45 of the Best Taiwanese Dishes and Street Food

Taiwan, with its wealth of night markets, is a country travelers love going back to again and again for the food. From hot pot to boba to lu rou fan to beef noodle soup, there is so much good food to be had in Taiwan and for cheap too!

We spent the most recent holidays there for that very reason. We didn’t care about visiting any attractions or seeing any shows. We were there for one reason and one reason only – the food. We went to every eatery featured on the Taiwan episode of Street Food on Netflix and booked a hotel room in Kaohsiung just off Liouhe Night Market. We’d spend every evening there eating street food before retiring to our room.

I’ve been updating this food guide after every trip to Taiwan. The first edition listed 9. The second ballooned to 57 before I dialed it back to…