Taipei: Your First Day Food Tour With Locals & 12+ Tastings

This is a great tour for getting oriented to the local cusine of Taipei. Our guide Dave did a great job of introducing us to the culture and history of the area and gave us some great recommendations for our time here. He was very accommodating to our food preferences as well whenever he could be. I would definitely recommend this tour to any first time visitors who want a fun and relaxing activity to help them learn about a new city.

the guid was great, fun and interesting!!!

The food was delicious and Erin was a fabulous guide. Highly recommend!

Great food tour, left feeling full with good variety. My guide Erin was really nice and informative the entire time too! I enjoyed all the different types of nibbles and ate everything.

Erin was an excellent tour guide. She made this experience great

Eric was a great host! Personable and knowledgeable

Dave and Annie were absolutely charming. The food selections were extremely well thought out to include a huge number of traditional and Taiwan-specific specialties while focusing on items you want to go back and get again. They also gave us some history and took us into a Temple and explained the protocol which was super helpful. They were both enthusiastic about the food, giving us cute stories from their childhoods. They finished by asking us what else we’d like to know and sharing a wealth of recommendations with us. We’ve been on food tours all over the world from Vietnam to Sweden and I’ve enjoyed them all, but this was my favorite because of the mix of the tour, the food selections and the hosts personalities.

One of the best food tours I’ve ever joined! Dave was an exceptional guide, effortlessly bilingual in English and Mandarin, warm, and deeply knowledgeable. Instead of just hopping between stops, he brought Taiwanese culture, local history, and traditional culinary craftsmanship vividly to life. Every single tasting was delicious, the celebratory shot of local spirits at the end was such a fun touch, and leaving with a surprise pineapple cake souvenir was the cherry on top. An unmissable experience in Taipei!

Good experience. Guide thought parade that was on that night was a hinderance but we loved it. A mix of foods - only disappointment was some sweet food came in middle of savoury and as a western guest would have preferred all sweet at end of tour. Guide very helpful.

Very friendly communication guide

Delightful food tour. Erin our guide was sweet.

Dave was a great guide! Knowledgeable and kept us informed with history and context of all the locations, traditions and food. Lots of variety when it came to the food and nice brief periods of walking to different destinations. Good sized group as it gave an opportunity to get to know other travellers. Great for solo and couples.

This tour was perfect! We were able to try foods that we had on our list and some we didn’t! We did this the first night in Taipei, so it made it easier the rest of the trip to know what to try and where to go!

Dave was great Very friendly and informative

We sampled lots of interesting food and Dave was very friendly and knowledgeable. Great way to spend a few hours in Taipei.

Ava was a charming guide and did a wonderful job on her first solo tour, taking us around Taipei to try some of the best street food offerings the city has to offer. Everything we had was delicious! The gua bao was my personal favourite. The gifts at the end were lovely too.

Best food tour evar. Dave was fantastic, very knowledgeable and has great recommendations (even beyond what we ate on the day). All the stops were delicious and we had a great group!

Our guides were great! We got to experience a great handful of different foods that we wouldn’t have known to try! All were delicious! It was easy and our group was fun. Would do again!

Dave was excellent. Brought us through interesting neighborhoods, talked through some history, and of course the food! He gave us lots of other recommendations as well. We went on the tour our first day in Taipei which worked out great. Highly recommend.

Dave was amazing! He knows Taipei's food culture inside and out, and the tour was more than just food. Between tastings we stopped at temples and landmarks, and he was just as knowledgeable about those. He also had a fun little surprise near the end that I won't spoil. 😉 The short rib soup was the standout, absolutely to die for! At 3 hours, the tour felt like the right length, and with just 2 of us in the group it was much more personal than a big crowd would have been. The downside was the price: at $80, it felt too steep for the amount of food we got. I also wish we'd tried the dishes Taiwan is best known for abroad, like beef noodle soup and bubble milk tea. Still a great experience overall, and Dave made it worthwhile. Recommend!

Had a great time with Dave as a guide!

A great way to sample Taiwanese cuisine and meet new people! Erin was an amazing guide who explained everything well—highly recommend taking the tour with her!

Erin was an excellent tour guide! Lots of fun facts about the area we walked through and the food we tried. She made a great guide and the food was all delicious!

