This is pretty much the most comprehensive Taiwanese food introduction video that I've watched with lots of great descriptions and history to go with it. Also not the typical western person who hates stinky dofu, I think her German heritage with sauerkraut which is also pickled cabbage. I spent 6 months in Taiwan and had most of these food and loved them. Another great video by DW.
@DWDocumentary3 жыл бұрын
Hi @Michael Clark, thanks for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts on the topic! 🙂
@almahirsch79795 жыл бұрын
I love Taiwan People there are very Friendly
@doogiechen27265 жыл бұрын
I love the friendly people , and the yummy different types of food. Taiwan is the second safe countries in the world.
@benmike82965 жыл бұрын
It's great to see my hometown features on the international channel. Proud of our food cultures! If you read this comment, you should really consider planning your visit to Taiwan as you will find 'the most' friendly and beautiful country in Asia. I think this video will be widely shared on the Taiwanese media. Thanks for producing this great documentary! 我愛台灣~~
@能瀱玂煾3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of Chinese music, it must be Taiwan. You can note that the annual Golden Melody Awards held in Taiwan is an indicator.
@atecengineeringcompany23645 жыл бұрын
Bangkok trip cancelled. It's Taipei for me
@feisaldianga5115 жыл бұрын
Dinesh Nair why
@okayyyy80285 жыл бұрын
u wont regret it.
@gemini81584 жыл бұрын
Take me with you!!!🙏🏽
@rrurangi8 ай бұрын
bye bye another foreigner gone. try noodle over there I think its very good
@bradaltemeyer44723 жыл бұрын
food is a perfect reason to visit Taiwan, (1990-1993 MTC) While we had a few other items on our agenda in 2010, 2014, and 2018 trips, FOOD is always on my mind for Taiwan. Plus it is nice to visit now with a better budget than when I lived there.
@earthstrong78554 жыл бұрын
Tiawan is a great country, and the food reflects that greatness
@ChloeChloe.4 жыл бұрын
The veggies in stinky tofu should be called taiwanese style pickled cabbage instead of kimchi. It's totally not the same thing.
@kjoseph81355 жыл бұрын
Watching this documentary in midnight makes me hungry…
@_ancient_nomad4 жыл бұрын
🍜🍜🍝😊😊 Thank me later
@jamieho28434 жыл бұрын
為這個吃貨天堂感到驕傲:) Proud of this heaven for foodies
@fountain3945 жыл бұрын
Taiwan is absolutely a delicious food destination in the world. You won’t be regretted. Welcome all from the world!
@angelobugini67715 жыл бұрын
Tasty Taipei is definitely a remarkable documentary! I truly did appreciate it so much. Thanks a lot for sharing! Keep it up!
@vmpiben3 жыл бұрын
I wish you had also visited the Indigenous Taiwanese culture too. They are Austronesian and are the First Peoples of Taiwan.
@tonysu72135 жыл бұрын
What about braised pork over rice? Nothing is more Taiwanese than a humble bowl of braised pork over rice. Also, she should have gone to Tainan, the capital of Taiwanese food.
@bradaltemeyer44723 жыл бұрын
The small restaurant out in front of and just to the right and down some stairs from the National Palace Museum has that dish and many other classic Taiwanese dishes. Simple great food, gets overlooked sometimes.
@rc_235 жыл бұрын
This video makes me want to travel to Taipei with a good fun friend :)
@pchu29045 жыл бұрын
I would love to be your friend.
@fulosophy7243 жыл бұрын
One important thing is missing in this video, the glorious Taiwanese breakfast joints, egg "pancake/crepe", deep fried dough sticks, soybean milk, pork baos, to name a few.
@shubhammaheshwari71394 жыл бұрын
Taipei is on my bucket list. I so much want to spend some time in Taipei.
@IbnShahid4 жыл бұрын
The Taiwanese. A great bunch of lads.
@khunpingpong5 жыл бұрын
food in Taiwan is hygiene and well presented. Their food taste different from any SE Asian. A bit off.
@Alaskan-Armadillo5 жыл бұрын
They briefly talked about indigenous Taiwanese and it makes me wonder if their is a type of cuisine that the indigenous people produce that is available to the Han Chinese public? Because in the U.S. and Canada we are currently having it where First Nation cuisine is starting to be recognized.
