Many Taiwanese dishes are similar to the ones that come from China, though most have a unique Taiwanese flavor. These include various snacks like mung bean cakes, peanuts, and tea eggs.

One of the most popular foods among tourists is “steamed dumplings.” Steamed dumplings come from eastern China. They’re also called tangbao or “soup dumplings” because of their juicy stuffing, made of pork, green onion, and ginger. Restaurants serving steamed dumplings often also offer other Chinese dishes like sour and spicy soup, chicken soup, steamed stuffed buns, fried rice, and so on.

Taiwanese people enjoy having food at local beerhouses. Stir-fried clams (with chili pepper and basil), three-cup chicken (made with a sauce of sesame oil, rice wine, and soy sauce), grilled fish, grilled squid, stir-fried vegetables, and deep-fried tofu are common dishes on the menu. When people get off work, they usually get together with friends or colleagues at such restaurants to eat fried food and snacks, and drink mugs of cold beer!

Taiwanese people also love their drinks. Taiwan has an environment that is good for tea growing. Therefore, Taiwan’s tea products are of very high quality. When it comes to tea, they enjoy drinking Chinese green tea or oolong tea without milk or sugar. Oolong tea is probably the most popular tea in Taiwan. The two renowned Taiwanese teas are Dongding oolong tea and Baozhong tea. Taiwanese people will often have tea after their meals or with snacks. The island is full of teahouses where you can relax and enjoy anything from a hot pot of oolong tea to a glass of iced black tea with lemon. Maokong in Taipei is well known for its numerous teahouses. They’re always crowded with local people and visitors on weekends.

很多台灣菜和中國菜很像，只是多半有一種獨特的台灣味，各式各樣的點心像是綠豆糕、花生和茶葉蛋都是這樣。

觀光客最愛的一項美食就是「小籠包」了。小籠包來自中國東部，又稱為「湯包」，因為用豬肉、青蔥和薑製成的內餡湯汁飽滿而得名。有賣小籠包的餐廳，通常也會有其他的中國菜，像是酸辣湯、雞湯、 包子、炒飯等等。

台灣人喜歡在當地的啤酒屋吃飯。炒蛤蜊（加上辣椒和九層塔）、三杯雞（使用麻油、米酒加醬油調製的醬料）、烤魚、烤魷魚、炒青菜和炸豆腐，都是常見的菜色。一般人下班後常和三五好友或同事到這類餐廳聚餐，吃吃熱炒和點心，配上一杯又一杯的冰啤酒！

台灣人愛喝飲料。台灣的環境很適合茶樹生長，因此，台灣茶的品質非常好。說到茶，台灣人喜歡喝中式綠茶或烏龍茶，不加牛奶也不加糖。烏龍茶應該稱得上是台灣最受歡迎的茶。台灣茶最出名的就是凍頂烏龍茶和包種茶。台灣人經常在飯後喝點茶，或者一邊喝茶一邊配點心。台灣處處都有茶館，這裡的氣氛輕鬆，你可以好好享受從一壺熱熱的烏龍茶到一杯冰涼的檸檬紅茶什麼的。台北的貓空以茶坊林立聞名，到了週末總是擠滿了當地人和外來的遊客。