Food Of Tainan

Tainan

Tainan is the oldest city in Taiwan and was the capital during imperial times. It is famous for its temples , historic buildings and snack food. The city is currently the fourth largest city on the island with a population over 760,000.


Like other Taiwanese cities, most people in Tainan, including taxi drivers, cannot speak English well (except for high school and college students), though some of the older gereration can converse in Japanese. However, to help visitors get around, there are free tri-lingual (Chinese, English and Japanese).

Food

Tainan is often known as "the City of Snacks" (小吃城). In addition to the wide variety of food available at night markets, the city also has an abundance of street vendors specializing in tasty and cheap dishes.
Tainan specialities are:
Coffin toast (棺材板 guan cai ban) - fried bread stuffed with various ingredients, such as chicken, beans, seafood, vegetables and milk-based sauces. Oyster omelette (蚵仔煎 o-a chen), Oysters and thin noodles (蚵仔麵線 o-a mi soa~), Rice cake (碗稞 wan-ke), Dan Dan Noodle(擔仔麵 dan zai mian), Elite Cake (狀元糕 Zhong yuan gao), Don't forget to try the shrimp rolls (zhou-shi) down along the canal! Incredible!

Drink
Pearl milk tea (珍珠奶茶, Zhen-Zhu Nai-Cha) is a must drink in Tainan. Look out for shops, where it is made directly to order! Dirty Rogers is an excellent small bar. Used to be very hip, still very good! Every Music imaginable. It's close to the Railway station at Dongmen Rd.




Food of Tainan