@malamuteinSF5 жыл бұрын
this is a good question. Usually we Han Chinese visit the mountains or areas where have larger indigenous population and dine in their restaurants. There are some dishes are famous, especially with certain herbs and grilled meat. The only dish I can think of that is too popular and might appear in Han restaurant is 土窯雞/甕仔雞 (pot-grill chicken ), a special way to grill/bake/smoke the whole chicken in a clay pot
@eatpeacock3 жыл бұрын
yeah, they eat ferns
@THEmightyQUINN7773 жыл бұрын
噗噗 Lots of countries eat fern, especially the fiddleheads in spring
@eatpeacock3 жыл бұрын
@@THEmightyQUINN777 lol they eat animals and plants, nothing special
@art-alchemy5 жыл бұрын
I love this food documentary/travel. I hope to visit Taiwan in the near future! Make some more documentaries like this!
@stujonny5 жыл бұрын
Maria G Acevedo Hope you take time and visit this beautiful nation, Taiwanese are friendly and very open-minded.
@almahirsch79795 жыл бұрын
Yes CORRECT TAIPE FOODS IS VERY DELICIOUS
@wron70275 жыл бұрын
I love TAIWAN 💛💛💛
@MillennialTravelConfessions5 жыл бұрын
As soon as you said Taiwan and food that was enough for us to bump Taiwan right to the top of our bucket list! 😁😍🙌
@bradaltemeyer44723 жыл бұрын
Many restaurants will have pictures for the menu too, but not all, and if you are having some problem, there is a good chance someone will help you to order, The Lunch Counters have everything out to see so you can point in those places.
@kwxj61b5 жыл бұрын
Taiwan is not mainly on Buddhism...but majority of Taoism.
@ghiberti3 жыл бұрын
Danke! This is an entertaining feature on Taiwan. DW is awesome!
@editorjohn88035 жыл бұрын
Meggin did a great job introducing Taiwan! Fun host
@chamman90014 жыл бұрын
meh
@THEmightyQUINN7774 жыл бұрын
Traveled to Taiwan many times. Sorry I couldn’t eat the stinky tofu or century eggs. I loved dumpling and Din Tai Fung and beef noodle soup. And I really miss the Taiwan foot massage.
@youngbear004 жыл бұрын
KC L There’re a lots of street food that you could try and the view of the mountain is beautiful.
@THEmightyQUINN7773 жыл бұрын
Hellen 0.0 Oh yes delicious foods. And I enjoyed going into the mountains to the tea plantation. I love high mountain tea!
@tommyhughes22644 жыл бұрын
Ia'm a vegetarian and i would love to visit Taiwan.
@AlexJohnson-zo9te Жыл бұрын
actually still has a lot of the traditional Taiwanese food not introduced here, too bad. they are the best in the world. come and try it. like sticky rice, soft bean flour, oil rice, ... from the native Taiwanese long time ago. you will not believe it until you try it.
@allenyu40545 жыл бұрын
Amazing. I love Taiwan bubble tea. BTW. I am amazed that the host did eat that century egg. Many Chinese hate it.
@SJ-nl6xl5 жыл бұрын
It's a food show. She has to say omg its sooooo good. Lieing asss bich.
@youngbear004 жыл бұрын
Well actually many Taiwanese love the century egg😋
@hanshihlinn Жыл бұрын
I have to say this is one of my favourite episodes. I need more of you guys together XD
@Bigp10775 жыл бұрын
Went to Taipei back in May and loved it! Wish I had more time to explore.
@Yamamotoseto5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Taiwan
@doogiechen27265 жыл бұрын
Suggest traveling in Winter time from November to January (cheaper accomodation), but avoid Chinese New year and school holidays)
@gemini81584 жыл бұрын
So much delicious food😋🤤...let me just go there!!!😩🙏🏽💚
@rocketdoggo4 жыл бұрын
When the white lady goes in for that BIG second bite of stinky tofu... respect! 😂😂😂
@whhusa3 жыл бұрын
All I have to say is that Taipei puts Beijing to shame. Can’t name one dish Beijing does better, even Peking Duck! Lol
@memmener4 жыл бұрын
Wow.. except for the night market, this is so upscale. Everything looks delicious
@SacredGaea4 жыл бұрын
Great documentary! Wish they had tried some vegetarian food too. 😊
@bradaltemeyer44723 жыл бұрын
The typical Taiwan diet is about 10% meat, much healthier than our USA version of a diet, way back when I lived there (almost 30 years ago) it was hard for the pure vegetarians because a small amount of meat was in a lot of dishes, but full vegetarian restaurants are more common now, and for the non-Vegans, that are ok with eating some other things it is absolutely a fantastic place.
@singaporenoodles7189 Жыл бұрын
Wow I want to visit Taiwan , this was a great documentary
@joeyphase4554 жыл бұрын
I believe that Taiwan have estimated 27 million population
@user-vg8jy7ik3k5 жыл бұрын
Kimchi is Korean^^* I love Taiwan, Free China.
@seanwu19685 жыл бұрын
You are right. Kimchi is from Korea. We also have similar preserved vegetable but taste different.
