Taiwan News
Date: 2016-06-27
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer
There are a great many delicious snacks in Taiwan, and foreign visitors often have trouble 
ordering them at a Taiwanese restaurant, eatery or night market food stand. But don’t worry about it now because Taipei City’s Department of Information and Tourism has published a free online Chinese-English “bilingual menu of one hundred foods” to help foreigners and local food providers communicate with each other.
Visiting night markets is included in the itineraries of most foreigners travelling to Taiwan, but many of them cannot read Chinese menus, and most local waiters don’t know how to explain their dishes in English, causing a great deal of inconvenience. Even though some restaurants and eateries have their own Chinese-English menus, the translations differ from one store to another and differ from foreigners’ understanding, which makes the communication difficult.
Chien Yu-yen, Taipei Department of Information and Tourism commissioner, said that the publication of the menu is part of the preparation for the Summer Universiade in Taipei next year, when athletes and tourists from around the world will flock to the city. Therefore, the department has published an online Chinese-English menu of more than 100 popular local snacks and dishes with a photo for each item, and the downloading is free, Chien said. [FULL STORY]
