I may dislike Taiwan to a certain extent, but I do sometimes miss the food. Beef noodles in particular! Well, I didn't pick the beef noodle option, but the food at this particular establishment is decent enough.

One thing I find really popular wherever I go though, is the bubble tea. Originally a Taiwanese drink that's in the form of milk tea with these balls, which are mixtures of tapioca and carrageenan powder so it has a slightly starchy feel, practically in every Asian country I'm in, I can find something similar, or some variants of the drink.

From Project 365 (v.2010)

Because this is taken with my phone, it's not really clear, but the balls in my tea are "bubbles" or "pearls" (depending on where you go and who you talk to). I've eaten way too many grossly mushy and tasteless "pearls", but these ones are pretty delicious.