earth a home for saving google ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global ideas the unbundling series of global 3000 on d w and online. in the island of taiwan is perfect for food lovers diverse cultures influenced the cuisine join me as i'm bark on a fun filled and tasty journey of its capital taipei. taipei's inhabitants enjoy a rich calling area history including popular night markets as well as top addresses for handmade dumplings.

i once capital is located 180 kilometers southeast of mainland china a thriving and modern metropolis its cultural identity has been strongly influenced by both china and japan. i have traveled extensively through europe africa and of course united states but i've never been to taiwan and i hear that taipei is a foodie's paradise so i am super excited to get a taste of the city. my colleague so it's one constant from v.w. in taipei gives me a warm welcome he's going to show me lots of fun restaurants around the city. 6 here i've made it before i mean my goodness look this is. day one for me begins with an overview of the city. tower 100. and is typing

main landmark with 101 floors it's ranked among the tallest skyscrapers in the world type is surrounded by green hills and mountains and has developed rapidly over the last decades from an almost insignificant small town to an internationally important metropolis someone is famous for its teas of which there are 4 main types black green tea white and long. the country produces some of the finest montes in the world these are traditional semi oxidized. but there is another famous tea from taiwan which is now available around the world. and my colleague so introduces it to me that is bubble. tea. i don't know this german you can get them overly hard germans actually originated in taiwan and you know it became so popular it all from this station boehner would try to put

a white top yoga into the teetering on everyone knows but will see at least doable to i did ok but i cannot have you get that bubble tea so easily i have a challenge for you all very him and. well there are 2 cops to come up with you can't beat me on. the. war. hope on talk ok now i'm going off. i'm ready for this challenge ok. as i clearly asked they prepare my bulky with ice cold like research since the base with milk and tapioca pearls tapioca is derived from the kosov a plant all together it makes for a refreshingly light treat is a different very different than totally good. one of old good.

hard to drink it was joking. you've got to be really careful you are going to have this one couple day yes yes yes. i hear that living space here in taipei is quite limited many people here don't even have a full kitchen so they eat their evening meals at the so-called night markets and i'm going to visit one of taipei's oldest the popular route one night market it's open daily from 4 pm to midnight there are over 340 food stands as well as 140 stores here. i come across some interesting snacks which i have never seen before. and tastes like the. passion fruit get me i get. it very quickly in your mouth. the food you find at this market is very

fresh and mostly from the region may be prepared quickly but by no means is this fast food. we know that taiwan is an island in up it self but what is the real difference between time we need beam and chinese cuisine we have all chopped chinese moving here from the 16th century and then and we also we were by japan for 50 years stepped on a lot of influence from japan and then at the same time we also have lost more than 60 up original charts here in 149 the nationalist party we traded to taiwan and it brought a lot of chinese ships so until today there's still a lot of influence of the chinese cuisine like why now the main dish we're going to try that is thing people. and certainly now it just to give you guys an idea of. mulling around here. imagine

a farm. time one. as i know it's not that bad but think you took one i mean come on the name alone doesn't really get your appetite going all say that's my favorite here so i guess i have to try this yeah so where is our sink you know. i'm waiting for details. here if you. think you told us you can see this deep fried version ok so you have the tofu here they have all been called a crowded call a costly and taiwanese kimchi give it a try the 1st think you tofu your 1st bite of pinky toe food. so choose seafood. how old does a really good really you like it are you like it is really good and very girly the whole thing while it's nice and mild it's not. no it's not too it's not too

pungent like the case you can tell it's it's been fermented but not really mild and from the farm to happen. ok now i'm getting the farm taste back i'm out function taking you even if you're actually it's crunchy outside and it's soft inside when you look at it it's the fright it's golden color you know it's good. to. be. c really nice and i get nothing out of the. this is your title dish is wonderful. stinky tofu is seasoned with garlic and kimchi can choose cabbage which has been fermented for 2 days to one week. my tasty diary day one night market impressions. lively and colorful various models to say the very least

stinky tofu deep fried is delicious all in all i give this market 2 thumbs up. day 2 starts with a visit to a temple buddhism is one of the major religions of taiwan there are hundreds of temples throughout taipei but the bow on temple stands out after 25 years of construction it opened in 1830 and was named by one meeting protection of the people. one way of communicating with the gods is through gel big or red crescent shaped pieces of wood if the 2 pieces fall on opposite sides then the god's answer to the question is yes. today my journey leads me to a special restaurant the top one pot. maybe you know what what eating hot. national pastime fit for anything here and i want you know what i

