First-hand reviews of restaurants, night markets, and bars, with the occasional guide to making Taiwan easier to travel.
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May 2026 Beitou, Taipei
There are no seats at Slice Shop Tianmu. There's also some of the best pizza in Taipei — sourdough crust, maple bacon with hot honey, and pepperoni that allows you to taste the sourdough.
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May 2026 Tamsui, New Taipei
After moving to Taiwan from London in 2016, I spent years missing a proper flat white. I eventually found one at Louisa Coffee, hiding on the menu under a different name.
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May 2026 Da'an, Taipei
A Bib Gourmand kitchen in Beitou turning out high-end Taiwanese home cooking without the high-end price. Bouncy sesame noodles with a Szechuan kick, an understated bowl of tender braised chicken soup, vegetable sides are also worth ordering.
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May 2026 Tamsui, New Taipei
Some kids beg for ice cream. Mine begs for ramen, and not always the chain from across the street. On a cold, rainy weeknight, we drove to Tamsui to see whether 鷄道樂 (Tori Douraku) could live up to a young boy's particular standards.
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May 2026 Zhongshan, Taipei
A quiet Monday in Taipei, and no plan for dinner. Urban Alley Gastropub is the kind of place I keep ending up at; reliable beer, food that doesn't try too hard, and on this visit, my first crack at the squid ink pasta.
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Apr 2026 Songshan, Taipei
Raohe at 3pm and Raohe at 6pm aren't really the same street. A Monday afternoon walk through one of Taipei's most famous night markets, before and after it wakes up.
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Apr 2026 Beitou, Taipei
A four-seat hole-in-the-wall just outside Beitou MRT, where I walked in without a plan and Google-Translated my way through the menu. The hot-and-sour vermicelli I ended up with was unlike anything I'd had before.
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Apr 2026 Songshan, Taipei
A Raohe Street beef noodle shop with a sun-faded sign and walls of faded photos from another decade. I went before the night market filled up around it, for a half-beef, half-tendon bowl and a plate of intensely garlicky cucumbers.
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Apr 2026 Tamsui, New Taipei
Charcoal smell and Japanese style everywhere, a Tamsui izakaya we've been making our way through over several visits. Real wasabi with the salmon, tender charcoal-grilled beef skewers, and a pork or salmon fried rice that arrives at the table still steaming.
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Apr 2026 Da'an, Taipei
A local friend wanted to take me somewhere really Taiwanese, so we ended up at a 熱炒 (rè chǎo) spot near Da'an Station. Cleaner and slightly more polished than the usual stir-fry place, but the shared dishes and 18 Days beer are still what it's all about.
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