Taiwanese cuisine combines Chinese preparations, Japanese design, and local ingredients to create a beautiful to the eye but tasty dish. General ingredients would be rice, corn, tea, pork, poultry, beef, fish, and other fruits and vegetables. The Japanese influence derived from their fifty-year occupation of Taiwan and used the island as a major food supplier. The abundant produce and the Taiwanese people passion for food combined make Taiwanese cuisine a key attraction for visitors all over the world.
You will see beautiful combinations of presentation and taste come together in dishes like Beef Noodles. The Chinese culture heavily influenced this iconic cuisine and is now one of the most popular dishes in Taiwan. Taiwanese people have such a deep passion for the cooking, serving and consuming beef noodles that they celebrate their love for this particular dish at the Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival where chefs are able to create beef noodles with their own unique style of flavor.
The Taiwanese believe that the quality of their food comes from the quality of their fresh ingredients, which the island offers in abundance. Taiwan produces a wide range of vegetables such as ginger, chili, leeks, Chinese chives, garlic, spring onions, water spinach, and cilantro is often used in their cuisine. Some famous Taiwanese cuisine that uses these garden-fresh ingredients includes braised pork rice, slack season Danza noodle, Gua boa, pepper cakes, etc.
