Hello people, I was wondering what are top 10 things pro and cons about moving to Taiwan
Iāll start.
Pros
No coronavirus
Cons
- Coronavirus
Is this your homework or something?
In no particular order:
Pros:
- Convenience (but only in cities)
- Safety
- Healthcare
- Cost of living
- Infrastructure
- Culture
- Nature
- Fruits
- Food
- People
Cons:
- Weather (mainly humidity)
- Pay
- Job opportunities
- Traffic
- Pollution
- Crowded
- Threats from China
- Language hard to master
- Diversity
- Hard to get citizenship
That had me laughing out loud.
When I saw your quote, I genuinely had to scroll up to see which list @quandary had put those two items inā¦
My food experience in KHH has been consistently awful*. Not just restaurants and street food, but grocery store options as well. Iāve heard things are better in Taipei, so perhaps @quandary lives in a part of Taipei with good food options?
*edit: except arkansas diner, one restaurant in nanzhi, and one meal in the new marriott. so thatās 5 good meals and everything else mediocre or worse, nothing amazeballs
Itās a weird thing. I never get how people rave about the food in Taiwan. And fecking night markets. The food is FAMOUS!
Just because you and your mama like oyster omelets, dirty fried chicken and rotten tofu, doesnāt mean itās FAMOUS.
dirty fried chicken
Oh you crossed a line there. Taiwanās fried chicken is legit!!
oyster omelets
i donāt understand how people can eat this anywhere TBH
Taiwanās fried chicken is legit!!
there is a spectrum, from dirty to legit
rotten tofu
changsha chodoufu took me a few tries to develop a taste, and now everything else is a sad imitation. if you ever head to the mainland, the city of changsha is worth a food stop
if food is so far my least favourite thing about moving to taiwan (or at least, greatest disappointment), i guess my uninspired top pro is convenience
if food is so far my least favourite thing about moving to taiwan (or at least, greatest disappointment), i guess my uninspired top pro is convenience
I agree. The food is shit. Convenience is great. Being able to shop at a supermarket 24/7 is brilliant. Socialized medicine is also a major bonus.
Surprising that weāve had such different experiences with Taiwanese food in KHH. Curious though which restaurant it was in Nanzi that you enjoyed?
Surprising that weāve had such different experiences with Taiwanese food in KHH
could be reasons for it. my first overseas posting was hunan and my last overseas posting was thailand, so if you donāt like flavourful food there is a palate difference (maybe you just really like plain food? are you british perhaps?). also i havenāt been here long, and i live outside of the city core at present so my options have been limited (maybe iāve just been unlucky?).
for grocery stores, i havenāt been to a wet market yet and iām hoping there is better variety of fresh vegetables there. the PX mart and carrefour have so far been quite disappointing. do you know a good place to shop for fresh ingredients? it seems none of the restaurants i go to can find anything except cabbage cabbage cabbageā¦
Curious though which restaurant it was in Nanzi that you enjoyed?
dumpling place with cold sides that you can help yourself to, they do a mean beef roll. i understand it is a chain, the location i went to had parking around the corner and two floors. the name is something in chinese, both times i was taken there
Lol, not British no. I havenāt been to Hunan, but spent some time in Guangzhou and Thailand and yes, Thai food is on another level, Iāll give you that. Taiwanese food can be really, really good too, just much harder to find. I will admit that I waded through a lot of garbage to find the good places to eat. That and a Taiwanese wife who is an amazing cook helps.
I know the restaurant that you are referring to. YangBaoBao (ę„åƶåƶ) It started as a tiny little stand in a traditional market a couple of minutes away from where it is now. It was just a couple of older ladies with a few of those cheap tables and plastic chairs but was so good and so popular that they had to expand. They started with the one side of the building and had to buy the unit next door to expand because they were so busy.
There is another spot not far from there that is pretty good too and the owners are really nice. They sell their version of GongBao Chicken. ꦮęå®®äæéäøé£Æ No. 57-7, Lane 190, Nanzixin Rd, Nanzih District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 811 Nothing super special, just simple and good.
If you were looking for a good sit down restaurant I would recommend Tan Zuo Ma Li
For fresh vegetables, I would generally shop at the morning markets. They pop up all over, but that is where you would find the freshest produce/fruit/meat - itās where the majority of the locals shop.
could be reasons for it. my first overseas posting was hunan and my last overseas posting was thailand, so if you donāt like flavourful food there is a palate difference (maybe you just really like plain food? are you british perhaps?). also i havenāt been here long, and i live outside of the city core at present so my options have been limited (maybe iāve just been unlucky?).
As another data point, the last place I lived prior to coming here was also Thailand, so that had a definite effect on my relative opinion of food here ( >> ).
Thai food is way superior to the food here. And I hate coconut and coriander!
donāt understand how people can eat this anywhere TBH
Youāre missing out.
Also oyster soup.
Also fried oysters.
All the good stuff.
Thai food is way superior to the food here. And I hate coconut and coriander!
I actually stayed above a Taiwanese restaurant in Chiang Mai for several months and walked past it a couple of times a day.
Wasnāt tempted. Not even once.
a Taiwanese wife who is an amazing cook helps
Yes, that might be the difference!
YangBaoBao
Yes, thatās the place!
their version of GongBao Chicken
Iāve been to Sichuan a few times, their version is really good!
All the good stuff.
I donāt eat anything from the water, more for those who do
My wife makes the best Gong Bao chicken. Itās FAMOUS!
I make the best San Bei Ji.
Both WAY better than anything Iāve had in a restaurant/FAMOUS night market stall.
I think weāve given the kid enough material on Thai food for his homework - time to close the thread?