Taipei — Places to eat
Night-market steam, with Taipei 101 glowing above it.
- Din Tai Fung (Xinyi Road flagship) — Xiaolongbao in the four-storey flagship across from the very first shop
- Fuhang Soy Milk — Taiwanese breakfast worth a stairwell queue: hot soy milk and oven-baked flatbread
- Jin Feng Braised Pork Rice — Sweet, star-anise braised pork rice by CKS Memorial Hall, open late
- Lin Dong Fang Beef Noodles — Clear-broth beef noodles until 3 a.m.; go easy on the chili oil
- Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle (Ximending) — Slurp thick bonito noodle soup with intestines, standing in the street
- Lan Jia Gua Bao — Gongguan gua bao where you pick your fat-to-lean ratio
- Fuzhou Shizu Pepper Buns (Raohe Night Market) — Pepper-pork buns straight from the clay oven at the market gate
- Hang Zhou Xiao Long Bao — The soup-dumpling queue Taipei locals join instead of Din Tai Fung
- Fu Ba Wang Pork Knuckle — Queue-down-the-lane pork knuckle rice; the limited cut sells out early
- Addiction Aquatic Development — Sushi and sashimi at a 12-metre standing bar inside a seafood hall
- Mala Hot Pot (Hankou branch, Ximending) — All-you-can-eat split-pot hot pot in Ximending, drinks and dessert included
- Smoothie House (Yongkang Street) — Fresh mango and mango sorbet on milk snow ice, in a yellow Yongkang building
- Chun Shui Tang (National Concert Hall) — The self-styled birthplace of pearl milk tea, inside the National Concert Hall
- Chia Te Bakery — The bakery people queue at for pineapple cakes; singles available too
- A-Zhu Peanut Ice Cream Roll (Jiufen) — Peanut-brittle shavings and two scoops rolled in a thin crepe
- Yong He Soy Milk King — A 24-hour breakfast stop for soy milk and shaobing
- Yong Kang Beef Noodles — Red-braised beef noodles down a Yongkang alley
- Le Palais (Palais de Chine Hotel) — Three-star Cantonese: roast duck and dim sum
- RAW — Ten courses of Taiwanese produce by chef Andre Chiang
- Lao Shan Dong Homemade Noodles — Hand-made noodles and dumplings from a 1949 Shandong stall
- Mume — Taiwanese produce with a Nordic touch, one Michelin star
- Ya Rou Bian — Ximen goose-and-noodle shop open since 1950
- Fika Fika Cafe — Nordic roastery: cinnamon roll and flat white
- Simple Kaffa (Zhongxiao flagship) — Pour-overs from a World Barista Champion
- Fake Sober — Coffee by day, neon cocktails by night
- Wu Pao Chun Bakery (Eslite Songyan) — The champion baker’s lychee-rose loaf