Food in Taiwan

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Food in Taiwan

Taiwan has some amazing mouthwatering cuisine. It is also home to some of the strangest foods I have seen and I have traveled a fair bit... Hundred years eggs and stinky tofu are two names that jump to mind but beyond that there is snake blood soup and some other strange dishes that aren't for the faint of stomach.

You don't have to have no sense of smell or the courage of a paratrooper to eat in Taiwan. In fact, they pretty much have everything and the food is REALLY good.

A Taiwanese person wrote, "Taiwan is in sole possession of the local food, are all the rage the whole world, once after your experience the taste, will certainly the eternal life to be unforgettable."... Remember, you are going there to teach English. I had to include that quote. Although it says nothing intelligible about the food, you can tell that the person is quite passionate about what they are saying... maybe it means more in another language...

In short, food in Taiwan is great. You don't have to eat the strange things and there are lots of yummy easily identified food readily available.

Eating in Taiwan is a bit of a regional affair. Each county has its own specialty and eating out is the standard. It's actually often cheaper to eat out than to prepare something on your own.

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