On-the-ground travel intel from R&K’s most trusted fixers. This week: a cheat sheet for visiting one of Asia’s most misunderstood cities, by celebrated Taiwanese-American food writer Clarissa Wei.
Taipei suffers from a peculiar kind of invisibility. Ask most travelers what they know about it and the answers tend to orbit the same few clichés: night markets, dumplings, tea. Maybe Taipei 101 if they’ve glanced at a guidebook. A place for cheap eats and late-night snacking, a quick add-on to a longer Asia itinerary. But that picture is no longer true—if it ever was in the first place.
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