Table Notes

October 19, 2026

• Typhoon Champi: sea warning possible Thursday 22 October; heavy rain likely in the north and east on 23–24 October.
• Starbucks Taiwan sells a second drink at half price when you drink in, no app needed.
• Starbucks marks down leftover pastries, cakes and sandwiches 30% after 7pm daily.
• McDonald's squid-ink black burgers go on sale 21 October, from NT$109.

October 12, 2026

• Narikura Taipei opened 6 October; only ten walk-in spots a day are available from 9 October, registration from 10:00.
• Taipei beef noodle festival gold medals go to A-Niu, San Shi Chu, Nangang Hui Guan and Kao.
• Aloft Taipei Zhongshan sells its 17th-floor breakfast buffet for NT$399 between 9:30 and 10:30.
• Napoli's small pizza plus twelve grilled wings is NT$199 until 15 October.

October 5, 2026

• The visitor lottery restarts 10 October with weekly draws through March.
• Two-star American chef opens Melrose in Xinyi with Taiwanese-ingredient riffs on New York classics.
• Starbucks sells largest iced fruit drinks at NT$99 through 3 November, no app required.
• Show your passport at Yakiyan barbecue for 20 free prawns through 30 November.

September 28, 2026

• The 500 Dishes Award published its full 2026 list with an English version and a Google Map.
• 7-ELEVEN runs buy-two-get-two on large americanos and lattes 28 September to 2 October.
• MOS Burger prints six weeks of set-meal discounts starting at NT$74, with no membership needed.

September 21, 2026

• Taipei Dome's Far Eastern Garden City opened 16 September with 150+ restaurants across 355,833 square feet
• CoCo's large pearl milk tea drops to NT$39 at the counter until 30 September
• Yehliu opens a weekend live-crab market from 25 September through 29 November
• FamilyMart runs second coffee half price with free cooler bag to 13 October

September 14, 2026

• Eat at Taipei's expensive restaurants for NT$1,200 until 30 September
• Costco food court requires a member card from 1 October — one store exempt
• Shilin's weekend footfall fell from 100,000 to 20,000; Raohe now tops visitor numbers
• Name your favourite Toy Story character at Tasty(西堤) and get a NT$338 burger free through October

September 7, 2026

• Chun Shui Tang's Guangnan store closes September 13 after 14 years
• Taipei Dome food hall opens with 80 brands, full mall September 22
• Grand Hotel rooftop barbecue returns for Mid-Autumn, September 25–26
• Taiwan PASS rail version launches with 24,000 half-price units at NT$1,250

August 31, 2026

• Changhua Prison's mooncakes sold 67,000 units in one day; only able to order via phone in Mandarin
• Burger King's NT$99 beef combos run through 13 September but not at the airport
• Departure airport fee rises from NT$500 to NT$750 from 1 September, first increase in a decade
• Eat the National Palace Museum's Meat-Shaped Stone as hotpot through year-end

August 24, 2026

• Record rain flooded southern Taiwan; Alishan Forest Railway suspended through Monday
• Kaohsiung's milk tea festival gathers 70+ brands in Yancheng, Sept. 19–20
• Jensen Huang bought seven buns and 30 zongzi during a two-hour Taiwan visit
• Kaohsiung fried chicken carnival returns Oct. 24–25 with salted-egg-yolk theme

August 17, 2026

• Taipei ties for third in Time Out's 2026 global street-food ranking, behind Ho Chi Minh City and Kuala Lumpur.
• McDonald's Taiwan pulled both shrimp burgers after nitrofuran detection; cash refunds available through September 30.
• Paul Pairet's POLUX opens in Da'an — French bistro cooking, no tasting menu required.
• Starbucks Taiwan: buy-one-get-one Grande drinks, no card required, August 19 only, 11:00–20:00.

August 10, 2026

• Seven tea-seed oil producers over the benzo[a]pyrene limit; TFDA enters factories.
• Raohe Street tops Taiwan's night markets in the official inbound visitor survey.
• TRA flagship west-coast trains fully reserved every August weekend.

August 3, 2026

• Sweet Honey, the Netflix chef's Cantonese dim sum restaurant, opens in Zhongshan this month
• Taiwan logged 4.29 million visitors Jan–June, up 2.3%; growth came from Southeast Asia and India
• Taiwan Culinary Exhibition closes after four-day run, drawing around 123,000 people

July 27, 2026

• Michelin 2026: nine new one-stars, Mizue debuts at two, 頤宮 holds three for the ninth year
• Carrefour is now 萬家福 and 樂家康—same stores, new names, everyone still says Carrefour
• 休閒小站, the 1992 bubble-tea pioneer, relaunched as Easy Way in Taipei
• Starbucks opened inside Yilan's century-old Luodong lumber yard on July 23

July 20, 2026

• Taiwan Culinary Exhibition: 13 MICHELIN restaurants, July 31–Aug 3, presale tickets NT$180
• Pizza Hut: NT$199 large pizzas weekdays through July 31
• COMEBUY launches six caffeine-free barley-cassia drinks, NT$50–80

July 13, 2026

• 146 MICHELIN Bib Gourmand restaurants announced July 14; 13 new, most local Taiwanese small eats.
• 500 Bowls guide lists 472 street-food winners; two Triple Bowl champions, four new special awards.