Despite the fact that people nowadays usually just go for a quick breakfast at a convenience store like 7-11 or Family Mart, traditional breakfast food in Taiwan remains its popularity and holds a special place in people’s hearts. If you get up early enough around 6AM, you can easily catch the scene of people lining up in front of different breakfast stalls, waiting for their orders. Some of the breakfast stores in Taiwan do not provide the English menu and they only communicate in Mandarin, so it would be nice if you could prepare what you would like to order in Mandarin notes. Another thing is that you surely will have to line up for your breakfast, which is a quite unusual experience because breakfast is supposed to be easy and fast, but in Taiwan you can enjoy the slower and chiller lifestyle.
The typical breakfast consists of a lot of carbs and egg, it’s heavy and usually washed down by a hot glass of soymilk, one sure thing is that Taiwanese traditional breakfast cuisines will not let you down. There are variety of breakfast food for you to choose from and here are some of the famous ones:
Twisted Cruller (You Tiao): Long bread sticks, dip it in with soy milk or have it plain are all recommended.
Baked Wheat Cake (Shao Bing)
Beef Sandwich (Niu Rou Shao Bing) & Baked Wheat Cake with Egg (Shao Bing Jia Dan): Another type of baked wheat cake with stuffed beef or fried egg
Hot Soymilk (Dou Jiang) & Black Soybean Milk (Zhi Ma Dou Jiang)
Northern Salted Soybean Milk (Bei Fang Dou Jiang): Beijing Specialty
Thin Green Onion Cake with Twisted Cruller (Jian Bing You Tiao): Green onion pancake rolled up and stuffed with sliced pieces or cruller (you tiao)
Turnip Cake (Luo Buo Gao)
Small Steamed Buns (Xiao Long Bao)
Mushroom Pork Bun (Xiang Gu Rou Bao)
Rice Roll (Fan Tuan)
Restaurant recommendations for a tasty breakfast in Taipei City:
Yonghe Soy Milk King (永和豆漿): No. 30, Section 2, Hankou Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City, 5:30AM - 11PM, Mon - Sun.
Popular dishes: Rice dumpling with fried egg and pork; steamed bread with egg
Sihai Soy Milk （四海豆浆大王）: No. 29, Chang’an West Road, Datong District
Popular dishes: savoury soy milk with egg, cruller, turnip cake
Fuhang Soy Milk (阜杭豆漿): Hua Shan Market 2F., No. 108, Sec. 1, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Zhongzheng District, 5:30AM - 12:30PM, Tue - Sun
Popular dishes: Sweet and savoury soymilk, oven-baked thick bread
The Shanwich Shop ( 山文治): No.189, Xining Road, Wanhua District, 7:30AM - 2:00PM, Mon - Sun
Popular dishes: ham and egg sandwich, french fries, chicken nuggets
Weiding (味鼎蛋餅): No.3, Lane 21, Longjiang Road, Zhongshan District, 5:45AM- 1:00PM, Mon - Sun
Popular dishes: cheese egg crepes, cheesy rice rolls
Zhen Fang Xinyi Store (真芳信义店): No. 13, Alley 16, Lane 559, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Xinyi District, Mon - Fri 6:30AM - 1:30PM, Sat & Sun 7:30AM - 1:30PM,
Popular dishes: sandwich, egg rolls
That’s pretty much about the traditional breakfast in Taiwan, you can explore even more out of our list. Let our local tour guides help you get the most authentic and unique breakfast experience in Taipei, please contact us via email for tour booking.
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