18 regional dishes covered across Taiwan, each with the canonical version and where to eat it, city by city.

Ba wanMain course · TaipeiBeef noodle soupSoup · TaipeiBubble milk teaMain course · TaipeiBubble tea is a Taiwanese tea drink, most often black or green milk tea with tapioca pearls, and two tea rooms claim to have invented it in the 1980s.Danzai noodleMain course · TaipeiGua baoMain course · TaipeiGua bao is a pork belly bun: red-cooked pork belly with pickled mustard greens, coriander and ground peanuts in a folded, steamed lotus leaf bun.Iron eggMain course · TaipeiLu rou fanMain course · TaipeiMango shaved iceMain course · TaipeiMango snowflake ice is shaved ice served with fresh mango; Smoothie House bills itself as the original Yongkang Street mango snowflake ice shop.Oyster omeletteBreakfast · TaipeiPepper bunMain course · TaipeiPineapple cakeDessert · TaipeiPineapple cake (fengli su) is a Taiwanese pastry of pineapple filling in a thin golden shell, and one of the top-selling souvenirs in Taiwan.Salt and pepper chickenMain course · TaipeiSesame oil chicken soupSoup · TaipeiHot soy milk and youtiao breakfastBreakfast · TaipeiSoy milk, sweet or salty, is a popular Taiwanese breakfast, eaten with youtiao fried dough sticks, which can also be stuffed into shaobing flatbread.Stinky tofuMain course · TaipeiStinky tofu is fermented tofu with a pungent smell and a mild savory taste, most often deep-fried and served with chili or soy sauce at night markets.Three-cup chickenMain course · TaipeiXiaolongbaoMain course · TaipeiCong you bing scallion pancakeDessert · TaipeiCong you bing is a Chinese savory flatbread of wheat dough layered with scallions and oil, then pan-fried to give crisp edges and a chewy texture.