Fresh Market Cost Of Living in TAIPEI Taiwan | Vegetables & Fruits & Things 🥦🥭🍌🥑🧅🍆 🇹🇼
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
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In today's vlog I head to Taipei wholesale market located next to Songshan airport, a bustling area where you can find pretty much anything from fruits, vegetables, meats, seafoods, cooked dishes, king crab, wine, just about anything!
I take you on a shop inside the fruits and vegetable section of the market and see actually how cheap, or not so cheap some very simple and basic staple items cost. I was surprised how much I paid for 4 items of what should be cheap vegetables, well, they are cheap everywhere else around Asia that I've visited, but here, seems not.
I end up spending a lot more than expected at this wholesale market, do locals really pay that much for cabbage???
According to the internet, this means a Taiwanese local has to work about 50 minutes to earn enough to purchase one cabbage (minimum wage stats), to put this into perspective, a UK worker would be paying £10 for a cabbage....so I'm confused...
Cabbage Cabbage Cabbage, there's no cabbage emoji, so disappointed 😜
I hope you enjoy the video today 🙏
Markets in Taipei city can be a bit more expensive than markets in New Taipei city. But again, it depends on districts, because of the rental costs.
Cabbage is more expensive recently. Prices for fruits and vegetables changes depending on the seasons and also the weather.
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Veggie at 14:40 is "water Lily" stems. It grows in the pond. Very delicious when stir-fried.
Really, oh wow. I never knew that. Thank you Robwon
the best season to buy vegetables in TW is actually winter. Cabbage and tomato are not cheap in the summer time.
That's interesting
Produce price varies depending on weather. Every time after a typhoon hits, produce prices go way high. I think you did well.
Oh wow really. That definitely could be a contributor as to why it's a higher price that day...but still I see the same price of cabbage in Carrefour for 8 weeks already... Why? 🤣
I remember a time when there were no supermarkets in Taiwan (ok.. in the late '70s). All we had were fresh markets that my mom went to every day to buy what we needed. Fresh markets are the best!
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9:32 Dan, whenever you see the character 斤, Taiwanese catty, it is equivalent to 0.6 KG. So when you see a sign which says 1斤70, that means it costs you 70 Taiwanese dollars for 0.6 KG, or 117 NTD per kilo, or 2.51 British pounds per kilo. Just remember in the wet market here in Taiwan they measure the weight in Taiwanese catty (=0.6KG), not KG.
Also, if you simply see a price tag with only a number, say 70, that simply means how much it costs in NTD per Taiwanese catty. So 70 = 1斤70 = 70NTD/斤 = 70NTD/0.6KG = 117NTD/KG = 2.51£/KG
Oh bloody hell, no wonder why I'm confused. This is like a messed up version of algebra.
Basically 1 US pound Dan
@@antech555 Um... 1 US pound=0.4536 KG
I hear Steve and Michelle are going to be joining you soon
The prices are "per Taiwanese Catty 台斤", which is about 600 grams.
Ahh, I see. So it's not KG's here?
@@DanvsFood in traditional markets the prices are always in Taiwanese Catty (Tai Jin). In super markets the prices are in Kilos.
Because of the typhoon, cabbage and tomatoes are very expensive in Taiwan now. But the prices will drop soon.
That would be good 🙏
The price of summer season vegetables depends on the weather which is also especially typhoon season,usually the price of vegetables when typhoon hits will make you doubt 😲😵💫🤯btw usually the traditional market is closed every Monday !
Thank you 🙏
It's going to be cold if you hold on a little longer 😊
16°c kinda cold? 🤣
Get well soon Dan - hope it isn't affecting your income making ability.
It might make a good video to go to a fresh market with a local who knows the produce and how 'it all works' at some point (pricing, selecting, negotiating, best time to go, how to use produce etc.).
Good luck Dan with your adventures in Taiwan.
Please feel free to ask questions on UA-cam and Taiwanese people will help and explain anything for you.
Thank you! Will do!
I live in the UK so I also notice the price differences. In Taiwan the prices tend to go up and down depending on the harvest seasons. It can also be impacted by weather conditions. Tomatoes, broccoli and milk etc. are much cheaper in the UK.
There are some great value local vegetables in Taiwan when the season is right 😂.
I am glad you picked the higher priced cabbage from “Li Shan” the area where the cabbage grows the best due to weather.
Ask people “ 一斤多少錢？” ( Yi Jin Duo Shao Qian” ) : how much per Jin ( the Taiwanese measurement which is very close to US pound)
Thanks for the tips!
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Wow. That veg is really expensive. Would be half that price in the UK. X
Silly isn't it
好好休息保重身體
Thank you 👍
Hey bud, you just missed a Persian or Indian restaurant on ur left side at the 2 min. 20 sec marker. Forgot its name but tried it moons ago, was pretty good.
No shortage of produce there that's for sure
Yeah, pretty much most vegetables you could ever need.
斤 = 0.6kg
It's not per kg, it is per 600 g
Ok, thank you
The best investment is your health, take care of yourself Dan🥦🍅🥕🥬🍐👨⚕
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