{
  "source": "Taiwan Eats",
  "generatedFor": "human pages and the forthcoming recommendation agent",
  "count": 2,
  "guides": [
    {
      "id": "night-market-how-to",
      "url": "/guides/night-market-how-to",
      "markdownUrl": "/guides/night-market-how-to.md",
      "title": "How to eat at a Taiwanese night market",
      "summary": "The unwritten rules — cash, queues, stools, and how not to block a fryer — so a night market feels like dinner instead of an obstacle course.",
      "audience": "Visitors heading to a night market for the first time",
      "coversCities": [
        "Taipei"
      ],
      "relatedDishes": [
        "stinky-tofu",
        "bubble-tea",
        "lu-rou-fan"
      ],
      "faq": [
        {
          "question": "Do Taiwanese night markets take credit cards?",
          "answer": "Some stalls do, many still prefer cash or a local QR wallet. Carry small bills. A stall with a long line is the wrong place to discover your card does not work."
        },
        {
          "question": "How do I order if I do not speak Mandarin or Taiwanese?",
          "answer": "Point at the food, hold up fingers for quantity, and nod. Photo menus are common. Learn please and thank you if you can; you will not need a full sentence for a paper tray of tofu."
        },
        {
          "question": "What should I not do at a night market?",
          "answer": "Do not stop in the lane to film, do not sit at a stall’s stools if you bought food elsewhere, and do not expect every famous stall to be the best thing you eat that night."
        }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "first-time-taipei",
      "url": "/guides/first-time-taipei",
      "markdownUrl": "/guides/first-time-taipei.md",
      "title": "What to eat in Taipei on your first two days",
      "summary": "A practical eating order for a first landing in Taipei — breakfast shops, a lunch bowl, one dumpling steamer, and a night market you can actually finish.",
      "audience": "First-time visitors with two days in Taipei",
      "coversCities": [
        "Taipei"
      ],
      "relatedDishes": [
        "beef-noodle-soup",
        "lu-rou-fan",
        "xiaolongbao",
        "stinky-tofu",
        "bubble-tea"
      ],
      "faq": [
        {
          "question": "What should a first-time visitor eat in Taipei?",
          "answer": "Do breakfast at a soy-milk shop, lunch on lu rou fan or beef noodle soup, one sit-down steamer of xiaolongbao, and one night market — Raohe if you want a single lane, Shilin if you want the famous sprawl."
        },
        {
          "question": "Do I need restaurant reservations in Taipei?",
          "answer": "Not for the food this guide is about. Lunch shops, night markets, and dumpling houses take walk-ins. Reservations matter for tasting menus and a few celebrity kitchens, which you can skip on a first visit."
        },
        {
          "question": "Can I eat well in Taipei if I do not eat pork?",
          "answer": "Yes, with more pointing and a few gaps. Beef noodle soup, chicken rice, seafood, and vegetarian buffet shops (su-shi) will carry you. Lu rou fan will not."
        }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-09-11"
    }
  ]
}