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Though I don’t live in Taipei, one of my favorite reads is A Hungry Girl’s Guide to Taipei which is really an idea that I would like to see more expats do in Taiwan. Recording places to eat with their best dishes (and menus) and a bottom line recommendation is of great help to others.
In the time that I’ve been in Tainan I’ve eaten in hundreds of street stalls, restaurants, bars and coffee shops. I do mean hundreds. I’ve tried during my stay in Tainan to experience as many places as I could, and to share that with others I’ve put them all on INCKU, a student living guide to Tainan.
Very much like the Hungry Girl, I’ve taken photos of most of what I ate, documented their environment, and took snapshots of their menu. I was hoping it would become a vibrant expat/student community where people share what they know, but it didn’t work out. I’m afraid all those entries are my contributions. (Entry example here, full Tainan Directory here)
For those of you living in Tainan or ever thinking of coming to visit in Tainan, I hope you’ll find this helpful. There are endless great places to hang out and have good food in Tainan and this can get you started on finding out where they are. Hopefully, even after I’ve left, someone would take the time to update and contribute. If not, it will just stay my personal diary of eating in Tainan.
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Mark | January 23rd, 2009 at 7:05 am #
I think you’ve put up some really useful stuff. It’s probably just a matter of numbers. There aren’t that many English-speaking foreigners in Tainan and a lot of those that are probably short-termers who don’t have internet access hooked up yet or just don’t spend that much time online.
I’ll definitely make use of your Hungry Guy’s guide next time I’m down south, though!
Fili | January 23rd, 2009 at 10:22 am #
Mark – Thanks. That’s nice to hear.
As for the numbers in Tainan – It would be interesting to compare Tainan and Taipei/Taichung. The international programs and Chinese studies at NCKU now hosts about 1200 expats. There are two-three other universities in Tainan with a hundred+ international students. The Tainan Science Park has, I hear, a hundred or so expats, and there are quite a few English teachers in the Tainan City and Yong Kang area. It’s true that many of those aren’t native English speakers but they’re even less proficient in Chinese. I think it’s more about the sense of “expat community” that somehow is stronger in Taipei and Taichung. Not sure about that :P
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yumixpeach | May 24th, 2010 at 8:26 am #
I'm a little bit confused by the post…where can I find your food reviews? thanks so much!
yumixpeach | May 24th, 2010 at 8:27 am #
Also.. I will be traveling to Tainan in mid July…do you reccommend any food sites for Tainan? It is hard to find something on Tainan…most of the food sites are of Taipei…thanks much!
yumixpeach | May 24th, 2010 at 8:27 am #
I cannot find your food reviewS? thanks you!!
Fili | May 25th, 2010 at 12:35 am #
Yumixpeach – goto http://www.itainan.org/ and check out the directory menu or the Google map. http://tainancity.wordpress.com/ is another great site about Tainan.
Enjoy your trip