First-hand reviews of restaurants, night markets, and bars, with the occasional guide to making Taiwan easier to travel.
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Jul 2026 Zhongzheng, Taipei
When my friends from Korea wanted one last Taiwanese meal before their flight, they took me somewhere I ended up going back to on my own: Chun Shui Tang, the teahouse that claims it invented bubble tea.
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Jul 2026 Beitou, Taipei
Up the hill past where most Xinbeitou visitors turn around, a beer garden presses up against the Beitou jungle, pouring six taps from a tiny Tamsui brewery, along with crackery thin-crust pizza. Worth the climb.
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Jun 2026 Tamsui, New Taipei
Down an unassuming side lane in Tamsui, a 50-year restaurant that began as a humble pork chop stall and now sits in the 2025 Michelin Guide. They have been famous for the bone-in pork chop rice, but recently people have enjoyed the crispy chicken thigh more. Add on the starch-thick 祖傳大滷湯 (ancestral braised soup), and a beef-tallow chilli sauce locals would happily buy by the jar.
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Jun 2026 Zhongshan, Taipei
Western breakfast in Taipei is not readily available on every city block, and a proper full English is rarer still: egg, bacon, sausage, grilled tomato, the works. Fumu (父母) is one of a short list that does it well.
Guide
Jun 2026 5 min read
The view from the top of Taipei 101 costs NT$600. The view from the café one floor down costs about the price of a coffee. Here's how to find it.
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Jun 2026 Tamsui, New Taipei
Taiwanese love hot pot, and it comes at every price point. Laozi Hot Pot (荖子鍋) is the personal-pot chain hiding inside Carrefour stores across the north. I take a look at the make-your-own noodles, the broths, and all of the all-you-can-eat options.
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Jun 2026 Zhongshan, Taipei
There's almost always a crowd outside this Zhongshan braised pork rice shop near the Shuangcheng Street Night Market. The Lǔròu fàn - minced pork belly bowls and the shredded chicken rice are what you come for — fast, cheap, and the food locals actually eat.
Guide
Jun 2026 6 min read
Not a 'best of', just three craft beer spots in West Taipei area I've been to quite a few times. Prices, opinions, and my favourite of the three.
Guide
May 2026 5 min read
Torikin is a late-night ramen shop near Guang Hua, open until 3 AM — but the ordering machine is cash-only and entirely in Chinese. This guide walks through the menu and how to order, step by step.
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May 2026 Beitou, Taipei
I walked in hungry and ended up ordering only tuna without meaning to. The May special allowed me to taste albacore, which I haven't tried before. The sesame nori piece, twenty minutes after I ordered it, showed me something else.
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May 2026 Wanhua, Taipei
Two years in Taiwan, and I still hadn't been to Wang's Broth. So I went. Here's my review from Huaxi Street's Michelin Bib Gourmand stall, the lǔ ròu fàn everyone talks about, the soup that gave the place its name, and everything in between.
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