the island of taiwan is perfect for food lovers diverse cultures influenced the cuisine join me as i'm dark on a fun filled and tasty journey of its capital taipei. taipei's inhabitants enjoy a rich cohen area history including popular night markets as well as top addresses for handmade dumplings. i want 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 concert from g.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 more i mean my goodness look this is. day one for me begins with an overview of the city. tower one o one is taipei and 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 tell one is famous for its teas of which there are 4 main types black green tea white and to launch the country produces

some of the finest so long teas in the world the. 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 it the moberly are german actually originated in taiwan and you know it became so popular it all from this steam shop owner would try to put a white top yolk up into the teetering everyone knows what we see at least i do like bubble tea idea ok but i cannot have you get that bubble tea so easily i have a challenge for you all very. well the 2 cups to couple seem to come. the. war.

vote on ok now thinking all. ready for this ok. as i clearly asked they prepare my boatie with ice cold last resort since the base with milk and tapioca pearls tapioca is derived from the kiss of a plant all together it makes for a refreshingly light treat is a different very different than totally good one of all the. hard drink it was joking. you got to be really careful you are going to have this one couple day yes yes yes. i hear the 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 market and i'm going to visit one of taipei's all. just a copy of the roll for the 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 t.v. . is passionfruit. i get. very pushy in your mouth. the food you find at this market is very fresh and mostly from the region maybe prepared quickly but by no means is this fast food. so we know that taiwan is an island in enough it self but what is the real difference between time we need and chinese cuisine we have all the chalk hunch

chinese moving here from the 16th century and then 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 us more than 60 of the regional tribes here in 149 the nationalist party we traded to taiwan and they 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 think it'll. certainly how it just to give you guys an idea of. mulling around here is the mansion of farm. time one. as our you know it's not that bad but think you took what 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.

where it is you. think you told us you can see the deep fried. ok so you have the total here they have all been crowded gallego costly and the taiwanese canteen give it a try 1st thank you tofu your 1st bite of thing tito food. so choosing. how old does a really good really you know like a are you like is really good it's very girly the whole thing was nice of mild it's not. now it's not too it's not too pungent like the case you can tell it's it's been fermented by him not really mild and from the farm to have a. look and now i'm getting the farm taste back and forth to take it you think that you're actually it's crunchy outside and it's soft inside when you

look at it it's the fright as golden color you know it's good. to. be. c really nice i like to have nothing and. this is your cattle dish it's wonderful. stinky tofu is seasoned with garlic and kimchi kimchee is cabbage which has been fermented for 2 days to one week. my tasty diary day one night market impressions lively and colorful various smells 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 838 and was named by one meeting protection of. 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 even it's been called a national pastime fit for anything here and i want you know what i heard that taiwan is the number one destination for hop yeah and you know i we have more than 40025000 help us that has made the world i was way more than any other restaurant more than 5000 i'd say that's a lot of hot pot and a chance that

a very special one so you see. once we go we will have to go through a transformation from let's transform ourselves to the head above to. look at your. art but tell me again why we were just like this all because we're here for the hot pot and they have the bases from their recipe all the engine royal family wow all right because of just like every program. for me i am the unit. in an online survey of the top one top restaurant has since the number one spot for spicy hot. the restaurant serves many different kinds of hot hot sets including royal spicy hot chicken pot pickled cabbage and do a posh. it also has private rooms named after palaces built during the ching dynasty. tell me why pop art is so popular among the time when these people are

so important because of the idea of getting together you know the wall mojave my people. family gatherings doing a little new year a lot of important family events people with the day old and share the hot pot together it was very communal and very social yes then 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. challenge. acceptance level all so today we have 3 need. frost for you. this. is big but i see. you know i got a little bit worried thinking you're out of breath are disobeying your entrance i don't know what. is so precise. you know that maybe why

are you this is going to. request to bring on the part of spice you. we were to do a chicken and we had our owning 3 d. and you could eat bones a lobster boat next lysis and so colby from have. you have to try it so i'll just call the for you. that's why you think i ordered to try the 1st by now we. know so. it's like a reverse. i'm going to have you know the tenderness of the beef is the one you can never imagine you know i just need a little bit more of a history lesson and that's all right so the empress is eating food from which

dynasty wall and actually from our off it is chain dynasty. which is from the us. 17th century and last long to the 20th century the early 20th century since you have the chinese community. everywhere you go around the world will matter in singapore or malaysia mainland china so many different places but chinese communities people enjoy a hot part. is. so that the emperor i mean. the list. 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 in amphoras no wonder the sets the standard for taiwanese cuisine. many of taiwan's inhabitants have close

relations to mainland china when communist leader mouth's a dong proclaimed 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 with 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 in large t. let's go even for visitors using the m r t's easy out. music is played when the train approaches the station here it chopin's nocturne. over. here i.

