Eat Recommendations
Late-night ramen, market kushikatsu, century-old shops — eating is the fastest way to travel.
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Illustrative Zhong Family Original Shanghai Pan-Fried Bun is a long-running snack stall in Taipei's Shilin Night Market, with more than 30 years of history, specializing in freshly wrapped and freshly pan-friedsheng jian baoin two flavors: cabbage and fresh pork. Each bun costs about NT$20, fried to a golden, crispy bottom while the filling stays juicy, beloved by loyal regulars and tourists alike. The stall opens at 15:00 and closes at 20:00, with Wednesdays off. Its Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition often fuels long queues, making it a coin-purse-friendly must-eat at Shilin Night Market.
Illustrative Lao-Dan A-Zhang Ba-Wan is a century-old snack shop on Chang-An Street in Changhua, near the train station, founded in 1948. It is known for the springy oil-bathed skin, the generous meat filling, and the side options of dragon-marrow-bone soup or free pork-bone broth, and famously appeared in the film 'You Are the Apple of My Eye', which still draws queues of tourists. The dish has also been served at state banquets and remains affordably priced — a must-eat when visiting Changhua.
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Illustrative →Xiang Ma Xiang La Spicy Hotpot
Xiang Ma Xiang La is an all-you-can-eat malatang hot pot restaurant in Tainan, featuring a self-serve bar with diverse meats, seafood, vegetables, and desserts. The restaurant operates in standard flagship stores and upgraded PLUS outlets inside department stores, the latter adding a live seafood zone, ice cream dessert area, and premium ingredient upgrade options. Prices vary by time slot and upgrade tier: weekday lunch around NT$858, dinner around NT$928, and holidays around NT$998, while upgrading to premium Wagyu and scallops runs NT$1,688. Dining duration is approximately two hours, plus service and cleaning fees.
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Illustrative →Taitung Tourism Info
The Twelve Kitchens buffet at Sheraton Taipei Hotel is seafood-forward, with more than thirty dishes spanning snow crab, horsehair crab, an array of sashimi, nigiri and a Thai-style seafood salad. The kitchen runs a 'no-surcharge menu upgrade' year-round, and during crab season guests can enjoy unlimited double-crab service. It is a top pick for diners who want a wide-ranging buffet with serious seafood credentials.
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Illustrative →Taitung Dining
Xu-Ji (Often jokingly 'Xu-Ji II') is the upscale Japanese buffet flagship of the Xiang-Bin group. Spacious, calm dining is organised around nine themed counters, each modelled on a famous restaurant. Prices for selected sessions were updated in 2026. The spread covers a broad sweep of Japanese cuisine — seafood, sashimi, made-to-order hot dishes — making it a top pick for celebrations, birthdays and anyone chasing Taiwan's most extensive Japanese buffet experience.
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Illustrative →Noble Family Mini Taitung County Branch
Noble Family mini at the Taitung County Government branch is the city's only budget all-you-can-eat steakhouse. For NT$299 guests get a main — beef, pork, chicken or mackerel steak — plus the buffet bar, while a NT$380 pure-buffet option skips the steak. No service charge is added, and the bar runs more than twenty items including salads, fruit, bread, cream soup, fried snacks, pizza and ice cream, refilled constantly. A solid pick for group dinners, class reunions and family meals.
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Illustrative →Hotel Royal Chihpen Taitung
Hotel Royal Taitung in the city centre pairs modern minimalist rooms with a popular late-night buffet. Non-guests can buy in for the 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. midnight buffet, which spans hot dishes, fried snacks, braised items, salads, bread and seasonal fruit. Adult pricing is about NT$350 plus 10 percent service, children around NT$200 plus service, while hotel guests can take a bed-and-two-meals plan covering breakfast and the late buffet. The bright, roomy restaurant suits families and friend groups looking for a value stay-plus-dine combo in Taitung.
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Illustrative →Naruwan Hotel Buffet
The atrium buffet café at the five-star Naruwan Hotel in Taitung City serves lunch and dinner buffets. The line-up leans premium: seafood and sashimi, fresh shrimp, Häagen-Dazs ice cream, made-to-order U.S. Prime beef steak, plus hot dishes, cold plates and desserts, with a children's play corner for families. Lunch is the more affordable sitting — dinner is roughly double, with a larger spread. Peak hours may involve queues, but the comfortable setting and genuine five-star buffet quality make it one of downtown Taitung's most worthwhile all-you-can-eat picks.
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