Tainan
Set in a Japanese-era merchant's house, this is a fun place to try traditional dànzǐmiàn (擔仔麵), a simple dish that mixes noodles with a tangy meat sauce…
Must-see restaurants in Taiwan
Taipei
This smart Taiwanese dessert place has been in business since 1951 and serves up high-quality, classic sweet-bean soups and shaved ice. Its signature dish…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This refreshingly air-conditioned coffee shop and afternoon eatery doubles as a showroom for the owner's handmade leatherwork. Home-cooked meals are full…
Kaohsiung
At this small, 60-year-old stall, place your order and watch the lady assemble the rolls, her hands darting over huge plates of Chinese cabbage, sprouts,…
Kaohsiung
A clean, crisp-looking bistro that prides itself on using local produce as much as possible. Greens and seafood from Kaohsiung, pork from Pingtung and…
Northern Taiwan
Taro, peanut, green mango and many more ice-cream flavours have been blended with the region's chillis at this modern store just up from Nanao train…
Taipei
In the basement of tiny Dinghao Mall is this secret gem – the best-value juicy dumplings in the city. It's always heaving, but the line moves fast and the…
Hualien
This modest shop has been whipping up delicious dumplings of all sorts, as well as noodles and soups, since 1975.
Taitung
While by no means meat-free, this semi-fast-food, counter-order place has plenty of vegetarian options, some vegan, and most incorporating at least some…
Taipei
This restaurant in the Landis Hotel is consistently rated as having the best French food in town and is also one of the fanciest dining experiences on…
Tainan
This worthy modern restaurant is a popular venue for weddings. It's a good place to try more elaborate restaurant-type dishes such as the delectable…
Taipei
Open since 1963, this is one of Taipei's top spots for beef noodles, especially of the hóngshāo (紅燒; red spicy broth) variety. Beef portions are generous,…
Taipei
With long queues that compete with the other darling of Huashan Market, Fuhang, this cute little sushi and sashimi-platter place offers well-priced sets,…
Taipei
Join the locals – you can spot this place as it's the only one with a long line – for bags of sugary doughnuts twisted into sticks, puffed into balls or…
Northern Taiwan
Graze on burgers, burritos and barista coffee from this food truck 3km east up the road from Cihu. The truck is parked in a kitsch roadside space evoking…
Taipei
A superpopular shaved-ice joint with a wide menu of flavours, including strawberry, kiwi fruit and, most famously, mango. So busy that customers are…
Taipei
This very traditional basement restaurant is a secret local favourite. There's no menu: each diner chooses fish or meat, and dishes are decided by the…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Whether for coffee and cake (NT$120), pasta or risotto with a cheesy gratin-style topping, this cafe is appealing, with its array of foliage, pet cats and…
Northern Taiwan
This long-running restaurant on the tourist street, just past the Atayal Museum, serves some excellent if obscure indigenous dishes, such as bird's nest…
Northern Taiwan
The onion-and-fried-egg pancakes (蔥油餅; cōngyóubǐng) sold from this truck on the right as you exit Toucheng train station are a local institution – crisp,…
Taichung
A sprawling night market well known for its innovative and cheap street food. Vegetarian nibbles are especially well represented. A taxi from Taichung…
Taipei
This is an excellent venue for sampling traditional snacks, not least because most stalls have tables. The food here is very fresh, and dishes to try…
Hualien
Seemingly unchanged for decades, timber-walled Dou Sang is an unrestored time warp of a place full of old pop pin-ups, fading collages of business cards…
Taipei
A popular shop in the Huashan Market for a traditional Taiwanese breakfast. Be prepared to wait – the queue regularly snakes down the stairs, and since…
Taipei
A huge covered food court with lots of choice – burgers, fried rice, a couple of Indian eateries (one vegetarian), and local meat noodle dishes – in…
Kaohsiung
Milkfish is associated with Tainan, but Kaohsiung has its own version, too. Instead of serving the meat as is, slivers of meat are wrapped in fish cake…
Northern Taiwan
One of many fantastic Burmese restaurants near Huaxin St in the western suburb of Zhonghe. This is the first shop on a left-hand alley about 400m down…
Taipei
This popular restaurant serves fantastic ramen noodles (拉麵, lāmiàn) in a miso base prepared with hot-spring water. Try the standard ramen with pork (正油叉燒,…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This is a reliable choice for fresh seafood, though there's minimal atmosphere, with round family tables plonked blandly on a concrete floor.
Penghu Islands
It's very humble-looking and way out of Magong, but if you're touring Xiyu, this place is well known for its seafood.
Taipei
Though the market has been reduced in scale because of noise complaints from local residents, it's still a lively place for a cheap feed of traditional…
Taipei
With decor last updated during the martial law period and no-nonsense service, Xiao Wei has some of the best Sichuan food in the city, albeit a less fiery…
Taipei
This Victorian-style building is an architectural landmark in Tamsui, and was built between 1895 and 1899. Beautifully restored and reborn as a swank…
Taipei
Quite possibly the best international vegan food in town. This small funky cafe with glass walls offers scrumptious salads, brown-rice bowls, coconut…
Taipei
Come mealtimes, there are always long queues outside this Hong Kong dim sum chain, likely generated by its Michelin star and the relatively low cost. To…
Hualien
This popular little Japanese restaurant with floor seating options, has an izakaya menu that includes steamed clams in sake, salmon-fried rice and grilled…
Taipei
This two-storey, airy cafe set in a refurbished heritage house with exposed brickwork is an Instagrammer's delight. As are the scrumptious cakes. Cinnamon…
Taipei
Very studenty, so expect lots of wooden desks and laptops. Great coffee, friendly service and usually a small gaggle of rescued cats that are all up for…
Taipei
Long-running favourite spot to have an evening drink and enjoy the reflections of the lights on the river. The food is Indonesian inspired and features a…
Taipei
Taking homestyle Taiwanese cooking to a higher level of freshness and presentation is this popular eatery. Chi Fan's dim lighting and grey-slate-and-wood…
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