s code of flavour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 24px;\">Many people think Tainan sweetness is simply added sugar, which is quite wrong. The real old-city flavour is built from the savour of dried flatfish, the depth of dried shrimp and the roundness of rock sugar, layered into a sweetness with real thickness \u2014 sugar is only the final stroke, and it is the invisible work beforehand that matters. Next time you taste that indescribable smoothness in a bowl of Tainan street food, do not doubt it: most likely it came from these unglamorous dried goods stalls at the back of Dongcai. They are easy to overlook, and they are the foundation of the whole city&#8217;s palate.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u6563\u7b56\u8def\u7dda\uff1a\u5f9e\u4e09\u9053\u9580\u51fa\u767c \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 30px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 8px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; padding: 28px 28px 22px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f A walking proposal \u00b7 setting out from 3 Door Hotel<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 900; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Ten minutes, from a good sleep into a century-old market<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0 0 14px;\">This is one reason to put 3 Door Hotel on your<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">list of recommended Tainan hotels<\/strong>\u2014 no car, no transfers; sleep well, and you can walk straight into a market with a century of history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0; margin: 0 0 14px;\">The hotel sits at the lively heart of the West Central District, the ideal base for anyone who wants to explore the old city properly:<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">a recommended stay in Tainan&#8217;s West Central District<\/strong>, with Chihkan Tower, Shennong Street and Dongcai Market all within walking distance. For travellers arriving by high-speed or conventional rail, it is only about ten minutes by car from Tainan Railway Station, so if you want<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">accommodation near Tainan Station<\/strong>that also works for walking the old city, 3 Door offers close to the best of both.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; font-weight: bold;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\">\u2460<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85; color: #3a3a3a;\" valign=\"top\">Set out from 3 Door Hotel at No. 77 Chenggong Road and head north along Chenggong Road.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; font-weight: bold;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\">\u2461<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85; color: #3a3a3a;\" valign=\"top\">Turn into Qingnian Road and continue straight; about 10 minutes on foot brings you to the Dongcai entrance at the junction with Dapu Street.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; font-weight: bold;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\">\u2462<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85; color: #3a3a3a;\" valign=\"top\">After the market, continue to the nearby Tainan City God Temple and Dongyue Hall to feel the old-city routine of market plus worship.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; font-weight: bold;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"28\">\u2463<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85; color: #3a3a3a;\" valign=\"top\">Carry your spoils back to the hotel, put the cake and chrysanthemum tea in your room, and enjoy the most unhurried Tainan afternoon right there.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u7d50\u8a9e \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 46px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 24px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 4px solid #1e5945; padding-left: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #1e5945; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">EPILOGUE<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 25px; font-weight: 900; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 6px 0 0;\">Knowing how to eat means knowing how to live<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 20px;\">Walk Dongcai once and you will understand why Tainan people care so much about eating. Because here, food is not only for filling the stomach but a form of<strong>respect for living.<\/strong>for the quality of daily life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 20px;\">The elegance here is not put on but grows from a century of commitment to quality, and from a trust between people that needs no words. What it teaches us is perhaps not only how to choose a good cut of meat or a good bunch of greens, but how to<strong style=\"color: #1e5945;\">slow down and live a day properly.<\/strong>for the quality of daily life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.05; margin: 0 0 8px;\">For you, staying at <strong>#3DoorHotel<\/strong> , Dongcai is the nearest time machine there is. Sleep well, walk over, buy a bag of tea and a slice of cake. Try slowing down like a Tainan gentleman and tasting this elegant, fixed-price daily life \u2014 that is the way of travelling in Tainan we most want to recommend.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CTA --><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin: 32px 0 8px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #1a1a1a; padding: 34px 24px;\" align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #b8860b; margin: 0 0 10px; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">Where to stay in Tainan \u00b7 3 Door Hotel<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #f4f1ea; margin: 0 0 22px; line-height: 1.7;\">Sleep well, and walk to Dongcai in the morning<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background: #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; padding: 15px 40px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.ezhotel.com.tw\/\">See our rooms \u00b7 book now \u2192<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 Podcast \u5340\u584a \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 24px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #1a1a1a; padding: 28px 30px;\">\n<p style=\"color: #b8860b; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 2px; margin: 0 0 8px; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">\ud83c\udf99 MARKET VOGUE PODCAST<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #fff; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6;\">EP1 | A century of market lore: from the glutton square to the market of grand ladies, a legend of trust and good food<\/p>\n<p><audio style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u3010\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u83dc\u5e02\u3011\u767e\u5e74\u5e02\u5834\u5b78\uff1a\u5f9e\u300c\u592d\u9b3c\u57d5\u300d\u5230\u300c\u8cb4\u5a66\u5e02\u5834\u300d\u7684\u4fe1\u4efb\u8207\u7f8e\u98df\u50b3\u5947\uff01-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><\/audio><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #888; font-size: 13px; margin: 12px 0 0;\">Running time: 17 min 20 sec | Best listened to slowly with a cup of Auntie A-fen&#8217;s chrysanthemum tea \ud83c\udf75<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 FAQ \u5340\u584a \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 40px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 24px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 4px solid #b8860b; padding-left: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif;\">FAQ<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: 900; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 6px 0 0;\">Frequently asked questions<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 12px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; padding: 15px 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e5945; font-size: 15px;\">Q | Where is Dongcai Market, and what are its opening hours?