heard that taiwan is the number one destination for hot yeah and you know why we have more than 40025000 help us that is small in the world i was way more than any other restaurant more than 5000 i'd say that's a lot of pot in a moment then i've chosen a very special one for you. oh wise we go we will have to go through a transformation. transform ourselves. but tell me again why we're just like this because we're here for the hot pot and they have the basis from their recipe all the engine royal family wow are you going to dress like that and the program is. for me i am the unit. in an online survey of the top one pop restaurant has clinched the number one. sponsors

spicy hot coffee. the restaurant serves many different kinds of hot hot sets including boiled spicy hot chicken pot pickled cabbage and dual pots. it also has private rooms named after the palace is built during the ching dynasty. tell me why popeye is so popular among the taiwanese people it's so important because of the idea of getting together you know the warm remind people of family gatherings doing the new year a lot of important family events people with the day old and share the hot pot together ok so it's very communal and very social yes there right now it's a tool. but it's ok because it will make it interesting that's because i'm going to have another child a tree you. were talented ok acceptance level all so today we have 3 need. crossed for you.

but i see. you know i readily see you are tricking your i have read our disobeying your empress. and that is so precise. you know that maybe why are you going to. paris requests to bring on the part of. we were at the duel with chicken and we had our own ingredients including meat bones a lobster boat pork next line says and so called be from have. you have to try so i'll just call the for you. as my unit i ordered to try the 1st 5. k. . no. so. it's like 1st.

season has started and we have a you know the tenderness of the being is the one that you can never imagine before we continue i just need to get a little bit more of a history lesson and that's right so that the empress is eating food from which dynasty wall and actually from our office is chain dynasty the king diamond which is from the 17th century and the last long to the 20th century the early 20th century since you have the chinese community here about. everywhere you go or all the world will matter in singapore or malaysia mainland china so many different places but chinese communities people enjoy hotpot. so that the emperor is quite clean. to listen to.

my tasty diary day 2 hotpot reflections a feast for the eyes a celebration for all the senses a meal fit for a king or in my case an empress no wonder this sets the standard for taiwanese cuisine. many of taiwan's inhabitants have close relations to mainland china when communist leader mounts a dolphin for claim the people's republic of china in 1949 some 2000000 people fled to taiwan today its capital has an estimated population of 2700000 people even was so many residents getting around the city is easy the metro system or the m r t serves millions of passengers daily and it's how we get to today's destination. today we're going to the restroom by. i am

marty let's go even for visitors using the m r t's easy our. music is played when the train approaches the station here it's chopin's nocturne. i. see. where the famous didn't tie from the restaurant. and know here we didn't stop. i've heard a lot about this place or over a 160 of them worldwide from sydney to los angeles yes and all region is from ty ok all right let's check it out the dim sum here it entire film is unique it takes the trained staff 10 to 15 seconds to make 1000 fold dumplings but don't confuse these with western versions. this is

a very popular restaurant thanks to its basket steamed buns i'm always amazed by the grocery stores probably have an interest there is a line a mile long time like this this is certainly a popular place we're lucky if that everything any on weekdays the staff makes 728000 child long bow dumplings and 12000 on the weekends they pay close attention to detail and to the balance of the ingredients when i'm noticing is a delicate fold they have 18 ports for each shell 18 full ok here is how you eat it you will open a small hole beside it and you have the juice coming now and then leave it on there for you. go for. us wow that is so like so in your mouth all its so smooth and so if you see the fork is. i think carry my own. thanks

thanks thanks thank you to. the dumpling containing little pockets of gelatin lines broth made from chicken pork and cured ham i think for some of the crazies they only have a few truffles like just a bit but hey yeah what's the black card that's a truffle i mean like i got a lot of. things this is a case of the muscle i want to find it kind of like a mushroom and also kind of like that to taste but that's a that's if i want to go out it's very light if couples are like i'll they mix it as if there's a. look in there as well a couple things like so it doesn't overpower yeah i think i like. mine tasty diary day 3 didn't i phone reflections this is taipei's number one

