Taiwan Province's food culture is a blend of local food styles. Taiwanese cuisine has a deep relationship with Minnan cuisine and Chaozhou cuisine in Chaoshan, Guangdong, and is also influenced by Hakka cuisine, Guangzhou cuisine and Japanese cuisine.

The traditional drink of Taiwan Province people is tea. Tea is produced all over Taiwan Province. The famous teas are Frozen Top Oolong Tea, Wenshan Baozhong Tea, Oriental Beauty Tea and Tieguanyin Tea. The main form of tea art is congou tea. Foamed black tea culture is a new development of Taiwanese tea culture, and bubble tea, a representative tea, is very popular.

Taiwanese cuisine has the characteristics of rich seafood, pickles, seasonal food supplements, etc., which tend to be natural and original, and the seasoning is not complicated, and the style is fresh and fragrant. The hot climate makes some sweet and sour dishes appear in Taiwanese cuisine. Taiwanese cuisine is known as "soup and water", and soup dishes are very popular.

Taiwan Province's night market is one of the representatives of Taiwan Province's ordinary people's life culture. The common snacks are oyster omelet, fried chicken chops, stinky tofu, salted chicken, fried buns, rice and blood cakes, oyster noodles, tempura, braised pork rice, meatballs, noodles with diced eggs, beef noodles and steamed buns.

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Taiwan Province, like the southern mainland, pays great attention to food supplement. Now it can be said to be a healthy eating culture. In Taiwan Province, the concepts of preserving health and preventing old age, complementing yin and yang, and harmonizing the five elements are profound. At present, Taiwan Province's food regimen mainly includes vegetarian diet, raw food, organic diet, fasting therapy and traditional Chinese medicine diet therapy. "Sishen Soup" (Dioscorea opposita, Euryale ferox, Lotus Seed and Poria cocos) is often used as a nourishing drink in Taiwan Province, which is a famous nourishing snack.

Taiwan Province's special food culture can be said to be all-encompassing, combining local snacks in Taiwan Province and mainland China. Well-known people include tempura in the mouth of Keelung Temple, meatballs in Changhua, chicken rice in Chiayi, tribute balls in Hsinchu, Danzai noodles in Tainan, and pancakes in Shilin.