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DineTaiwan is being built in public. Here is what the guide covers today, what was added lately and what comes next.

Last updated October 12, 2026

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Today

What the guide covers so far

Counted straight from the guide’s own content, so these numbers move whenever something is added.

Dishes
20
Each with sources and a review date
Next · 89 more dishes planned
Destinations
15
5 full guides · 10 early guides
Next · 10 early guides being upgraded
Markets
12
Night markets, food streets and day markets
Next · 18 more markets planned
Restaurants
21
Listed with sources and a review date
Stalls and shops
37
Mostly inside the markets above
Photographs
137
Credited and licensed, with alt text in both languages

Recently added

Every change, newest first

Entries added by the autopilot are marked as such; everything else is written by people.

  1. New featureEditorial

    A 3D map for each destination

    Every destination page now has a close-up map of its own right under the photo, with the neighborhoods, night markets and restaurants we cover so far pinned on it. Choose a pin to see a card with a photograph where we have one of that place, or a simple tile where we do not yet. The 3D view loads only on devices that can handle it; otherwise a flat map and a plain list of the same places take its place. Pin positions are approximate and some are still unchecked.

  2. LaunchEditorial

    DineTaiwan opens as a work in progress

    The first public version of the guide: 20 dishes, 15 destinations (5 full guides and 10 early ones), 12 markets, 21 restaurants and 37 stalls, in English and Traditional Chinese. It is unfinished on purpose. More dishes, guides and photos are planned, and this page records each one as it lands.

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  3. New featureEditorial

    What’s new, a public roadmap and an Atom feed

    This page records every addition, shows what the guide covers today and lists what is planned next. Subscribe with the Atom feed to follow along.

  4. New featureEditorial

    Interactive 3D map of Taiwan

    Explore destinations, night markets and restaurants on a 3D map of Taiwan. It loads only on devices that can handle it, every place on it is also available as an ordinary link, and a simple 2D map takes over when 3D is not available.

  5. New featureEditorial

    Food Passport

    A private stamp book for Taiwan’s classic dishes. Mark what you have eaten, save what you want to try next, and watch your passport fill up. It stays on your device, and there is no account to create.

  6. New featureEditorial

    English and Traditional Chinese

    Every page is available in English and Traditional Chinese (Taiwan usage). Dish names appear in both scripts, with pinyin on the English pages, so you can match a menu or a sign when you are standing in front of it.

Coming next

What we are working on

The public to-do list, in priority order. Priorities shift as we learn what readers need, so treat it as a direction, not a promise or a date.

Dishes coming next

Each gets a full page in both languages, with sources.

  1. Chiayi turkey rice火雞肉飯
  2. Oyster vermicelli蚵仔麵線
  3. Taro balls芋圓
  4. Three-cup chicken三杯雞
  5. Tainan beef soup牛肉湯
  6. Shaobing and youtiao with soy milk燒餅油條
  7. Lu wei (braised and dipped snacks)滷味
  8. Taiwan Railways bento台鐵便當
  9. A-gei (stuffed fried tofu)阿給
  10. Salty soy milk鹹豆漿
  11. Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings)粽子
  12. High-mountain oolong tea高山烏龍茶
  13. and 77 more

Destination guides being upgraded

Early guides growing into full ones, with history, highlights and a food trail.

  1. Chiayi: full destination guide嘉義：完整地區導覽Read the early guide
  2. New Taipei: full destination guide新北：完整地區導覽Read the early guide
  3. Keelung: full destination guide基隆：完整地區導覽Read the early guide
  4. Yilan: full destination guide宜蘭：完整地區導覽Read the early guide
  5. Pingtung: full destination guide屏東：完整地區導覽Read the early guide
  6. Taitung: full destination guide台東：完整地區導覽Read the early guide
  7. and 4 more

Markets and places

Night markets, restaurants and stalls. These need the most careful checking, so a person reviews every one.

  1. Tonghua Night Market (Linjiang Street)通化街夜市（臨江街夜市）
  2. Jiufen Old Street Snack Street九份老街小吃
  3. Tamsui Old Street Snack Street淡水老街小吃
  4. Hsinchu City God Temple Market新竹城隍廟小吃
  5. Yongkang Street Food District永康街美食商圈
  6. Dadong Night Market (Tainan)大東夜市
  7. and 12 more

How it grows

How the guide grows

The guide grows in small steps instead of big releases. Here is how that works, in plain language.

It is not perfect. Food moves fast, and so do prices and opening hours, so please check before you travel.

Spotted a mistake, or have a dish in mind?

Tell us which page and what looks wrong, or which dish, market or restaurant we should cover next.

Email us

Our email address is hello@dinetaiwan.com

  1. Scheduled research

    Research agents (AI models) take the next item from the list above, read public sources and draft a page in English and Traditional Chinese. They run on a schedule once the autopilot is switched on.

  2. Automated checks

    Before anything goes live, automated checks look at structure, links, sources, translations and image licences. If a check fails, nothing is published.

  3. People review what matters

    Anything about real places or practical details (addresses, opening hours, prices, awards) and every photograph goes through a human-reviewed change before it is published.

  4. Everything is labelled

    Pages say whether they are an AI-assisted draft, reviewed or verified, and when they were last checked. This page marks what the autopilot added.

Work in progressLast updated Oct 12, 2026What’s new

20 dishes documented · more on the way