Address: No.16, Sec. 4, Zhongshan N. Rd., Shilin District, Taipei City 111, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel：+886-2-2885-2151.
Fax：+886-2-2885-3360.
Attractions
Landmark
Taipei 101
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
Temple
Longshan Temple
Baoan Temple
Confucius Temple
Xingtian Temple
Museum
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Taipei is the melting pot of Chinese cuisine, the result of refugees from all provinces of mainland China settling in Taiwan after the end of the Chinese Civil War. For instance, despite the traditional Taiwanese aversion to eating beef, beef noodle soup, which was introduced by Nationalist soldiers who settled in Taiwan, is now considered a Taiwanese national dish. Taipei now styles itself as the "Beef Noodle Capital of the World," holding an annual beef noodle festival.
Chinese cuisine in Taiwan is often fined tuned to Taiwanese sensibilities, resulting in a slight difference in texture and in the use of oil and spices. For example, Northern Chinese like their green onion pancakes (葱油餅) and zua-bin (抓餅) should be crispy (酥), but the Taiwanese like it to be "Q" (chewy). Northern Chinese love thick and wide noodles, but the Taiwanese prefer extremely thin noodles.
Fresh fruit and juice
Jade watermelons, longyans, and dragonfruit are in season around August. Do not hesitate to buy fruit from a street vendor. They sometimes even help you cut them into to slices with plastic container. Juice bars are found in most department store food courts. There are stalls that sell freshly pressed sugar cane juice as well as shaved mango ice.
Ice Monster 冰館
Location: Yongkan Street (永康街) near the main branches of the KaoChi and Ding Tai Fong restaurants (see Shanghai Cuisine).
From the MRT National Taiwan University Station or the Taipei Main Station (Qingdao) Bus Stop (台北車站青島公車站), take the Xinyi Bus Line (信義幹線), which will eventually travel to Xinyi Road. When you cross Jinshan South Road and see Mister Donut (a donut shop), ring the bell to get off the bus. The name of the bus stop should Xinyi-Yongkan Intersection (信義永康街口公車站). Once you get off the bus, go back to Mister Donut to find Yongkan Street.
Coffee shops
Humanity Space:No.7, Lane 60, Sec. 3, Xinsheng S. Rd., Da-an District, Taipei City
Starbucks and its competitors are ubiquitous in Taipei.
Fast food
If you really cannot adjust to Chinese food in Taiwan, there is Subways, Burger King, McDonald's, Dominos, Pizza Hut, KFC, Long John's Silver, MOS burger, and Yoshinoya. All Yoshinoya stores open 24 hours and select McDonald's are also open 24 hours. Western fast food restaurants in Taipei do have Asian influence: KFC offers egg tarts; McDonald's sells rice burgers; Pizza Hut has rice pizza. A McDonald's ice cream cone costs only NT$10 (US$0.33).
Food courts
Food courts can be found in the basement of any department store in Taipei. Expect to pay between NT$100-NT$200 for a set meal.
Bento (Biandang/便當 in Chinese)
Bento is a single-portion takeout meal that is popular in East Asian country because of its easy-to-go quality. It would be a good way to have a meal done efficiently and if you have budget concerns. You can easily find Bento stores all over the city. One of the most common types are those wrapped in wooden flakes. All convenience stores also sell Bento including beef noodles, and with heating services. Prices of each Bento sold in the Bento stores are around NT$70-NT$120. And those in the convenience stores are around NTD$45-NTD$65.
Traditional Taiwanese bentos include pork chop with rice (排骨飯) or chicken leg with rice (雞腿飯) which are both typically served with mustard sauerkraut (酸菜) and semi-pickled cucumbers (煙黃瓜).
Taiwan is also famous for its various street food and night market lives. Among the entire Greater China Region, Taiwan's night markets might be the most distinguished. You can find any knid of local and international tastes here. The most commonly-known Taiwan-owned street food are Oyster omelette(蚵仔煎), Stinky Tofu(臭豆腐), Oyster Vermicelli(蚵仔麵線), and Tempura/Tianbula(甜不辣).
See the above Ice Palace entry for directions. There is also a branch restaurant at the Sogo Department Store Fuxing branch located next to the MRT Zhongxiao-Fuxing Station.
Located next to the MRT Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station. Follow signs in MRT station for directions.
All sorts of steamed buns and Shanghai pasties are found here. Japanese tour groups frequent the place. Beside Shanghai cuisine, some neraby reatuarants also provide other kinds of food, like the famous "Gingfon"(金峰) is the authority of Taiwanese "pork-stewed with rice"(滷肉飯).
Peking (Beijing Cuisine)
Beijing-Do It True (北平都一處)
Address: 506 Renai Road, Sec. 4 (台北市仁愛路四段506號)
Near the Taipei City Hall, Taipei City Council, and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Zhou Panzi Dumpling House (周胖子餃子館)
Address: 37 Zhongxiao East Road, Section 5 (忠孝東路五段37號)
Located at the Taipei City Hall station, facing away from the Taipei 101; a gas station is nearby. This would be considered a best-buy restaurant.
Address: 3-4F, 1 Nanjing West Road (南京西路1號3-4樓); Telephone:02-2563-2171/02-2563-2380
Sichuan Cuisine
Sichuan and Jiangsu Broker （四川吳抄手）
Address: 250-3 Zhongxiao East Road, Section 4 (忠孝東路4段250號-3); Telephone:02-2772-1707
Chinese Islamic beef noodle cuisine (Halal/清真)
Halal China Beef House (清真中國牛肉館)
Jiyan Street (台北市延吉街137巷7弄1號)
Near the MRT Zhongxiao Dunhua station
Business hours: 11:30～14:30 and 17:00～21:00
Halal Yellow Cattle Beef Noodle Soup House (清真黃牛肉麵館)
Alley 223, No. 41 Zhongxiao East Road Section 4 (台北市忠孝東路4段223巷41號)
Walking distance from the MRT Zhongxiao Dunhua station
Telephone: 02-27318550
Business hours: 11:00～14:00 and 17:00～19:30
Vegetarian cuisine
A swastika, which is frequently encountered in Buddhist temples, is sometimes used to indicate vegetarian cuisine. The Chinese character for vegetarianism is 素 (su).
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