Taiwan – The Wandering Eater

Category: Taiwan

December 6, 2016

Marriott Taipei (Taipei, Taiwan)

The Marriott Taipei is one of the newest luxury hotels in Taipei. The largest complex of its kind in Taipei, the Taipei Marriott Hotel comprises..

December 5, 2016

Amazing Shaved Ice at Ice Monster (Taipei, Taiwan)

Ice Monster is a Taiwanese kakigori (shaved ice) chain. This shop is famous for its mango shaved ice. Although mango and other flavored shaved ice..

December 4, 2016

Great German Fare at Wendell’s Bakery & Bistro (Taipei, Taiwan)

Wendel’s Bakery & Bistro has four locations with Tianmu has an outside beer garden. The location in Da’an and Neihu offer just as much selection..

December 4, 2016

Voodoo Doughnuts Taiwan (Taipei, Taiwan)

Voodoo Doughnuts is the famous Portland-based doughnut shop that has quirky shaped and oddly named doughnuts (like Old Dirty Bastard named after a well known..

December 2, 2016

Best Bubble Tea and Chinese Snacks at Chun Shui Tang 春水堂

Bubble tea shops occupy nearly every corner of Taiwan’s streets. They spread to neighboring countries like Japan, South Korea and China and then to the..

December 2, 2016

Universal Noodle Ramen Nagi (Taipei, Taiwan)

Taipei has an abundance of soup and noodle shops but once in a while I do crave a good bowl ramen and based on what..

November 30, 2016

Very Good Lunch at YEN Chinese Restaurant 紫艷中餐廳 & Best Braised Beef Noodles at YEN Bar at W Taipei (Taipei, Taiwan)

If you are yearning for really good, nouvelle style Cantonese food in Taipei, you should go to YEN Chinese Restaurant 紫艷中餐廳 at W Taipei. YEN..

November 27, 2016

Fantastic Stay at W Taipei (Taipei, Taiwan)

For the first portion of our time in Taipei, we stayed at W Taipei. The first thing that is great about this hotel is centrally..

November 27, 2016

Birthday Kaiseki Dinner at Shoun Ryugin Taipei (Taipei, Taiwan)

During the time I was traveling in Taipei, it was the week of my birthday. While researching the various restaurants I would like to have..

November 22, 2016

Great Tea & Scones at Smith&Hsu (Taipei, Taiwan)

Usually when one thinks of “afternoon tea” it tends to connotes the frilly, English-Victorian style tea room and have the full blown three-tiered stand complete..