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-top: none; padding: 15px 20px; color: #444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.9;\">Dongcai lies near the junction of Qingnian Road and Dapu Street in the West Central District, about a 10-minute walk from 3 Door Hotel. Stalls open around five in the morning and most close between eleven and midday. We suggest visiting<strong>between seven and ten in the morning<\/strong>, when the range is fullest and the atmosphere liveliest.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 12px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; padding: 15px 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e5945; font-size: 15px;\">Q | Why is Dongcai called the rich people market?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-top: none; padding: 15px 20px; color: #444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.9;\">Founded in 1908, Dongcai sat beside the early administrative centre and the residences of Tainan&#8217;s leading families, and a century ago its main customers were officials&#8217; wives and gentry servants. Stallholders were utterly confident in their quality and kept to fixed prices, so Tainan people came to nickname it<strong>the rich people market.<\/strong>for the quality of daily life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 12px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; padding: 15px 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e5945; font-size: 15px;\">Q | Which stalls are essential at Dongcai Market?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-top: none; padding: 15px 20px; color: #444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.9;\">The essential names include the emerald spinach skins of<strong>A-zhen Spring Rolls<\/strong>, the golden freshly baked<strong>A-mei Old-Style Cake<\/strong>, the pork blood soup pairing of<strong>Jinluan Rice Dumplings<\/strong>, the old-method simmering with liquorice root and astragalus at<strong>Auntie A-fen&#8217;s drinks<\/strong>, the century-old shop offering ingredient consultancy,<strong>The Zheng Family Butcher<\/strong>, the freshly handmade<strong>Mingzong Fish Balls<\/strong>, and the banquet standard of<strong>Meiyu fried items.<\/strong>for the quality of daily life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 12px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; padding: 15px 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e5945; font-size: 15px;\">Q | How do I walk to Dongcai Market from 3 Door Hotel?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-top: none; padding: 15px 20px; color: #444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.9;\">From 3 Door Hotel at No. 77 Chenggong Road, head north along Chenggong Road and turn into Qingnian Road; about<strong>10 minutes on foot<\/strong>brings you to the entrance. We suggest walking over early to enjoy the loveliest hour of an old-city market.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 12px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; padding: 15px 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e5945; font-size: 15px;\">Q | Is Dongcai suitable for older relatives or children?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-top: none; padding: 15px 20px; color: #444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.9;\">Very much so. Dongcai is spacious and bright with smooth circulation, and its high colonial steel frame gives good ventilation; the environment is clean and the stallholders welcoming. Compared with other traditional markets in Tainan, this is the most<strong>comfortable and unhurried<\/strong>choice for experiencing old-city market culture with children or older family members.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 12px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; padding: 15px 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e5945; font-size: 15px;\">Q | How is Dongcai different from Ximen Market and Shuixian Temple Market?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-top: none; padding: 15px 20px; color: #444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.9;\">All three are important historic markets, but their characters differ entirely. Shuixian Temple Market is fierce and bold, ruled by seafood; Ximen Market has a large footprint with fabric trading and street food side by side; and Dongcai is known for elegance, brightness and fixed prices, the aristocratic drawing room of the gentry. For the most unhurried market culture in Tainan, Dongcai is the first choice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 12px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; padding: 15px 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e5945; font-size: 15px;\">Q | How long does it take to walk Dongcai, and what route should I take?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-top: none; padding: 15px 20px; color: #444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.9;\">Walking at leisure and eating as you go takes about an hour and a half to two hours. Enter from Qingnian Road for the Japanese steel-frame architecture, settle your stomach at the prepared-food stalls, shop at the Zheng family butcher and Jingfa butcher, then finish with Auntie A-fen&#8217;s chrysanthemum tea and walk back to 3 Door Hotel.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 8px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f3efe4; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; padding: 15px 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e5945; font-size: 15px;\">Q | Is there somewhere to stay within walking distance of Dongcai?