Taiwan Food Atlas

🏙️ Taipei

台北

24 signature dishes and 35 attractions to eat and see in Taipei, Taiwan — a curated local food & travel guide.

🏆 Pilgrimage(4)

⭐ Signature(14)

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Braised Pork Rice滷肉飯
📍 Zhongshan · Qingguang Market area
Finely minced pork belly braised in soy sauce and rice wine until glossy and fragrant, th…
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Oyster Vermicelli蚵仔麵線
📍 Wanhua · Ximending, Emei St.
Red wheat-starch noodles are simmered into a thick, starchy broth, then topped with brais…
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Squid Thick Soup魷魚羹
📍 Wanhua · Guangzhou St.
Fresh squid is wrapped in a fish-paste coating, blanched until just set, then added to a…
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Mango Shaved Ice芒果冰
📍 Da'an · Yongkang St.
Fine shaved ice is piled with chunks of fresh Irwin mango, drizzled with condensed milk,…
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Tube Rice Cake筒仔米糕
📍 Datong District · Daqiaotou area
Glutinous rice is steamed inside a small metal tube, then unmolded and drizzled with savo…
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Glutinous Oil Rice油飯
📍 Datong District · Dihua St.
Along Dihua Street, where herbal medicine shops have traded for generations, this rice di…
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Pig Blood Cake豬血糕
📍 Shilin · Shilin Night Market
A common night-market snack across Taiwan, the pig blood turns the rice cake a deep brown…
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Scallion Pancake蔥抓餅
📍 Da'an · Yongkang St. corner
A common Taipei breakfast item, the Yongkang St. Tianjin stall is known for its made-to-o…
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Qiezi Noodles (Taiwanese Blanched Noodles)切仔麵
📍 Wanhua · Huanhe S. Rd.
"Qiezi" names the traditional bamboo strainer used to blanch the noodles with an up-and-d…
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Ba Wan (Taiwanese Meat Dumpling)肉圓
📍 Wanhua · Guangzhou St. Night Market
Ba wan is made throughout Taiwan, but the wrapper recipe and cooking method vary by regio…
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Wan Gue (Steamed Rice Bowl Cake)碗粿
📍 Datong District · Minle St.
The area around Datong's Dihua Street was historically a wholesale hub for dried goods. W…
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Cuttlefish Thick Soup花枝羹
📍 Datong District · Ningxia Night Market
Ningxia Night Market is one of Taipei's best-known local food markets. Cuttlefish thick s…
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Gua Bao刈包
📍 Wanhua · Guangzhou St. Night Market
Gua bao is sometimes called "tiger bites pig" in Taiwanese. Lan Jia Gua Bao in the Gonggu…
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Douhua (Tofu Pudding)豆花
📍 Wanhua · Longshan Temple area
Douhua is the cornerstone dessert of Taiwanese old-school sweet shops, and Wanhua's Longs…

● Collect(6)

🏞️ Nature(8)

⛩️ Heritage(9)

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Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall中正紀念堂
📍 Zhongzheng District · Zhongshan S. Rd.
Completed in 1980, the main hall is modeled after the Temple of Heaven in Beijing and rea…
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Longshan Temple龍山寺
📍 Wanhua District · Guangzhou St.
Founded in 1738 and dedicated primarily to Guanyin, Longshan Temple is among the busiest…
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Dihua Street迪化街
📍 Datong District · Dihua St. Sec. 1
Developed in the late 19th century as a wholesale hub for dried goods, fabrics, and tradi…
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Beitou Hot Spring Museum北投溫泉博物館
📍 Beitou District · Zhongshan Rd.
Built in 1913 during the Japanese colonial period, this was once the largest public bathh…
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Presidential Office Building台灣總督府(總統府)
📍 Zhongzheng District · Chongqing S. Rd. Sec. 1
Completed in 1919 as the administrative headquarters of the Japanese colonial government,…
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Xiahai City God Temple霞海城隍廟
📍 Datong District · Dihua St. Sec. 1
Founded in 1856 in the Dadaocheng district, the temple enshrines the City God alongside a…
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Baoan Temple保安宮
📍 Datong District · Hami St.
Founded in 1742 and dedicated to the Medicine God Baosheng Dadi, Baoan Temple is the reli…
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Grand Hotel Taipei圓山大飯店
📍 Zhongshan District · Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 4
Originally opened in 1952 and rebuilt in 1973, the Grand Hotel is famous for its Chinese…
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Red House Theater (Ximen Honglou)西門紅樓
📍 Wanhua District · Chengdu Rd.
Built in 1908 as an octagonal brick market hall, the Red House is the oldest surviving pu…

