Food

Munch Your Way Through Garden (Flower) Night Market, Tainan

Garden Night Market (花園夜市), also sometimes called Flower Night Market, is Tainan city’s largest and most famous night market. One ...
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Don’t Miss Hohocha Tea Center near Sun Moon Lake in Nantou!

Hohocha is a gorgeous tea center in Sun Moon Lake region of Nantou county, Central Taiwan. The zen-inspired facility showcases ...
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The Best Local Eats at Chiayi’s Wenhua Road Night Market

Not many tourists spend the night in Chiayi city, and if they do, it’s usually because they plan to catch ...
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Where to Buy Tea in Taipei: My Most Recommended Tea Shops

Taiwan is known for producing some of the highest quality artisanal teas in the world, especially high mountain oolongs. After ...
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The 6 Best Beef Noodles in Taipei (+ 4 notable mentions)

Beef noodles (牛肉麵, also called Taiwanese beef noodles soup) is arguably Taiwan’s most iconic dish. Which shop serves the best ...
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How to Eat Your Way through Shilin Night Market, Taipei’s Largest

Shilin Night Market (士林夜市 in Mandarin) has long been heralded as Taipei’s (and Taiwan’s) largest and most famous night market ...
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5 Traditional Tea Houses in Taipei that I’m Obsessed With

In the last 10 years or so, coffee shops have been all the rage in Taipei. New ones are popping ...
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Stinky Tofu: How (and Where!) I Learned to Love it in Taiwan

Stinky tofu (臭豆腐) is a pungent street food that originated in China but is now especially popular in and associated ...
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Neiwan Old Street: Sampling Hakka Foods in Hsinchu County

Neiwan Old Street (內灣老街) in Hsinchu county is one of my personal favorite old streets in Taiwan. This is a ...
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15+ of the Coolest Starbucks in Taipei and Across Taiwan

I have to say right off the bat that I’m not really a Starbucks person. I did work there for ...
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Six Must-Try Regional Chinese Restaurants in Taipei

A big chunk of Taiwan’s population traces their ancestry to Fujian province in China. Therefore, many of the foods we ...
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Why My Kids Loved Doing a DIY Pineapple Cake Class in Taipei

Of the many DIY activities we’ve tried in Taipei, my kids enjoyed the pineapple cake class at Kuo Yuan Ye ...
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