Taiwanese/Chinese

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New Taipei City Restaurant – Stone Hot Pot 旺角石頭火鍋 (Yonghe)

Hot pot is one of those quintessential Taiwanese customs that is as regular as burning ghost money or walking painfully slowly and then stopping abruptly to inadvertently block the flow of people around you – we accept it, and in most instances, we even embrace it. Stone hot pot, though, what’s that about? As you […]

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Taipei Restaurant – Xiao Luo Bo 小螺波- Spicy & Sour, perfect for this chilly weather!

So Xiao Luo Bo have 3 branches in Taipei and 1 in Yonghe. I visited the Yonghe one, and I will definitely be going back! If you want spicy food, then this is the place for you. It has this weirdly classy exterior with light coloured wood contrasting against the black walls, with that dark

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Taiwanese food

Taipei Restaurant – Fong Sheng 豐盛食堂 Excellent Taiwanese food right in Dongmen

Fong Sheng restaurant is located on Yongkang Street, near MRT Dongmen station, in Taipei. This restaurant does some seriously good Taiwanese food. Whenever I come around this area of the city and crave for some authentic Taiwanese cuisine, I think about eating here. However, it is slightly more difficult to order here as a foreigner.

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Taipei restaurant – Chen Xin Yi Spicy Wantons 陳新一酸辣抄手

Updated March, 2023 Updated to reflect menu changes and price changes Chen Xin Yi Spicy Wantons offers some wontons drizzled with spicy and sour sauce. Who doesn’t love a good wanton? I mean, really, how many times have you been to that awesom red and white wanton shop and ordered their 紅油抄手? Yeh, I know,

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Taipei restaurant – savoury soup dumplings, DaQiaoTou 施家鮮肉湯圓

Updated March, 2023 Updated to reflect menu changes and price changes Disclaimer – This was my first ever savoury soup dumplings I won’t be returning for the savoury soup dumplings, but that doesn’t always mean that it’s game over for this restaurant… 鮮肉湯圓 Savoury soup dumplings in soup $60 Not for me. I understand that

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