October 26, 2026
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Table Notes rounds up the week's Taiwan food and travel news from Chinese- and English-language sources. Dates, prices, and promotions change quickly; check the linked source before planning around one.
Typhoon Champi passed Taiwan's north-east coast without landfall, but still caused damage with strong winds. Alishan and Hehuanshan are reopening.
This week in brief
- Typhoon Champi leaves one dead, 616 injured. It also cancelled 977 flights and 96 ferry sailings; more than 1,000 people each waited on Kinmen and Penghu.
- Alishan Forest Railway is running again, including the Jhushan sunrise line, from 25 October.
- Hi-Life sells two medium Tsujiri matcha or roasted-tea lattes for the price of one until 10 November.
- Texas Roadhouse sells six mains at NT$500 each from 27 October to 9 November.
News & Openings
Typhoon Champi cancels 977 flights and 96 ferry sailings 光復節連假 桃機受颱風影響取消航班、旅運人次降低
October 22–24, 2026
The Civil Aviation Administration counted 977 cancelled flights, 262 domestic and 715 international and cross-strait, from Thursday 22 October to 10am Friday. The Maritime and Port Bureau suspended 96 sailings on 10 routes on Friday, with nine routes fully stopped, including Keelung–Matsu, Kaohsiung–Magong, Fugang–Green Island and Fugang–Lanyu. On Saturday morning more than 1,000 passengers were waiting at Kinmen Airport and more than 1,000 more for standby seats at Penghu Airport.
Typhoon Champi leaves one dead, 616 injured 薔琵颱風陸警解除、應變中心降為二級
October 22–24, 2026
Champi passed to the north-east without landfall and was downgraded to a tropical storm on 24 October. One man died after being swept away by waves in Liuqiu, Pingtung, and 616 people were injured, mostly with minor scrapes and bruises. Authorities logged 3,287 fallen trees, 1,282 of them in Taipei, and about 22,000 households were still without power on Saturday evening. The land warning was lifted at 2:30pm on 24 October.
Alishan Forest Railway resumes, sunrise train included 阿里山林鐵沼平線、神木線10月24日下午1時起恢復營運；本線及祝山線10月25日恢復營運
Resumed October 24–25, 2026 · Full refund within one year of travel date
The Zhaoping and Shenmu branch lines resumed at 1pm on 24 October, and the main line and the Jhushan sunrise line resumed on 25 October. The 26 October sunrise train departs at 05:20, with the last return at 07:00. Hinoki Village and Alishan Forestry Village reopened on 24 October, and ticket holders affected by the closure could claim full refunds within one year of their travel date at any Alishan railway station or convenience-store ticket machine.
Hehuanshan ski lodge reopens with capsule beds at NT$1,200 合歡山滑雪山莊10/23開放！整修1年7月引進「太空艙」 住宿不漲價
Recreation area reopened October 25, 2026 · NT$1,200 per bed, unchanged
The lodge at 3,100 metres closed in March last year for 19 months of renovation. It now has 54 beds, half capsule-style berths and half shared bunks on raised wooden flooring, plus 13 private shower rooms and 11 toilets. The 23 October opening was delayed by the typhoon closure of the surrounding recreation area, which reopened at 8am on 25 October. Book online at recreation.forest.gov.tw.
ORII MATCHA opens in Taipei's East District 台北東區「抹茶新店」ORII MATCHA
ORII MATCHA is at No. 58, Lane 233, Sec. 1, Dunhua South Rd., Da'an District, open daily 09:00–15:30. Matcha comes from Uji, Yame and Kagoshima, and drinks include a strawberry-milk matcha with homemade jam and a cinnamon rice-milk matcha. Brunch includes a crab and avocado roll and fried-shrimp soba cold noodles. The same space becomes the hand-roll and sake bar OSSU in the evening.
Taichung's Fukuya vegetarian ramen plans a Taipei shop 台中人氣蔬食拉麵「福屋拉麵」進軍台北
Possibly end of 2026
Fukuya Ramen (福屋拉麵), open in Taichung since 2021, serves vegetarian ramen in a soy-milk broth and has over 1,200 Google Maps reviews averaging 4.5 stars. A Taipei store is in preparation in the East District and could open by the end of 2026 at the earliest. No address, confirmed date or prices have been published.
Starbucks Reserve Xinyi offers same-day custom embroidery 星巴克典藏DREAM PLAZA台北｜品牌客製化電繡活動
Embroidery and delivery fees not published
At Starbucks Reserve DREAM PLAZA Taipei, 6F, No. 11 Songgao Road, Xinyi, staff will embroider designated bags and apparel with a Bearista design or custom text. It is available only on items bought the same day, and embroidered items cannot be cancelled, returned or exchanged. Production can take one to seven extra days, and home delivery costs extra. No membership is required, and the embroidery price is not listed.