🎨 Culture(10)

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National Palace Museum國立故宮博物院
📍 Shilin District · Zhishan Rd. Sec. 2
Home to nearly 700,000 Chinese cultural artifacts, the museum is best known for the Mao G…
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National Theater and Concert Hall國立中正紀念堂兩廳院
📍 Zhongzheng District · Zhongshan S. Rd.
The National Concert Hall and National Theater stand on opposite sides of Liberty Square,…
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Songshan Cultural and Creative Park松山文創園區
📍 Songshan District · Guangfu S. Rd.
Built in 1937 as the Songshan Tobacco Factory for the Taiwan Governor-General's Office, t…
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Taipei Fine Arts Museum台北市立美術館
📍 Zhongshan District · Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 3
Opened in 1983 as Taiwan's first modern art museum, the building is a four-story white ge…
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Bopiliao Historic Block剝皮寮歷史街區
📍 Wanhua District · Guangzhou St.
A surviving stretch of the Qing-era Manka commercial district, about 200 meters of street…
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Nangang Exhibition Center南港展覽館
📍 Nangang District · Jingmao 2nd Rd.
Taiwan's largest exhibition facility, with more than 100,000 square meters of floor space…
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Xingtian Temple行天宮
📍 Zhongshan District · Minquan E. Rd. Sec. 2
Established in the 1960s and dedicated to Guan Di, the patron of business and commerce, t…
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Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (MOCA Taipei)台北當代藝術館(MOCA Taipei)
📍 Datong District · Chang'an W. Rd.
Originally built in 1921 as the Taipei Prefecture Chengzhong Elementary School, the build…
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Taipei Botanical Garden台北植物園(林試所)
📍 Zhongzheng District · Nanhai Rd.
Established in 1896 and covering 8.2 hectares, the garden holds more than 1,500 plant spe…
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Taipei Music Center台北流行音樂中心
📍 Nangang District · Shiminzadao Sec. 8
Opened in 2020 and designed by a Dutch architecture firm, the complex comprises a 6,000-s…

📷 Landmark(8)

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Taipei 101台北101
📍 Xinyi District · Xinyi Rd. Sec. 5
Standing 508 meters tall, Taipei 101 offers indoor and outdoor observation decks on the 8…
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Yangmingshan National Park (Main Peak Area)陽明山國家公園(主峰區)
📍 Shilin District · Yangmingshan
The national park closest to any major Taiwanese city, built on volcanic terrain that inc…
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Maokong Gondola and Tea Area貓空纜車與貓空茶區
📍 Wenshan District · Zhinan Rd. Sec. 3
Taipei's first urban gondola runs 4 km from the Zoo Station up to Maokong, with views ove…
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Zhinan Temple (Muzha)指南宮(木柵)
📍 Wenshan District · Wanshou Rd.
A Taoist temple founded in the 1890s and dedicated to Lü Dongbin, built into the hillside…
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Fuyang Eco Park富陽自然生態公園
📍 Da'an District · Fuyang St.
A former military ammunition depot converted into a roughly 13-hectare urban nature park,…
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Jilong River Bikeway (Neihu Section)基隆河自行車道(內湖段)
📍 Neihu District · along Chenggong Rd. / Jilong River
A riverside cycling path tracing the Jilong River between Neihu Science Park and Dahu Par…
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Nangang Mountain Trail (Thumb Mountain)南港山系步道(拇指山)
📍 Nangang District · Yanjiuyuan Rd.
Thumb Mountain (325 m) is the best vantage point along the Nangang Mountain ridge, with v…
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Xinyi District Night View Corridor信義計畫區夜景廊帶
📍 Xinyi District · Songren Rd.
Centered on Taipei 101, the Xinyi district concentrates the city's highest density of dep…