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The 10 Best Gift & Specialty Shops in Taipei, Taiwan
You can eat very well—and very cheaply—in Taipei. The restaurants may not look posh, but the quality of the food is superlative. And there’s a huge variety of restaurants—in addition to local Taiwanese specialties, you’ll find regional cuisines from all over China, as well as great Indian, Japanese and even Italian options. Just make sure to leave some room for snacks—street-vendor food here is addictive.
Restaurants in Taipei
1. Royal Bakery-Hotel Royal Taipei
2. Li zhi Bing Jia
3. Eslite Bookstore Dunhua
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 231 reviews
Taiwan's largest and only 24-hour bookstore, Eslite Dunhua spans five floors featuring a 300,000-plus inventory of books, CDs, DVDs, clothing, gift items, and tea, plus a cafe on the 2nd floor.\n
4. Linhuatai Tea Shop
5. Eslite Bookstore - Xinyi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 344 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
Eslite is a celebrated bookstore that is more than a bookstore. Apart from the Chinese collection, it has a wide range of foreign language books, including English books. It's a multistory venue. Apart from books, there's also a cafe and giftshop. If you feel the need for a good book late at night, don't worry, Eslite is open 24/7. By the way, if you like the look of a book, you can sit down and read it for a while.
6. Sunnyhills
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 391 reviews
Reviewed By Yv0nneSG - Singapore, Singapore
A relative bought this for us when she went Taiwan so I KIV this place and Chia Te. If possible, go to both places, they have different feel to it. Chia Te is very near the metro (nanjing sanmin) while Sunny Hills is quite a long walk away. Chia Te is more like the typical bread/pastry shop, crowded, everything is out on display while Sunny Hills was more like a premium spa. If you have never heard of this brand and walked past their outlet, you’ll never be able to guess that they sell pineapple tarts. You’ll be greeted at the door by a staff who’ll invite you to have a cup of tea and try their pineapple tart. It’s a very nice experience. The pineapple tarts here cost about NTD 41 each while those at Chia Te costs NTD 30 each. The packaging of Sunny Hill’s looks more minimalistic and chic and will appeal more to youngsters. Since we came all the way to Taiwan, we bought from both brands! Chia Te’s pineapple tarts come in more funky flavors (original/cranberry/cherry/plum/walnut etc) while Sunny Hill only comes in the original flavour and offers tester (must-try for their experience). I couldn’t find the weight of both tarts for comparison so hope this info is useful for you. Both weighs 50g! Disclaimer: Weight is inclusive of respective individual packaging, mine is a luggage scale so it may not be super accurate. Remember to bring your passport if you’re buying a substantial amount to bring abroad. There’s tax refund (not sure how much). We didn’t think of that.
7. Wistaria Tea House
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 81 reviews
Reviewed By claudiakV4491YB
The Wistaria teahouse is a real treasure in the Taipei Tea Scene. The first step into the small courtyard with the Koi pond and the green plante takes you already out of big City Stress and into the calm atmosphere of tea. There was no free space in the tatami room, so we stayed in the room with tables and chairs. It's a beautiful room with a strong positive atmosphere. One tea in the menu was more appealing than the next - which made the choice real hard. An interesting Pu er selection, cliff teas and of course different kinds of Oolongs were waiting to be discovered. We decided to go first with the aged Shui Xian. If you don't know about tea preparation, the stuff is going to introduce you. We had about 11 brews of that tea and it was still tasty. With every brew the charcoal taste vanished and fruity notes appeared. Good choice for cold days or to find relief from running thoughts. Second we chose a Pu er: Tze Ping (2003). What to say about... ?! The tea was calming, surprisingly fresh in taste, wonderful honeyredbrown colour. The tea made my whole body smile. I had never found so much Qi in any Pu er as in this one. Thank you, Wistaria, for this perfect afternoon. We will come back!
8. Chia Te
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 132 reviews
Reviewed By ditbul
People said if there's a long queue when you want to buy pineapple cake here. but when i came here the quaeue seems so normal and the employees worked in the fast pace. this place is reall easy to find. just take MRT to ST. Nanjing Sanmin and take exit 2. you just go straight maybe 1-2 minutes walking. they sell manny variant of pineapple cake, cookies, pia, nougat, etc.. a perfect place to buy gift from taiwan
9. 來好 LAI HAO Taiwan Gift Shop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 89 reviews
Lai Hao is a Taiwan gift shop selling various Taiwan style gifts and souvenirs. By developing and searching diverse high-quality Taiwan products, we hope more people know about Taiwan and discover the beauty from the island. The fusion of old and new Taiwan culture has always been the core value of Lai Hao. Instead of using repetitious symbol, which you will often see in the ordinary souvenir shop, as the only way to convey Taiwan image, we try to combine retro elements and objects and demonstrate “New Taiwan Aesthetics” We attempt to not only rebuild the confidence of M.I.T quality, but also enhance the overall evaluation of Taiwan products. Taiwan has way been difficult in its diplomatic relationships. By introducing different aspects of Taiwan culture from our products, we look forward to redefining Taiwan style gifts and souvenirs; furthermore, acting as an important bridge between Taiwan and the world.
10. inBlooom Dadaocheng I
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 39 reviews
inBlooom is a designer's printed fabric brand based in Taiwan. The store at No. 28, Minle St. is the main store of the brand. Which has the most complete products series in stock. Besides, there is another shop called "inBlooom Second Shop" at nearby, which sell more selected products by inBlooom. Highly suggest people go to both of these two shops to get the completely shopping experience of inBlooom.