@user-vg8jy7ik3k5 жыл бұрын
@@seanwu1968 I know a lot of countries have their own Kimchi^^* Thanks!
@Recallder5 жыл бұрын
our kimchi usually eat with 「stinky tofu」,taste sweet ,not spicy~ call「台式泡菜」
@tonychen10625 жыл бұрын
That Kimchi is not from Korea, you idiot.
@user-zo8hs4yh2h5 жыл бұрын
Bruh, careful with your words. We've seen what freedom has done to the middle east.
@dendencomendador48674 жыл бұрын
And thats make me hungry
@smpexpress5 жыл бұрын
DW please cover himalayan culture of Nepal, Bhutan & Tibet.
@DWDocumentary5 жыл бұрын
Hey Suresh, we currently only have one documentary on Nepal, which deals with a more sensitive topic: bit.ly/2kbx7Fn
@Tysongranger475 жыл бұрын
Very nicely directed and Taiwanese food culture and people's hospitality are famous....but German documentary trying to be humorous it simply doesn't work
@bbcpersian33425 жыл бұрын
Taipei Taiwan
@AliHussain-if3jj5 жыл бұрын
nice
@ioptia4 жыл бұрын
And the Dutch have influenced it too
@iceomistar43023 жыл бұрын
Not much to be honest they weren't there for long.
@dlewis84055 жыл бұрын
It all looks very tasty. I wonder what the prices are like.
@bradaltemeyer44723 жыл бұрын
Just depends where you eat, in the small alley areas a lunch box might be 3 to 6 USD, but it also depends on how much you eat, many options for a low budget, and some amazing places at many price points. Despite having traveled to France, the absolute number one place for Creme Bruelee was in Taiwan,,, Night Markets such as Rao He, also have lower cost versions of things like Teppanyaki (Benihana style) food for decent prices, lots of small foods (on stick, or in small bowel) all over the place too if you never want to have a "proper" meal. So, 100NT lunch, sure that is possible, noodles/ lunch box/ other just look for lines and certain parts of town in the alleys, or out at ShrLin Night Market you can have a hundred or more options of places to eat all in one spot.
@Cassanova235 жыл бұрын
Beef from heaven
@cybergod774 ай бұрын
It's interesting that she feels that the century egg tastes like a normal egg
@gl2415 жыл бұрын
The REAL China.
@youngbear004 жыл бұрын
Gene Louie yeah The REAL Taiwan
@user-hm3mm7ko1h4 жыл бұрын
Fxxx 凸 China 凸
@yunoh7348 Жыл бұрын
426!!8964!!
@tc23345 жыл бұрын
8:20 Small note: Baoan Temple is not a Buddhist temple...
@huan-cheng4 жыл бұрын
Yup. A mixture of folk religion and taoism
@bradaltemeyer44723 жыл бұрын
I never fully sorted out the local "Land Gods" from the "Regional Gods", but I do admire the "Goddess of the Sea" and the "God of War" as well, both important to the subject I teach (Business)
@ketunky30563 жыл бұрын
Guy was getting too close to the lady. She was getting uncomfortable i think
@Amanda-107022 жыл бұрын
The male host is actually openly gay and married! So don't worry
@marcduchamp55125 жыл бұрын
Most of the night market food are quite greasy and not very healthy. Better eat some greens before chowing in there
@jimipresley4 жыл бұрын
What's a "mainland"?
@christopherb.29864 жыл бұрын
haha lol yeah good question
@ddbb80764 жыл бұрын
a sewer where a fat winnie the pooh lives
@pattskatoey31395 жыл бұрын
Meggin is gorgeous ❤️💕Tsou would look good as a crossdresser.
@erwinheinz32065 жыл бұрын
yummy!
@txhx_xy4 жыл бұрын
goosebumps
@bnkundwa3 жыл бұрын
I heard that Taiwan used to be an American territory and Taipei was Formosa.
@michaelwang61252 жыл бұрын
It used to be part of Japan (not America*) but you are correct about Formosa. There are still many natives who carry on the Formosa culture today in Taiwan. The Chinese civil war drove many from mainland China to flee to Formosa (which was originally supposed to be a temporary retreat) and Formosa remain under military rule for many years until the 1990s when there was a bloodless reform to Democracy. Lee Teng hui whom many known as Mr.Democracy was Taiwan's first democratically elected leader. Technically Formosa can become its independent nation as one of the few alternatives instead of the other options such as unifying with the mainland that has fallen to the ghost of USSR's communism =/, maintaining the status quo, restarting the civil war, etc. E.g It become its own country and the Taiwanese are just migrant settlers who are permanently welcome there.
