Where can I find restaurants that have protein (meat or seafood) and vegetable based options? It seems everywhere is either vegan/vegetarian or very carb/fried focused. Are there any create your own salad/bowl type restaurants that offer meat and vegetable options?
Hot pot is actually a great option for this. There’s not as much carbs, and can be easily omitted.
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Keto threads here have some restaurant suggestions and other ideas for eating meat n veggie.
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Any hot pot places you recommend?
I saw threads with food recommendations, but I’m looking for specific restaurants. There was one that was promising in a keto threat, but unfortunately closed now. Do you know of any?
Not all you can eat but they give good value.
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What about the POKE bowl shops. I think they have decent amount of protein.
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Any suggestions of poke places?
I just typed poke in Google Maps and got a bunch of places. But we have no idea where you are. If you’re in Kaohsiung I’d feel silly telling you there are two poke places near me in Danshui.
Poke bowls usually sit on a bed of rice.
I avoid poke bowls if just wanting meat and vegetables
In what city/county?
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Sorry I thought I included Taipei in the initial question!
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Taipei (central districts)
There are a few good steak houses that should fit the bill. Robin’s Grill at the Regent has a salad buffet and their steaks are decent.
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You can ask for absolutely no rice in all Poke places. However, the protein portions are usually tiny. And by that I mean, a spoonful of tofu or half an egg for vegetarians. Or four shrimps for non-vegetarians. 
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Poke is everywhere now, easy to say no rice/noodle.
If you don’t kind paying more, vegetables and meat are the real costs. Rice and noodles are filler. So expect to either pay more or get less full for thebsame price. Loads of salad type places popping up everywhere as well. Just veg and meat.
Or, go traditional. Lunchbox are exactly thus. It’s completely normal to just buy veggies and meat, so rice at a lunch box shop. Probably your best value and variety. Though things are nearly always cooked to the extreme, won’t get raw salad style there.
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Yea you can certainly buy lunchboxes without rice, but expect to need 3 lunchboxes because it won’t be a filling meal. I think there are lunchbox places where they allow you to take veggies for less compared to main courses, but veggies are not filling at all. Some veggies like cabbage are pretty good at being a filler, and still fairly low carb. They’re also fairly cheap too.
If you can cook at home you can make cabbage soup and such.
Yes. Cheap filler, is indeed cheap. It’s mind blowing so many people don’t comprehend this reality. Probably partly why so many people are so obese. The body is nutritionally starving whilst they are eating copious amount of filler and we need bigger digestive organs to handle mass quantities of crap to obtain the smaller levels of nutrition we actually need.
On our way to being cows…
One can also work hard, like they did to get big, to get small. Taiwan even has whole classes and get aways to shrink ones stomachs. Unfortunately they tend to be very much religious/cult like get aways. But the point ain’t wrong. Spend the same amount on nutrition, and avoid excessive expansion like 5 bowls of white rice.
Eggs, if you got ways to boil water, eggs are dirt cheap now, and is a great source of protein. Egg prices have fallen under 30nt per jin.
Indeed, that is one source of pretty dense nutrition. 8 tea eggs at 711 (already expensive at 10 each) vs 1 microwave sauce chemical goop on rice at 711 for the same price +/-. I would argue the former is not only less toxic but also more satisfying and long lasting. People are just bad at math