Great food walking tour. My favorite was the basil pancake

We had the most amazing time with Dave and Jessica today, they we so friendly and helpful. The tour was so fun, informative, so considerate and they went above and beyond for our group. Delicious and so fun, we would recommend to anyone. So helpful to rebook at no extra charge with the typhoon as well!

The food tour was a great time even during the typhoon weather! Erin was kind and extremely knowledgeable and even spoke several different languages which helped tremendously. The food ranged from sweet and savory to definitely interesting (pig blood gao, I believe it was). Overall, awesome stops at some cool snacks shops, the Love God temple and the night market to explore more local food was great

I booked last minute and was so glad I did! Thanks to Dave for such an amazing experience. I really loved the bun and the ice cream. Dave also brought us to several historical sites such as a Buddhist temple and gave us the context and history which was much appreciated. I would definitely so this tour again if I ever find myself in Taiwan again.

Erin was a great tour guide, very warm and friendly!

Nonstop eating for 3 hours! Great introduction to Taipei’s street food and markets. Guides were super friendly and informative. Loved it!

Great tour. Friendly and well informed guides.

Got to try a whole variety of foods on this tour that I wouldn’t have otherwise tried. Jessica was very nice and helpful in explaining all the food.

Highly recommend this tour. Jessica got us to try foods that I would not normally think to try. Stinky Tofu is one of them. It was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Great tour. Thank you

Had a great morning with Jessica. We tried lots of different local foods. Ones that I would t have tried unless I did the tour. Stinky Tofu was one of them which was not as bad as the name would have you believe. Local knowledge, local cuisine and walking around one of the older parts of Taipei was awesome.

Jessica was amazing! Such a great guide.

Nice tour, experienced a variety of street food options — including stinky tofu!

A nice tour with a friendly guide was the perfect first day for us on our stay in Taipei.

i had a great exprience during the tour, the tour guide (erin) did a great job showing us around di hua , we had a great time it was a wonderful exprience.

amazing time great way to start our trip. Our guides were incredibly knowledgeable, had a great sense of humor, and took us around a lot of hole in the wall spots we would have never tried otherwise

So fun! Will recommend anytime someone’s visiting

Dave, Ann and Erin were wonderful. I had a food allergy and everything was fine and I felt totally comfortable. Would recommend to anyone.

Get to see local culture and eat food wouldn’t normally try. The whole tour was well organised and great fun especially only having a small group of. Dave and Erin were totally professional it great fun as well.

We became very ill shortly before the tour so had to cancel. However Dave was very understanding and allowed us to transfer the tickets to friends. Our itinerary did not allow us to go. Our friends said the tour was amazing and a great way for them to start their Taipei journey and they loved the food

Dave and the two guides-in-training were fun to talk with and informative about the food and a bit of history. Would recommend this food tour if you’re just arriving in Taiwan and want a good overview, introduction, and sampling.

Dave was such a great guide for this food tour. He brought us around to show a good variety of food. He was responsive, helpful, and accommodating with the booking and meeting up.

Dave was a great tour guide and very informative

Dave was a wonderful guide! He was exceptionally accommodating to our sensitivities and needs. The tour visited many delicious spots with bits of local information in-between.

Dave was a fantastic guide and the tour was well paced and a lot of fun. Definitely come hungry as lots of great food to try. Dave was able to explain really well any anything we wanted to know about the many different dishes we saw. He also gave us a good overview of the area and answered all our questions like where are the best pepper pork buns, how to flag down a taxi and use the subway. Definitely the best thing to do on your first day in Taipei. It helps set you up for the rest of your holiday here.

As a solo traveler, I had a wonderful time exploring Taiwan’s food scene with Dave. He introduced the group to a variety of local dishes and shared interesting insights into the traditions and culture behind them. The evening time slot was perfect, and ending at a lively night market made the experience even more memorable. Dave was friendly, knowledgeable, and made me feel comfortable throughout the tour. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Taipei on their own!

The trip was excellent and well organized. Dave was knowledgeable and entertaining. He is eager and down to earth to share the hidden local food places. Please come hungry and be ready to get stuffed. Try to split whatever you can. We ended the tour with a small gift and drink!