{"id":131,"date":"2015-05-17T02:49:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T02:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themexlab.com\/buffalo\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2023-05-13T12:40:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T12:40:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taipeieats.com\/ja\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About Us<\/h1>\n

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Started in early 2015 by a pair of food-obsessed friends rediscovering the culinary masterpieces of their homeland, Taipei Eats’ goal is to offer curated English-language walking food tours that give visitors a “taste” of why Taipei has been called a foodie’s paradise by outlets such as CNN and Conde Nast Traveller. Our tours are geared towards authenticity, leading visitors to spots that local frequent. Through tasting recipes and hearing stories that have been passed down over generations, visitors will enjoy the Taipei that we love, and have come to call home.<\/p>\n

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Our Guides<\/h3>\n

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Tina<\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_align=”center” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”How’d you come to Taiwan?” tab_id=”1519380889043-2cef924b-e492″][vc_column_text]I grew up in Hong Kong, but I\u2019m Taiwanese. A few years ago I was doing a lot of travelling and going on food tours was my favorite way to explore new cities. I started spending more time in Taipei to be with my family, and after living here for a while I realised there wasn\u2019t a single good food tour here \u2013 a shame when there\u2019s so much amazing things to eat. I live near Yongchun market (the starting point of the Xinyi Tour) so essentially, leading Xinyi tour is like leading people around my \u2018hood![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Favorite Taiwanese food?” tab_id=”1519380889277-faa3ef2f-1d85″][vc_column_text]I have a severe obsession with shaved ice. I even go to random, middle-of-no-where places on the outskirts of Taipei just to try a place I\u2019ve heard about it. This summer I\u2019ve been eating them two times a day; its kind of disgusting. I document it all on our Instagram <a href=”https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taipeieats\/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>@taipeieats<\/a> \u2013 so you can see the proof for yourself.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Best tour memory?” tab_id=”1519380889525-6bcbb4c7-4e65″][vc_column_text]The stinky tofu shop we go to is pretty unique \u2013 it sells stinky tofu at a variety of levels. It begins at 10 and goes on to 12, 15, etc. We try a raw stinky tofu as part of the tour, but recently there was a group of friends from Hong Kong, and they didn\u2019t think the raw tofu wasn\u2019t that stinky, so they asked if there was anything stronger. The shop owner goes upstairs and fetches a jar; when she opened it, it stank up the entire shop. It looked like concrete mud. She warned us not touch the jar with our bare hands, or we\u2019d never get the smell out. So of course by this time the guy had already put his entire hands on the jar (Fun, but gross fact: the paste began to move in reaction to the body heat, because its alive). His hands smelled disgusting for the rest of the tour, and \u2013 as he told me later \u2013 even hours after.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1536826525832{padding-bottom: 15% !important;}” offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-0″][vc_single_image image=”1214″ img_size=”300×300″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle” css_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Mike<\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_align=”center” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”How’d you come to Taiwan?” tab_id=”1519379900415-a0fb7d0f-854d”][vc_column_text]I worked in finance before moving back and decided to take a breather and spend time with family \u2013 and then starting Taipei Eats. It\u2019s been quite a change \u2013 obviously, my job is a lot more fun now.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Favorite Taiwanese food?” tab_id=”1519379900556-e57d31dc-01b7″][vc_column_text]The mango here is amazing \u2013 all the fruit in general, actually. Random fact: The island mango we\u2019re known here is originally imported from Florida. It looks exactly the same as the Floridian variety, but the Taiwanese version is way sweeter and more fragrant. It\u2019s the best version of mango out there.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Best tour memory?” tab_id=”1519379900708-ca8abd6c-8ec3″][vc_column_text]Some of my favorite memories actually come from the vendors and locals we meet during the course of the tour \u2013 they have so much personality. Take the gua-bao vendor we go to: Her sister also owns a gua-bao stall in the south of the city that gets a lot of mentions in guidebooks, etc. But she says her sister\u2019s place got spoiled by the attention, and doesn\u2019t make anything from scratch anymore. All the loyal customers who really know how to eat now go to her. It sounds so cutting \u2013 but she says everything with a smile; in fact, she smiles all the time \u2013 so I\u2019m not sure how she really feels about it. She also smiles all the time.<\/p>\n

Also, the stinky tofu shop we take people to serves a raw tofu that resembles a soft cheese: and there are actually local wine clubs in the city that come to have meetings at the stinky tofu shop \u2013 pairing wine with the raw stinky tofu![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1536826461431{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;background-color: #f6f6f6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1536826531929{padding-bottom: 15% !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”2902″ img_size=”300×300″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle” css_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Nathascha<\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_align=”center” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”How’d you come to Taiwan?” tab_id=”1519380765954-8ca39e3a-9a7f”][vc_column_text]I am half Taiwanese and half German, so I was born in Taipei and raised in Germany.\u00a0After graduating university and freelancing for a while I decided to move back to Taiwan in summer 2017. The reason for that was that I wanted to get to know more of the country I was born in. Now I feel more at home than ever![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Favorite Taiwanese food?” tab_id=”1519380766150-2b283cb3-eb83″][vc_column_text]This is pretty hard! But I would say Beef noodle soup and dumplings are under my top 10… oh and also Taiwanese style fried chicken.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Favorite Taipei past time?” tab_id=”1519380766344-4025247e-4dff”][vc_column_text]I\u2019m really in love with Taipei\u2019s skyline. So relaxing on a rooftop or hiking up e.g. Elephant mountain to enjoy the view is one of my favorites. I am always looking for new places to enjoy the wide view on the city![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1536826537656{padding-bottom: 15% !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3104″ img_size=”300×300″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle” css_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Sophia<\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_align=”center” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”How’d you come to Taiwan?” tab_id=”1519366335214-8fc1d571-3545″][vc_column_text]Hi lovely people! I\u2019m Sophia Jen from Taiwan, I born in Hsinchu where in the middle North of Taiwan. Because Hsinchu is a wind city, so you can try the BEST pork ball and rice noodles in the whole world!! Sharing food is my favorite thing in my life, if I have one price of cookie, I will share to someone and that feels more yummy! So join the tour with me will be SUPER FUN![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Favorite Taiwanese food?” tab_id=”1519366335270-eb25f76e-0aeb”][vc_column_text]As an nature lover, I enjoy hiking a lot. There are plenty of mountains with hiking tracks in Taipei City. For example, the Elephant Mountain and the Yangmingshan National Park. You can enjoy abundance of natural beauty and photogenic scenery while reaching the peaks.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]My fav dish is my dad\u2019s homemade braised Beef soup! Be my friend and you might have chance to try it! haha[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Favorite Taipei past time?” tab_id=”1519366427706-858f9841-e083″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

At the night time, Taipei city is very beautiful, me and my friends usually hike up to the elephant mountain and see the night view up there, the nice breeze on my face and share stories and cherish the good time with friends are my fav activity! If you love food and don\u2019t want to try tourists stuff, join us! We will take you to the secret Taiwan local places!!<\/div>\n

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Diego<\/h6>\n

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I have lived in Taipei for more than 3 years. I find out that Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan, so we do have more options for food here and also the lifestyle is more easily to fit in. Here in Taipei located the best food shops, night markets, and also best bars. Besides, the education is more advanced.<\/div>\n

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For food, I do love the oyster omelet because it\u2019s super local and I can choose my own sauce. Texture is crispy which I love, and it has oysters, vegetables and eggs in it.<\/div>\n
For drink, I\u2019m obsessed with the pearl milk tea. Once you come to Taiwan, you definitely need to try it.<\/div>\n

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