A capital that eats from the first soy milk at dawn to the last night-market bite
Known forBeef noodle soup · Soup dumplings (xiaolongbao) · Savory soy milk, shaobing and youtiao · Braised pork rice
Destinations
Destinations
15 places to eat in Taiwan, from Taipei's morning soy milk to the cactus ice of Penghu. Pick one on the map or browse by part of the island.
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5 destinations
North
The capital's big appetite, from night markets to harbor stalls
More to explore in North
Wind-dried rice noodles and a bowl of meatball soup by the City God Temple
Known forHsinchu rice noodles (mǐfěn) · Pork meatball soup (gòngwán) · Hsinchu ba-wan
A rainy harbor town whose temple-front lanes run from tempura to bubble ice
Known forNutritious sandwich (yíngyǎng sānmíngzhì) · Dingbian suo (dǐngbiān suō) · Miaokou tempura (tiānfùluó)
Hill-and-harbor snacks that ring Taipei, from Jiufen taro balls to Shenkeng tofu
Known forJiufen taro balls (yùyuán) · Tamsui A-gei (āgěi) · Shenkeng tofu and stinky tofu
Black dried tofu, Hakka cooking and the Yunnan rice noodles of a former army village
Known forDaxi dried tofu (Dàxī dòugān) · Zhongli beef noodle soup · Yunnan rice noodles and Burmese-Thai snacks in Longgang
2 destinations
Central
Sun cakes, tea shops and old port-town snacks
Sun cakes, the bubble tea debate, and ice cream in a former credit cooperative
Known forBubble tea · Sun cake (tàiyáng bǐng) · Pineapple cake · Sausage in rice sausage
More to explore in Central
Where the ba-wan is said to have been born, with Lukang's old lanes and bowls of Changhua-style braised pork rice
Known forBa-wan (ròuyuán) · Changhua braised pork rice (khòng-bah-pn̄g) · Cat-rat noodles (māoshǔ miàn)
4 destinations
South
Old-city kitchens and fishing-port feasts
A harbor city whose table is set by the port, the navy villages and the farm country
Known forBraised pork rice (ròuzào fàn) · Cijin seafood · Gangshan goat (羊肉) · Papaya milk
Taiwan's old capital and one of its great food cities
Known forBeef soup · Danzai noodles · Milkfish · Coffin bread
More to explore in South
Home of turkey rice, from the tea country of Alishan to the oyster flats of Dongshi
Known forChiayi turkey rice (huǒjī ròu fàn) · Oyster omelet · Soy-milk douhua
Donggang's bluefin tuna and sakura shrimp, Wanluan's pork knuckle, and orchard after orchard of wax apples
Known forDonggang bluefin tuna (hēiwěiyú) · Sakura shrimp (yīnghuā xiā) · Wanluan pork knuckle (zhūjiǎo)
3 destinations
East
Pacific catches, Indigenous flavors and rice from the valley
Between the Central Range and the Pacific, a table shared by many peoples
Known forHualien wonton (biǎnshí) · Mochi (máshǔ) · Egg scallion pancake · Indigenous cooking
More to explore in East
Rice paddies, sugar apples and Indigenous flavors, eaten slowly between the mountains and the sea
Known forChishang rice box (fànbāo) · Sugar apple (shìjiā) · Amis wild-vegetable cooking (yěcài)
Scallions, smoked duck and a bowl of mutton soup on the Lanyang Plain
Known forSanxing scallions and scallion pancakes (sānxīng cōng) · Smoked duck (yāshǎng) · Cow-tongue biscuit (niúshé bǐng)
1 destination
Islands
Salt wind, fresh catch and island sweets
Sea wind, island seafood and a cup of red cactus ice
Known forCactus ice (xiānrénzhǎng bīng) · Black sugar cake (hēitáng gāo) · Small squid (xiǎoguǎn)