see. where the famous didn't tie from the restaurant is. no here we have to do something. i've heard a lot about this place or over a 160 of them worldwide from sydney to los angeles yes and it originated from taipei all right let's check it out the dim sum here it in time phone is unique it takes the train staff 10 to 15 seconds to make 1800 fold dumpling 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 group of tourists probably having interest there is a line a mile long time my goodness this is certainly a popular place we're lucky if that we can get 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 what i'm noticing is the delicate mold they have 18 for its 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 the 4th. go for. us wow that is so like silk in your mouth. it's so smooth and so if you see the fork is. very mind on. this 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 cuisines they only have a. few truffles like this but. you know what's the black part that's

a truffle i mean like you have a lot of. this. case of the mushroom was pungent i just hunted like mushrooms and also kind of like i have to taste it but that's a that's a going to out of this very light a couple garlic of a mix it has it there and he said i looked in there and smiled a couple things like so it doesn't overpower. i alread i like that. my tasty diary day 3 didn't i phone reflections this is taipei's number one address for shall and power which means finger food in a basket there are many secret recipes and methods including 18 folds pursued dumpling a true work of art definitely to sums up. thank. you thank you for starts in the dark tong 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. here dried foods are a best seller. there are dozens of shops specializing in dried fruits and nuts. dried leaves and lots of dried seafood snacks. these traditional products are popular among the tilings both young and old for their healing properties and that also includes a popular dish today my co-host introduces me to taiwanese porridge. there's a restaurant there give me a fright when you get. that oh you have the plan for ages part of you i want

you to give it a try. right there. it . is now back to actually discipline how much it takes because we forage with the side dishes which 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 mean dynasty there was this construction worker he found this egg a 2nd duck egg in a chemical coal for construction ok and then he suddenly felt like the egg looked very interesting and i tried it and then of course there was no i 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 the next thing with manning's murder case a see saw is good. in tufnell is an egg it doesn't taste anything else it tastes like an egg the 1000 year egg is a delicacy made by preserving dark chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay and ask for several weeks to months. there are more than $100.00 signed dishes in this race for its restaurant including a large selection of delicacies. my tasty diary day for timely nice porridge reflections mild but tasty various dishes with interesting names and signs 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 and 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 knees eat their meals out . the flipside 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

a really high class cuisine for a high class maybe. we have in the business here great actually it's very interesting because it's how it's people used to fall upon eating those because people don't eat cattles in the past because in the culture family we can respect them they were like coworkers and when did this start to change but after the chinese fentress living in taiwan they bought this recipe here and when they have to make a living out of it they start to make really good beef knows something started changing how excited i want to try it. the chefs at the end restaurant use classical dishes as a base and then they add their own style and innovations to the various meals their creations are artistic colorful and sometimes look to good to eat like the braised beef noodles which are served in a savory soup. sometimes people eat nothing at all

without being all in the beef soup ok because the broth and so special. so. it's very savory. so now i'm going to try the new no this. is. the sweet noodles. yeah yeah yeah yeah that's the cherry i'm done here springing perfectly advantage is what they say about spaghetti you know when it's green like that it's very good to choose chili and very very to me it's great perfect. now it's the key. very very brace brace feet and now feel you're going to be having. like a honeymoon. 000-0000.

forward just melts in your mouth did you see how to just brush it off to suit. my lesson. from beef noodles and dim sung to modern cuisine the german rethinks taiwanese feet we meet up with the executive chef. he's from hong kong and known for his chicken broth. assassination of how he would describe the colonies seen here in. the. high seas in this is high that high on. the hollywood thing always showing only ship. to shore this is what happens in the wake up wall 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 call unary journey through taipei. only it's hard to pinpoint just one

favorite national dish be. because it seems the time they're very proud of everything with everything that i've been presented is a little work of art in the south and then the different tastes and station not one dish tastes like the on the other it's very diverse thank you for coming to this how on it's been a wonderful experience thank you for introducing me 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 foodies paradise and after spending a couple of days here i can definitely agree with that assessment from street food to 5 star restaurants i have definitely gotten i've taste of taipei and i've also

learned a little mandarin as well as the cultural influences on the queasy so all in all taipei is definitely the place for delicious food fusion and fun.

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