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With the "Help Fili eat… better" Taiwanese-Chinese food project going a lot better than I expected, I thought it was time to introduce a little of the Taiwanese culture with writing something about some of the really great Taiwanese food I find here in Taiwan. But, in the past few days, the project has also taken me to wonderful sites and videos that will do that much better than I would ever be able to. So, here’s some link love on Taiwanese food here in Taiwan.
The students up at NCTU started a wonderful project called "Wasai Taiwan - Culture Taiwan", aimed at helping the likes of me in introducing some of Taiwan’s culture, including a start on some of the things foreigners face regarding food culture in Taiwan. I hope they keep on doing this one.
To really get some of the best food photos and food recommendations, I suggest you go have a look at a blog called "A hungry girl’s guide to Taipei". She has done an unbelievable job of documenting endless mouth watering dishes at various restaurants and food stalls around Taipei/Taiwan with a few wonderful food posts almost every week.
You might also want to check out the Pinoy Cook with her recent "Food tripping in Taiwan" article published in a Manila newspaper. Some more great food shots in there…
It just so happens that I also recently came across a wonderful TV show called "Bizarre foods with Andrew Zimmern" through the lovely "The Bala Daily" blog (later also saw a link on the ever-informative View from Taiwan and the Taipei Tripper blogs):
Andrew headed to Taipei, where he tried several delicacies, including 1,000-year-old thousand eggs and blood pudding on a stick. He then sampled a couple of foods said to have medicinal powers: rooster’s testicles, which supposedly increase a man’s virility; and black-boned chicken, which is believed to invigorate women after they have given birth, as well as help liver ailments and sharpen eyesight.
Andrew’s final stop was Wulai, a famous mountain village in northern Taiwan. He experienced the "dama noodle," which is actually not a noodle at all but fermented meat!
I think the show’s absolutely brilliant. So, to sum things up here are all the 6 parts of that episode (food photo slides also available if you’re in a hurry):
Great stuff, right? 
Connie Veneracion
| August 13th, 2007 at 7:26 am #
Re “You might also want to check out the Pinoy Cook with his recent “Food tripping in Taiwan” article published in a Manila newspaper. Some more great food shots in there…”
You mean HER, not his.
fiLi
| August 13th, 2007 at 10:51 am #
Oh, my apologies :$ :$
Very nice article …
Bizarre Foods In Taiwan
| August 17th, 2007 at 2:29 am #
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joanh
| August 22nd, 2007 at 8:14 pm #
thanks for the mention! i’ve never seen the video’s of bizarre foods, but it’s very entertaining.
hope you are finding some good things to eat.. and if you try anything from my site, let me know how you liked (or didn’t like) it.
fiLi
| September 4th, 2007 at 8:15 am #
Joanh - do you happen to know of any food blogs that are based in southern Taiwan, or maybe even Tainan?
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