address for shallow npower which means finger food in a basket there are many secret recipes and methods including 18 folds pursuit dumpling a true work of art definitely 2 thumbs up thank. you thank you for starts in the dot tongue district or taipei's old town. its most notable for its ching and japanese period architecture each house was designed so the merchants could have their shops on the ground floor and live above them. thank you. here dried foods are a best seller. there are dozens of shops specializing in dried fruits and nuts. dried needs and lots of dried seafood snacks. these traditional products are popular. among tilings both young and old for their

healing properties and that also includes a popular dish t.v. my co-host introduces me to taiwanese pouring. through some restaurants they're going to try to clear out again. oh you have the play of porridge in front of you i want you to give it a try. sometime . it. is not that in fact it actually doesn't really have much to take because we eat porridge with the side dish and swish when you want to taste 1st i guess i'd like to try this because this fine no in taiwan is a delicacy yes it has over 600 year old history so from the main dynasty there was this construction worker he found this egg a 2nd duck egg in

a chemical poll for construction ok and then he suddenly felt like the egg looked very interesting so i tried it and then of course that was not really had a ball so i changed the recipe it has some salt into it you can't eat the 1000 year egg 1st time 1st time for may. i. say seems like a nice thing with manning's murder case seems so it's good. it definitely is an egg it doesn't taste anything else it tastes like an egg the 1000 year egg is a delicacy made by preserving doc chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay and asked for several weeks to months. there are more than $100.00 signed dishes in this rice sports restaurant including a large selection of delicacies. my tasty diary dates for. timely

nice porridge reflections mild but tasty various dishes with interesting names and sides are a must nothing taste as i expected not salty or sugary not so sure why the egg must be preserved for 3 months when i basically get the same taste after about 3 minutes but all in all of very tasty experience. day 5 is dedicated to street food it's no secret that the taiwanese love to eat and you can find delicious food pretty much on every street corner there are all kinds of cuisine from chinese to southeast asian and tourists will also find arguably the best japanese food outside of japan. street food is really great here it's fast healthy and inexpensive that's one reason many highway knees eat their meals out.

the flip side of street food is the 5 star yann restaurant in the w. hotel this is where chefs really show off taiwan's diverse collinearity tradition. where we are. and the restaurant. trying to play really high class cuisine for a high class making. we have in the business here great actually it's very interesting because it's how it's people used to fall upon eating because people don't eat cattles in the past because in the culture family we can respect them ok so they were like coworkers and when did this start to change but after the chinese fentress living in taiwan they brought this recipe here and when they have to make a living out of it they start to make really good stuff and started changing excited i want to try. the chefs at the end restaurant use classical dishes as

a base and then they add their own style and innovation to the various meals their creations are artistic colorful and sometimes look too good to eat like the braised beef noodles which are served in a savory soup. because sometimes people eat anything at all without being all of the beef soup ok because the broth are so special so. it's very savory. so now i'm going to try the new no. and the sweet noodles. yeah yeah yeah that's the cherry on done here he's bringing perfectly advantage is what they say about spaghetti you know when it's green like it's very good to chew chewy and very very to eat green perfect very i don't know

how it's the be. very very brace brace feet and now feed you. like a honeymoon. oh oh oh oh is that delicate forward just melts in your mouth do you see how to just brush it off to suit. my lesson. from beef noodles and dim sung to modern creasing the young and rethinks taiwanese food we meet up with the executive chef homie he's from hong kong and known for his chicken broth. sassy chef how he would describe the collin aries scene here. i want you to find the high season this is happening i would have had on she owns a she says hi joe the holiday now wishing only. fall down to sort of this. this

happens in the week i was all here he combines mushrooms prawns and fried thai rice to make a delicious soup. this is a dish with a taste that's hard to resist and it's only one highlight among many on my colon neary journey through taipei. it's hard to pinpoint just one favorite national dish because it seems the time they're very proud of everything that they are everything that i've been presented is a little work of art in the south and then the different taste and station not one dish tastes like the on the other it's all very diverse thank you for coming in that's how long it's been a wonderful experience thank you for introducing the tyrolese cuisine i am a fan. thank you since in this is. my last diary

entry my colleague mary journey to taipei is coming to an end now before i arrived i had heard that this place is a foodie's paradise and after spending a couple of days here i can definitely agree with that assessment from street food to a 5 star restaurant i have definitely gotten i'd taste of taipei and i've also learned a little mandarin as well as the cultural influences on the cuisine so all in all taipei is definitely the place for delicious food fusion and fun satiate.

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