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Taipei

Taiwan Trip

Day Trips

Museums

National Palace Museum


https://goo.gl/maps/e8B6AYARnYdqyCqAA

Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aboriginals (next door)

Maokong


Maokong Gondola


Maokong Teahouse


https://goo.gl/maps/FTGRS6zw5HvtnVap7

Beitou Hot Springs


Beitou Hot Springs


https://goo.gl/maps/ZLFseVD8zAw27zNG7

Elephant Mountain

https://www.uponarriving.com/elephant-mountain-taipei/

METRO Taipei Main Station to Xiangshan 象山站
Train: Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Red)
https://goo.gl/maps/vBxd5e6RYgDBTzHT9

Dadaocheng and Dihua Street


Dadaocheng and Dihua Street

NOTE: Quite close to Ningxia Night Market


https://goo.gl/maps/mGqE4u8z8CB9HEG59

Night Markets

https://www.nickkembel.com/best-taipei-night-markets/

Raohe


Raohe night market


https://goo.gl/maps/PVq9AzWLE5rdYwzt9

Nanjichang


https://goo.gl/maps/YUm5VrYrW6HxHLey8

Ningxia

NOTE: Quite close to Dihua Street


https://goo.gl/maps/cbpSnAdfd2EeCtPa8

Tonghua or Linjiang Street


https://goo.gl/maps/a3NqmFSJLYCHTkNA7

Tea

Eighty-Eightea Tea House


https://goo.gl/maps/5cdgS6WYNgcKF5am9

Coffee

Simple Kaffa The Coffee One



Note: very close to Yong Kang Street for beef noodles and soup dumplings.


https://goo.gl/maps/4vSVDm9vCit7Ed3u8

SanFormosan Specialty Coffee


Specializes in Taiwanese-grown coffee


https://goo.gl/maps/aZitjikGh1eknZu16

Fika Fika Café


https://goo.gl/maps/BLEn9NDxTLwDw6DJ9

Wilbeck Cafe

NOTE: Very close to the hotel.


https://goo.gl/maps/Sf5m5Nw4X3pRfLMKA

Food

Cherry-picked from https://www.nickkembel.com/taiwanese-street-food/

Black Pepper Buns (Hujiao Bing/胡椒餅)

Beef Noodles (Niurou Mian/牛肉麵)

Note: close to soup dumplings and Simple Kaffa.

Find them on Yong Kang Street

https://goo.gl/maps/Kgk2S5V9tdEnsDRNA

Xiaolongbao (Soup Dumplings/小籠包)

Note: close to beef noodles and Simple Kaffa.

Also on Yong Kang Street

https://goo.gl/maps/qxXHPUstSFh5vLYt9

Gua Bao (Taiwanese Hamburger/割包)

Lu Rou Fan (Braised Pork Rice/滷肉飯)

Da Jipai (Fried Chicken Fillet/大雞排)

Green Onion Cakes (Cong Zhua Bing/蔥抓餅)

Stewed Medicinal Pork Ribs (Yaodun Paigu/藥燉排骨)

Get them at Roahe Market: Chen Dong Medicinal Ribs/陳董藥燉排骨

Zongzi (Sticky Rice Dumplings/粽子)

Sticky Rice Tubes (Zhutong Fan/竹筒飯) ((Bamboo Rice))

Youfan (Oil Rice/油飯)

Get it on Dihua Street

Small Sausage in Large Sausage (Dachang Bao Xiaochang/大腸包小腸)

Herbal Rice Cakes (Tshau-A-Gui/草仔粿)

Get them in Jiufen

Shui Jian Bao (Pan-Fried Buns/水煎包)

Grilled Mochi (Kao Moji/烤麻糬)

Deep Fried King Trumpet Mushrooms (Zha Xingbaogu/炸杏鮑菇)

Taiwanese Grilled Corn (Kao Yumi/烤玉米)

Fantuan (Sticky Rice Rolls/飯糰)

Get them at breakfast shops

Youtiao & Soy Milk (Youtiao Doujiang/油條豆漿)

Get them at breakfast shops

Xiang Su Bing (Sweet Pan Cakes/香酥餅)

Get them at breakfast shops

Aiyu Jelly (愛玉) and Frog’s Egg Drink (Qingwa Xiadan/青蛙下蛋)

Red Turtle Cakes (Ang-ku-koe/紅龜粿)

Get the peanut one!

Lei Cha (Hakka Pounded Tea/擂茶)

Mochi (Rice Cakes/麻糬)

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