Indonesia has a deep presence in Taiwan, yet its cuisine remains surprisingly unfamiliar to many diners. This guide traces a gentle path from familiar flavors to deeper regional dishes, revealing how Indonesian food is slowly finding its place on Taiwan’s tables.
Often seen as hard to define, Taichung’s food scene is shaped by constant turnover, shifting formats, and a strong appetite for novelty. Yet beneath the churn, long-standing street foods and regional flavors reveal a resilient, quietly distinctive culinary identity.
A reform meant to streamline life for foreign residents has instead exposed lingering gaps in Taiwan’s digital and administrative systems. Many services still fail to recognize the new ID numbers.
A nostalgic, slow-travel journey around Taiwan via its conventional rail network reveals fading towns, cultural landmarks, and resilient communities, offering a glimpse into the island’s evolving rural landscape and enduring railway heritage.
In Taiwan, where preserving historic buildings is uncommon, a new generation of distinctive lodgings is redefining the travel experience—military housing turned group retreat, a literati garden estate, a Kaohsiung family home-turned-hostel, and a presidential hideaway reborn as a boutique hotel.
Few dishes embody a region’s history and identity like Chiayi’s Turkey Rice (嘉義火雞肉飯), a humble yet iconic dish rooted in Taiwan’s postwar turkey farming boom. This flavorful blend of shredded turkey, steamed rice, and gravy perfectly captures the city’s rich culinary heritage.
Taiwan has made significant strides in e-waste recycling, achieving an impressive recycling rate of approximately 85.9% for discarded electronics, potentially the highest in the world. As the country braces for a surge in battery waste due to the rise of electric vehicles, experts emphasize the need to enhance local recycling capabilities and reduce reliance on imported processing, highlighting both environmental and strategic benefits of recycling lithium from end-of-life batteries.
Breezing through the lush landscapes and historic towns from Taipei to Pingtung is an unforgettable road trip and a chance to see Taiwan unlike ever before. For roadtrippers seeking adventures beyond Taiwan’s major attractions, Provincial Highway 3 offers a bagful of fresh sights. This 436.3 km-long route links central Taipei with southeastern Pingtung City via…
The island’s universities are often overlooked landmarks, home to captivating and historic displays that mix educational prestige and cultural depth. High-quality education tops the priority list for Taiwanese people. But despite the value placed on learning, the actual campuses where learning takes place attract comparatively little attention – non-students usually set foot on school grounds…
As rising sea temperatures and human activities threaten biodiverse aquatic ecosystems, safeguarding Taiwan’s coral reefs becomes paramount to ensuring environmental resilience. Surrounded by water as far as the eye can see, Taiwan has oceanic views as breathtaking below the surface as they are above – or at least they used to be. Once known as…
