Taiwan Food Atlas

⛰️ Nantou

南投

26 signature dishes and 28 attractions to eat and see in Nantou, Taiwan — a curated local food & travel guide.

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⭐ Signature(12)

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Shaoxing Wine紹興酒
📍 Puli Township · Puli Distillery
An amber-colored Chinese rice wine brewed with Puli's famously pure water. Smooth and mel…
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Puli Rice Noodles (Water-Style)埔里米粉
📍 Puli Township · across from the distillery
These extruded, boiled rice noodles are thicker and silkier than the thin steamed Hsinchu…
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Nantou Yi Mian Noodles南投意麵
📍 Nantou City · Roundabout area
A daily staple of Nantou City, these shops open at dawn. The noodles come dry or in broth…
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Sun Moon Lake Tea Eggs日月潭茶葉蛋
📍 Yuchi Township · Xuanguang Temple pier
Simmered for six hours in a brine of Sun Moon Lake black tea and Puli shiitake mushrooms,…
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Sun Moon Lake Presidential Fish (Tonguesole)日月潭總統魚
📍 Yuchi Township · Ita Thao
This fish earned its regal name from President Chiang Kai-shek's fondness for it. Counted…
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Puli Taiwanese Meatballs (Bah-oân)埔里肉圓
📍 Puli Township
The signature move here is "bah-oân two ways": first eat the chewy dumpling skin and fill…
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Puli Aiyu Jelly埔里愛玉
📍 Puli Township · Puli Farmers' Association
Aiyu is made from the dried seeds of a wild fig-family vine grown in Puli's mountain area…
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Xinyi Highland Grapes信義高山葡萄
📍 Xinyi Township · Wangxiang · Dongpu
Grown at elevations of 600–1,200 meters, the wide day-to-night temperature range gives th…
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Zhushan Xidi Mutton Hot Pot竹山溪底羊肉爐
📍 Zhushan Township · Xidi Village
Goats raised on the hillsides around Xidi have firm, clean-tasting meat with no gamey odo…
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Jiji Bananas集集香蕉
📍 Jiji Township · along the Green Tunnel
Grown on sun-facing slopes in the Jiji valley, the main variety is Beijiao (Taiwan Banana…
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Puli Shiitake and Free-Range Chicken Soup埔里香菇土雞湯
📍 Puli Township · Zhongshan Road food street
Thick-capped Puli dried shiitake — stems trimmed — are braised together with local free-r…
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Sun Moon Lake Giant Mottled Eel日月潭鱸鰻
📍 Yuchi Township · Ita Thao · Shuishe
The giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata) caught in Sun Moon Lake is large-bodied with s…

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Shiitake Mushrooms香菇
📍 Puli Township
Puli is where cultivated shiitake growing first took root in Taiwan. The dried mushrooms…
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Clay Pot Roast Chicken甕仔雞
📍 Puli · Taomi area (toward Sun Moon Lake)
Along the mountain road from Puli toward Sun Moon Lake, a string of restaurants slow-roas…
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Bamboo Tube Rice竹筒飯
📍 Zhushan Township · Zhushan Old Street (alt: Sun Moon Lake Thao indigenous village)
Glutinous rice is packed into a section of guizhu bamboo and cooked until the grains abso…
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Xinyi Plum Products信義梅子
📍 Xinyi Township
Xinyi Township's green plums inspired the county flower — the plum blossom. The Farmers'…
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Zhushan Bamboo Charcoal Tofu竹山竹炭豆腐
📍 Zhushan Township · Zhushan Old Street
Zhushan is Taiwan's largest Moso bamboo growing area, and food-grade bamboo charcoal is w…
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Xinyi Bunun Glutinous Rice Cake (Mochi)信義布農糯米糕(麻糬)
📍 Xinyi Township · Dili Village · Dongpu
The Bunun people traditionally pound glutinous rice in a mortar and pestle to make this s…
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Guoxing Pineapple國姓鳳梨
📍 Guoxing Township · Beishan Village · Changliu Village
Grown on low-elevation red-soil hillsides at 200–600 meters, these pineapples are notably…
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Puli Shaoxing Wine Lees Pastries埔里紹興酒粕糕餅
📍 Puli Township · around the Puli Distillery
The distillery repurposes sake lees left over from Shaoxing brewing into pastries, ice cr…
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Lugu Oolong Tea Shortcake鹿谷烏龍茶酥
📍 Lugu Township · foot of Dong Ding Mountain
Made with roasted Dong Ding competition tea powder or fine tea leaves folded into a flaky…
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Shuili Longan and Dried Longan (Guiyuan)水里龍眼(桂圓乾)
📍 Shuili Township · Junkeng Village · Minhe Village
Longan trees grown on the low-elevation hillsides of Shuili are charcoal-roasted to produ…

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