Taipei Food

With the highest concentration of convenience stores in the world, 7-Elevens and Family Marts are on almost every street corner in downtown Taipei. Convenience stores are excellent places to try local foods. Inexpensive food and drinks at these stores range from the more traditional steamed buns and tea eggs to sushi rolls and sandwiches, as well as flavoured teas, milks and beer.

For a sample of Taiwan street food, try one of the many street stalls scattered around Taipei. Deep fired treats range from fried chicken to tianbula (tempura cakes), chicken bottoms, toufu and even broccoli and cabbage. Other street stall foods include Japanese style boiled snacks (heilun/oren/oden) and sometimes even pizza. Stalls are usually clean but food can often be quite greasy. For a wide selection all in one place try Taipei's night markets.

Famous for its late night eateries particularly those specialising in congee. Select from a huge variety of small side dishes to accompany your congee. Another option is the Yonghe Soy Milk King (永和豆漿大王) for warm soy milk with dan bing (egg pancake), youtiao (deep fried bread stick) or xiao long bao.

Linsen Road, near Nanjing and Zhongshan Roads, is home to some very popular Japanese restaurants, as well as a mixture of Chinese cuisines.

A popular eating area. Explore Yongkang St and surrounding lanes to find beef noodles (牛肉麵), dumplings, shaokao/bbq (燒烤), shaved ice, as well as a mixture of western and Asian cuisines.