Taiwanese cuisine
November 25th, 2009
Taiwanese cuisine is a customized guide by chema
Chema is from Spain and lives in Taipei: “I’m a musician, historian and caffeine junkie from Salamanca (Spain) trying not to be hit by a motorbike and working as Spanish teacher in Taipei (Taiwan). Before that I was studying and surviving in Tokyo for almost two years.”
Maybe it’s because of the lack of that glamour Japanese cuisine has, but the truth is Taiwanese cuisine, along with the whole Chinese traditional cuisine, is a total stranger in Western countries.
Besides that fast Chinese Western-tastes-adapted food we can usually taste in the Western Chinese restaurants, before I came to Taipei, I had no chance to eat real traditional Chinese food or had an idea of how it really tastes like. Believe it or not, Taiwan is well known all over Asia as one of the epicenters in Asian cuisine.
The rustic traditional Taiwanese cuisine, centered mainly on grilled fish and seafoods, is easy to find in the night markets throughout the country as well as the popular xiaochi (small eats).
But what we know nowadays as Taiwanese food is more than that; it’s actually a mix of the spicy Sichuan tradition, the freshness of Canton, the sweetness of Shanghainese food, the salty of Northern cuisine and Taiwanese culinary tradition itself.
In this guide you will find some of that Taiwanese delicacies you should not miss. I will keep it updated as I discover new dishes!
Tawainese cuisine travel guide
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