A trip to Taipei is just ideal for those who love the hustle and bustle of the big city. Apart from fast life style, amazing architectures and skyscrapers, you will just love fall in love with the kind of Chinese food served in Taipei. Once you have tasted the Taipei food, you are going to miss that lingering taste forever when you leave the city.
The most served food in Taipei
Since the refugees from all over China fled to Taiwan, they also brought their distinctive style of cuisines with them. Thus Taipei offers some of the best Chinese food in the world and it is the most popular food served in Taipei. If you love Chinese food then you will surely enjoy eating out in Taipei. Seafood dishes and flavorful sauces are the specialty of Taiwanese cuisine.
Look for any dish of your favorite style (especially in Chinese) and you will be amazed to find the staggering variety of cuisines in Taipei. Not only the pleasantly done restaurants in Taipei (most Chinese restaurants pay less attention towards décor) offer amazing Chinese delicacies but the food that you get at various night market food stands is prepared hygienically and tastes equally good. Moreover, food at night market food stands is available at inexpensive to moderate prices. A good way to guess a restaurant’s reputation in Taipei is to see how crowded it is around 7 p.m.
Japanese food
Taiwan history and the number of Japanese population living here is the reason why you find Japanese restaurants throughout the city. To get the real Japanese food, visit Lin Sen North Road that has many good places serving meals to business-class people.
Other options for eating out
For those who wish to have other cuisines than Chinese, there are some venues open that offer international cuisines like American, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Korean, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Spanish, Swiss and Thai. English food is also served at several restaurants. For a good Western meal, head towards Tien Mu or visit a hotel. You can also try Grandma Nitti’s Kitchen for some great Western breakfast and food. Are you the one looking for some Indian delicacies then you can also find many Indian restaurants in Taipei.
If you are looking for a cheap and delicious meal, then Taipei has many basement Food Courts in department stores like Asiaworld Shopping Center, Mitsukoshi and Sogo Department Store. Then there are several cafes in Taipei that provide you few simple meals along with coffee, tea, soda and juice.
Your trip to Taipei is incomplete if you do not enjoy a meal at night market place and the best is Shihlin Night Market where you must try some of the best known snacks like Chou Do Fu, meat-filled buns, etc.
Are you still carving for fast food? There are many food joints scattered all over the city that offer burgers, noodles, and pizza.
Take a culinary tour to Taipei
To know the other side of Chinese culture and cuisine, make a trip to Taipei. To enjoy the wide range of food items here, draw out a plan where you can specially take out a culinary tour. Before you book your tickets for Taipei, remember to book a good Taipei hotel-especially if you are visiting the place near September or October when most Taipei hotels will be engaged during TAITRONICS. Take some time out to read some Taipei hotel reviews so that you can get the best accommodation booked for your stay.