Jun 14, 2010
The legendary boxed lunch
This small town between Yilan and Taipei, called Fulong ç¦éš†, is famous for its boxed lunches, called “bian dang” 便儅. There are places near the train station where you can get them, but also there are old ladies standing on the train platform, selling them to people as the train makes a quick stop at the station.
We were on our way to Taipei last weekend, and so we just had to have one of these marvelous things. Stacy volunteered to run off the train, buy some, then run back onto the train before it left.
Flagging down the bian dang lady.
Run! The train is leaving!
Got the goods!
The box reads “Fulong train station platform box lunch.” A descriptive, if inelegant, name.
It’s not hard to see why they’re so popular. They put lots of goodies in there, meat, vegetables, plus a whole hard-boiled egg  (most places cut them in half, then put the cut side facing down, so you can’t see that you’re only getting half an egg).
Yes, they’re yummy, and at NT$60, less than US$2, it’s a cheap lunch.
Yummy! I want one!
That looks amazingly delish.