@runnerawe4 жыл бұрын
yummy
@Peachfaerie5 жыл бұрын
DW Pls next time send a more warm and adventurous woman to do the food docu. The host in Taiwan was very good, but the woman should have been more relaxed and more fun. Thanks so much. 😜
@JanitaShowaars5 жыл бұрын
Not long enough
@sydneylee9387 Жыл бұрын
Not trying to be negative or anything . But she kinda looks like she doesn’t wanna be there
@aur-19982 жыл бұрын
Nice food
@user-cj3wh1rm1m3 жыл бұрын
I was kinda surprised that he'd said 波霸奶茶 instead of 珍珠奶茶... just saying...
@entoythedragon84634 жыл бұрын
This host is terrible. She shouldn't be hosting food documentaries.
@fpotuscms3 жыл бұрын
Was anyone else uncomfortable while they were watching this? “As my Eunuch, I order you to try it first.”
@badboyblue96752 жыл бұрын
It’s not fair to subject her to stinky tofu !! It’s only for Taiwan die hards I love it myself
@mikecarone73204 жыл бұрын
South Korea
@user-qo8rd4qx8v4 ай бұрын
I cant believe that she liked the Stinky Tofu!! I m Chinese but I absolutely hate Stinky Tofu. It smells like a decaying rat.. gosh!
@tanthiennguyen91333 жыл бұрын
A guten Appetit
@Isabellaa-ms5dk3 жыл бұрын
My tawanese friend Calum eates spiders
@tanthiennguyen91333 жыл бұрын
Wer ist der Gewinner....Erfinder....?
@mrnarason5 жыл бұрын
Is there are series with this host?
@pavels4795 жыл бұрын
so that's what they call dim sum.
@tonychen10625 жыл бұрын
Pavel S only HKers call that kind of food as “dim sum” then British introduced that wording to westerners. In fact, that is such a huge misunderstanding. The rest of Chinese in the world, the word “dim sun” (點心) is just a general name for snacks or cookies but never dumplings kind of food.
@pavels4795 жыл бұрын
@@tonychen1062 That explains a lot actually. What is the Chinese name for the big dumpling filled with broth? Do you know by chance?
@kevincahyadi75964 жыл бұрын
@@pavels479 it's Xiao Long Bao
@heinzlockigehaar4 жыл бұрын
Please let Andrew Zimmer know your opinion on this stinky tofu.
@Kanal7Indonesia2 жыл бұрын
Taiwan is what Indonesia would look like if we conquered by the Chinese.
@quantumeseboy5 жыл бұрын
Bubble tea is the stupidest tea in the world. Taiwan however is great, people are wonderful.
@ddbb80764 жыл бұрын
true i always take out all those marbles before drinking that. Other than that, good country
@oshimad5 жыл бұрын
lol her reactions
@eddieyutub4 жыл бұрын
100%
@chrisleon272 жыл бұрын
Greetings from mainland China
@takuan6505 жыл бұрын
The lady presenter is German? She talks and acts like one of those cheap and cheesy overblown American food entertainers when she teams up with that, wanna be an American, Chinese guy. Apart from that quite interesting.
@swanky_yuropean75145 жыл бұрын
She is American. But works for DW in Berlin as a reporter.
@joshaquino52424 жыл бұрын
Ibenta any country ..
@barrycook56075 жыл бұрын
Saccharin presenter! 8 minutes in, I'm gone.
@BorungBoy5 жыл бұрын
these presenters are intolerably saccharine
@tiffanyk48005 жыл бұрын
God speak binary number?
@christopherb.29864 жыл бұрын
what?
@sookwilson10775 жыл бұрын
My brief overnight layover years ago led me to believe that taiwanese food is boring. I traveled the world but I haven't seen Any unique, healthy food from them. I Do like Taiwanese, just never their food.
@johnvalerian84405 жыл бұрын
I’m not buying the tofu tasting good.
@308030803080308030814 жыл бұрын
I think it tastes worse than it smells.
@michaelclark31923 жыл бұрын
It really tastes delicious, but she had a very mild version, you need to try the version with lots of the stinky dofu sauce.
@shootmoves5 жыл бұрын
This shouldnt be on this channel
@DWDocumentary5 жыл бұрын
Hi David, could you please elaborate ? Stay tuned & tell us...
@klartextnews4 жыл бұрын
This woman shouldn't be there, no clue and she is no foodie.
@XxvaxionxX5 жыл бұрын
I hate century egg. Tastes nothing like a normal egg as she says. Tastes really salty and fermented. I puked everything out.
@ashuu35 жыл бұрын
beef-eating must not be condoned in this climate charge environment.
@adriana25675 жыл бұрын
most boring food street i ever saw
@AlexJohnson-zo9te Жыл бұрын
why wear chin dynasty clothes when eating the hot pot?