Taiwanese Soups

The savory, spicy beef noodle soup is the national dish of Taiwan and the source of immense pride for the locals. The dish is an ideal winter comfort food, typically consisting of beef, broth, vegetables, noodles, and spices. Beef noodle soup has ... READ MORE

Taiwanese version of hot pot is eaten during the winter, and especially on cold and rainy days. It doesn't have a set recipe, but consists of a pot of broth and a variety of ingredients which are cooked in it, then dipped in the accompanying sauce... READ MORE

An authentic Taiwanese noodle dish called ô-á mī-sòa combines thin misua noodles with oysters in a thickened, savory soup. This noodle specialty typically consists of red misua noodles cooked in a broth, seasoned with ... READ MORE

Ginger duck is a nourishing duck soup infused with strong flavors of ginger and rice wine. It is believed that the dish originated in the Chinese province of Fujian, but today it is mainly associated with Taiwan, where it has become an incredibly ... READ MORE

Jiû-hî ke is a traditional soup based on cuttlefish. This dish is prepared with cuttlefish cooked with geng, which is a type of Hakka soup thickened with starch, in this case usually cornstarch or potato starch. The cuttlefish... READ MORE

Thought to have originated in China, sishen soup is a traditional dish prepared with a mixture of herbs, pig stomach, and lean pork or pork spareribs that are simmered together in water or pork stock. The soup is believed to have its roots in the ... READ MORE

This traditional Taiwanese dish is a simple, clear soup of cassava chunks and pork spareribs. Typical of aboriginal Taiwanese cuisine, the soup is usually seasoned with salt, pepper, and rice wine, and it also contains ingredients such as shallots... READ MORE