Deals & Promos
Hi-Life: two Tsujiri matcha lattes for the price of one 超商咖啡買30送30、泡麵買1送1 雷神巧克力霜淇淋開賣
October 14 – November 10, 2026 · 2 medium lattes for NT$70 (normally NT$70 each)
Hi-Life has a tie-up with Japanese tea house Tsujiri (辻利茶舖): buy one medium matcha au lait or roasted-tea au lait at NT$70 and get a second free, about NT$35 a cup. Both are reduced-sugar recipes. The offer must be claimed in store at the time of purchase, with no app needed.
Hi-Life coffee: buy one get one, or a second cup for NT$5 超商限時8天咖啡「買10送10」 飲料、泡麵5折起
Through November 10, 2026 · Second cup free (4 drinks) or NT$5 (large latte range)
Buy one get one free applies to the same item across four Hi Café drinks: Americano, oat-milk latte, espresso Americano and heavy-cream latte, hot or iced. Separately, a second large latte-range cup costs NT$5, covering Americano, espresso Americano and the brown-sugar and honey lattes, excluding the hot oat-milk latte. Both are claimed in store without membership. Reports differ on whether the buy-one-get-one cups are large or extra-large, so check the in-store board.
CoCo: pearl milk tea NT$39, jasmine green tea NT$29 2026光復節連假優惠TOP15
October 1–31, 2026 · NT$39 pearl milk tea; NT$29 jasmine green tea
CoCo's October promotion prices its chewy-pearl milk tea at NT$39 and its jasmine green tea at NT$29, hot or iced. Both can be ordered at the shop counter without an app. Shopping-mall locations and some other branches are excluded.
Da Ming puts durian ice cream in milk tea for three days 大茗「榴槤冰淇淋茶飲」只賣3天 芒果美式明起上市
Durian drinks October 30 – November 1, 2026 · NT$89 milk tea (L); NT$79 Red Jade black tea (L); NT$79 mango americano (M)
Da Ming (大茗本位製茶堂) drops a scoop of durian ice cream into a classic milk tea at NT$89 large and a Red Jade black tea at NT$79 large, while supplies last. Separately, a mango americano is NT$79 medium from 20 October to 10 November. The prize draw tied to the mango drink requires chain membership.
MOS Burger discounts sets ordered by seat QR code 摩斯漢堡優惠10月！摩斯漢堡菜單／買一送一／拿坡里披薩199
QR discount through December 31, 2026 · From NT$99; rotation sets NT$74 and NT$149
Ordering by the QR code at your seat gets set discounts: moon-shaped fries with classic milk tea from NT$99, hash-brown breakfast sets from NT$105, and burger sets with fries, nuggets and iced tea from NT$190. For 30 October to 2 November, the weekday rotation has a pork cutlet burger breakfast set with large iced tea at NT$74 and a super-barley ocean pearl burger lunch set at NT$149. The reusable-cup offer halving iced black tea to NT$20 requires membership.
Texas Roadhouse sells six mains at NT$500 6盎司牛排只要500元！德州鮮切牛排週年慶
Texas Roadhouse October 27 – November 9, 2026 · NT$500 per main; TGI Fridays trio NT$1,399
For its 12th anniversary in Taiwan, Texas Roadhouse (德州鮮切牛排) offers a 6oz steak, boneless pork chop, fried chicken, pan-seared sea bass, spiced grilled shrimp and Bolognese pasta at NT$500 each. Every main except the pasta includes one side. Each NT$2,000 spent earns a table one draw entry for an NT$8,000 voucher. TGI Fridays, from 21 October to 30 November, has a NT$1,399 trio party meal and a Friday buy-one-get-one drink for diners in red-and-white stripes.
Festivals & Events
Cou Cou Hotpot's Disney+ pop-up at Taipei Dome 湊湊火鍋 Disney+ 快閃店
Through November 15, 2026 · Two-person set from NT$2,999 (was NT$4,049) plus 10% service
The Taipei Dome branch of Cou Cou Hotpot (湊湊火鍋) has scene installations and character standees, plus a squid, conch and garlic hot pot and an Oriental Beauty tea and bird's-nest broth. Sets are for two, four or eight, with the two-person set from NT$2,999 against NT$4,049, plus a 10 percent service charge. Posting photos to Threads with the designated hashtag earns a limited photo card.
On the Calendar
Taipei wine festival: free ticket closes November 12
November 13–16, 2026 · Free ticket (NT$200 value)
The Chan Chao Taipei International Wine & Spirits Festival runs at TaiNEX 2, ground floor, No. 2, Jingmao 2nd Rd., Nangang, from 11:00 to 19:00 daily, closing at 18:00 on the last day. A free ticket valued at NT$200 is available at https://chanchao.tw/8yu39R, with registration closing at 23:59 on Thursday 12 November. Each link is single-use for one member, so each day needs a separate registration. Hall 2 can be reached at +886-2-2725-5200, ext. 6101.