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-top: none; padding: 15px 20px; color: #444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.9;\">3 Door Hotel stands at No. 77 Chenggong Road in the West Central District, about a 10-minute walk from Dongcai and close to Chihkan Tower and Shennong Street, with Tainan Railway Station about ten minutes away by car. Whether you are looking for<strong>a recommended stay in Tainan&#8217;s West Central District<\/strong>, or for somewhere convenient near<strong>accommodation near Tainan Station<\/strong>, the hotel is itself a space blending historic architecture with local culture, well suited to travellers who want to experience old-city market culture on foot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u9078\u7269\u6307\u5357 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 30px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #1e5945; padding: 26px 28px;\">\n<h4 style=\"color: #f0d98c; font-size: 19px; margin: 0 0 16px; font-weight: 900;\">\ud83d\udc5c The Market Vogue shopping guide | what to buy at Dongcai<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 0; color: #a8c8b8; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Best for afternoon tea<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 0; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8;\">A-mei old-style cake (half plain, half chocolate)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 0; color: #a8c8b8; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">A snack for the eyes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 0; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8;\">A-zhen spring rolls (remember to ask for the green spinach skin)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 0; color: #a8c8b8; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">A nostalgic flavour<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 0; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8;\">Auntie A-fen&#8217;s chrysanthemum tea or milk tea (large bottles available)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 0; color: #a8c8b8; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">A chef-grade extra dish<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 0; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8;\">Meiyu fried items (the eight-treasure balls are the classic)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u7de8\u8f2f\u5ba4\u624b\u8a18 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 30px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #faf8f3; border: 1px solid #e0d6bc; border-top: 3px solid #b8860b; padding: 26px 28px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12px;\">\u270d\ufe0f From the editorial room<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 2.0; color: #4a4438; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Writing this piece on Dongcai, the editor kept returning to one word: cultivation. A market can be cheap, lively and fierce, but to be elegant requires not decor but a kind of proportion, accumulated over a century and observed by buyer and seller alike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 2.0; color: #4a4438; margin: 0;\">That is why we placed it at the head of Market Vogue \u2014 it reminds us that the greatest luxury in travel has never been how far you go, but whether you are able, one early morning, to slow down and live a day properly and with grace. Next time you come to Tainan, set your alarm a little earlier.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u4e0b\u671f\u9810\u544a \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<section style=\"padding: 30px 32px 10px;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #1a1a1a; padding: 26px 28px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #b8860b; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;\">NEXT ISSUE<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 900; color: #f4f1ea; margin: 0 0 10px;\">Vol.2 | Shuixian Temple Market: the kitchen of Tainan<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.95; color: #bdb8ac; margin: 0;\">If Dongcai is an elegant aristocratic drawing room, then our next stop, Shuixian Temple Market, is Tainan&#8217;s fiercest soul. A battle that begins at four in the morning, three hundred years of temple and market living together \u2014 we will take you to the source of flavour in the Five Canals. Look out for it.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 Footer \u7cfb\u5217\u5c0e\u89bd \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<footer style=\"background: #1a1a1a; padding: 40px 32px; margin-top: 30px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #f4f1ea; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: center;\">\ud83d\udcd6 Further reading: the complete 3 Door Market Walk series<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 2.4;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #1a1a1a; background: #b8860b; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/tag\/market-vogue-en\/\">\ud83d\udcd6 Series overview<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #f4f1ea; border: 1px solid #1e5945; background: #1e5945; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/tainan-market-walk\/\">\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f The complete guide to walking the markets<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #f0d98c; border: 1px solid #b8860b; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep1-east-market\/\">EP1 Dongcai Market (this piece)<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #555; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep2-shueixian-gong\/\">EP2 Shuixian Temple Market<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #555; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/yongle-market-walk\/\">EP3 Yongle Market<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #555; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/tainan-west-market\/\">EP4 Ximen Market<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #555; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/yamuliao-market-charcoal-fire-time\/\">EP5 Yamuliao Market<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #555; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-extra-ep1-breakfast-war\/\">Side I: the breakfast war<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #555; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-extra-ep2\/\">Side II: the alchemy of sweetness<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #555; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-extra-ep3\/\">Side III: keeping getting distracted<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #555; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep4-soundscape\/\">Side IV: the soundscape<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #555; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; padding: 5px 13px; border-radius: 18px; margin: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep5-taste-spectrum\/\">Side V: the spectrum of taste<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 26px 0 18px; font-size: 13px; color: #9a9a9a; text-align: center; line-height: 1.9;\">#WhereToStayInTainan #TainanWestCentral #TainanStationHotel #TainanHotels #DongcaiMarket #EastMarket #TainanFood #TainanTraditionalMarkets #SlowTravelTainan #MarketVogue #3DoorHotel<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; 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