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Taiwan, being geographically, and to some extent politically, isolated from China has developed its own mixed cuisine. Taiwan food blends a variety of Chinese styles brought by settlers, particularly from Fujian and Guangdong, its own Hakka and aboriginal minorities, and local tastes for seafood and game.
Beef noodles and oyster thin noodles, recur as some of the most popular dishes in Taiwan. Other Taiwan foods include spicy hotpots, fried meat dumplings, turkey strips, stinky tofu and cuttlefish soup.
Oyster Thin Noodles
This is a large upmarket restaurant group with outlets spreading over China. In Taipei, you must try the famous oyster thin noodles in the restaurant by the same name if you are in Ximenting. But you will have to stand and enjoy the food because there is no table and chairs provided. It's flagship restaurant is in Wanhua Hsimenting, and there is a branch outlet near Taipei Railway Station
Taiwan Tan's Fish Head Restaurant
The first outlet of Din Tai Fung is located in the busy Zhongxiao commercial area. The 30-year-old restaurant provides a brighter, more spacious, and modern dining environment, and serves many customers in its flagship restaurant. It aims to attract a younger clientele.
The specialty there is steamed buns (xiaolongbao). The ingredients are prepared in the restaurant's central kitchen with exacting precision. The outer flour skin has a standard weight of 5 grams, and is stuffed with 16 grams of filling. Eighteen folds are then used to seal each bun. The buns are served with thin slices of ginger and a dipping sauce. In addition, to steamed buns, Din Tai Fung serves a soup made with wild chicken, as well as other specialties.
Phone: 02-26248927 02-23218928
Address: 194 Shinyi Road, Jungjeng Chiu, Taipei
Monday-Friday: 10:00–14:00, 16:00–20:30
Weekends and holidays: 9:00–14:00, 16:00–20:30
