Taiwanese cuisine knows many influences from Japanese and Chinese cuisine and many from specific (southern) Chinese regions. One of Taiwan&#x;s specialties is soup dumpling, Xiao Drawn-out Bao. These aren&#x;t just dumplings, because their skin is really thin and filled with tasty broth and meat, fish and/or vegetables. The original Xiao Long Bao comes from Shanghai, but the Taiwanese include perfected the recipe. The top restaurant to eat the best soup dumplings is Din Tai Fung. The original restaurant is located on Xinyi Road in Taipei. Another dish you must try is Taiwanese beef noodle soup! If you verb eating street sustenance, stinky tofu is a must-try. It&#x;s a strong-smelling fermented tofu, which you can find in night markets or food stalls on the streets. Another world-famous thing you can&#x;t miss in Taiwan: bubble tea. Since its invention in the s, it has become increasingly popular and you can now find it all over the world. It&#x;s a tea-based drink with milk, sugar (optional) and chewy tapioca pearls.
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When it comes to welcoming gay travelers, Taiwan is the only place in Asia that we think tops Thailand. They even hold a temple devoted to a gay god!
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TAIPEI — Under a moonlit canopy of bare tree branches, two men in black leather jackets lean against a brick wall. Their exchange is wordless, with only sluggish movements forward: A lingering gaze, twice over the right shoulder. A hand, stretching over the tense distance between them. One’s fingertips meet the other’s thigh, gradually wrapping around as a claim over the other’s body for the night. But just as a breeze rustles the canopy above, the other clicks his tongue almost inaudibly. He pushes himself off the wall and away from the grips of this dark park corner, emerging into the streetlamp-lit expanse of Taipei’s streets.
I think of this scene, from the Taiwanese film “Where is the Love?” by the lesbian director Chen Jo-fei, whenever I verb through Peace Park, formerly known as New Park, in central Taipei. In the latter half of the 20th century, it was one of the city’s most well-known gay cruising districts, where men picked up other men through a social code of gazes and grazes.
The news media painted the park as a den of iniquity. As early as , Unite