Although Taiwanese cuisine certainly has much to offer, there are times when we crave for a taste of home. From breakfast classics such as lugaw and tapsilog, to delicious viands like pork sisig, chicken inasal, and bulalo… the Filipino palate must be satisfied!
Fortunately, there are places in Taiwan that serve authentic Philippine cuisine. For overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), students, and visiting kababayans, we’ve gathered a list of restaurants where they can enjoy their favorite Pinoy snacks, dishes, and desserts.
Satisfy Your Cravings in These Filipino Restaurants
From Taipei to Kaohsiung, and across different parts of the country, you will find restaurants serving Philippine dishes. The following list includes fine dining restaurants, KTV bars, and eateries — all catering to the Filipino community in Taiwan.
Ate Marita’s Liang Mien (Cold Noodle) House
As the name says, Ate Marita’s Liang Mien (Cold Noodle) House serves liang mien (cold noodles), a traditional Taiwanese dish. At the same time, it also offers Philippine favorites like adobo, embutido, tapsilog, and more! The restaurant is owned by Marita Casuga Hsu from the Philippines, whose passion for cooking led her to establish a restaurant serving food from both countries.
Ate Marita’s Liang Mien (Cold Noodle) House is situated in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City. Aside from having a regular menu, the restaurant also offers “party” packages that include pansit, Filipino-style spaghetti, lumpiang gulay, cordon bleu, chopsuey, menudo, leche flan, and other dishes that may be requested by the customer.
Address: No. 49, Daren St, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 320
Telephone: +886 3 438 7939
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057537764155#
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Cres-Art Philippine Cuisine
Situated in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Cres-Art Philippine Cuisine was established in 1996… almost 30 years ago! It started out as a food stall in a department store, before moving to its own place on Zhongshan N. Road, and finally to its current location. The restaurant was established by Imelda Ching and her sister, Mirasol; they named it after their parents, Cresencia and Arturo.
Cres-Art Philippine Cuisine’s menu includes Pinoy favorites like arroz caldo, bopis, dinuguan, kaldereta, lumpiang shanghai, sinigang, pansit bihon, pork barbecue, and many other dishes. Interestingly, it is located in an area that is dubbed as “Little Manila,” since you will find several Filipino grocery stores and money remittance centers there. It is also near St. Christopher’s Church, where OFWs often gather every Sunday to attend mass.
Address: No. 17, Lane 43, Shuangcheng St., Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 104
Telephone: +886 2 2596 6713
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cres.art
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Kapuso Resto
At Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, another restaurant specializing in Philippine cuisine is Kapuso Resto. It serves different varieties of sinigang: pork sinigang, beef sinigang, shrimp sinigang, sinigang bangus… you name it, they have it! Here, you can also order dishes such as adobong pusit, buttered chicken, calamares, chopsuey, lechon kawali, pansit guisado, pork shanghai, pork sisig, etc.
Address: 320, Taiwan, Taoyuan City, Zhongli District, Heping St.
Telephone: +886 3 427 3325
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kapusoresto?mibextid=ZbWKwL
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Karinderya TW
At Guishan District, Taoyuan City, there’s a place that reminds us of neighborhood eateries back home… in a comfy restaurant setting. We’re talking about Karinderya TW, which opens every Tuesday to Sunday, from 8:00 am to 11:30 am, and from 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
Karinderya TW offers Pinoy dishes like goto, pansit bihon, palabok, tapsilog, tokwa baboy, beef kaldereta, beef kare-kare, and much more. For dessert, you can order their special halo-halo, mais con yelo, leche flan, bibingkang malagkit, and ube biko with yema. Yum!
Address: No. 168, Nanshang Rd, Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 333
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089063010419
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Lechon Deli
In the Philippines, birthdays, weddings, fiestas, and other special occasions would not be complete without lechon. Thankfully, at Zhongli District, Taoyuan, there’s a restaurant that serves this popular dish… with unlimited rice and soup, too!
Aside from roasted pig, Lechon Deli offers other pork dishes such as pork sinigang, tokwa baboy, pork sisig, and crispy pata, to name a few. For seafood lovers, there’s bangus sisig, daing bangus, rellenong bangus, sinigang ulo ng tuna, fried tilapia, and calamares.
In addition, for those who need a place to celebrate, Lechon Deli can accommodate up to 80 people, offering a variety of food packages and unlimited rice, served buffet-style!
Address: 2nd flr. No. 112, Zhongyang E Rd, Zhongli District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Telephone: +886 930 968 121
Email: lechondeli@gmail.com
Website: https://lechondeli.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lechondeli/
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Tribu Grill Bistro
For Pinoys in Nanzi District, Kaohsiung, there’s a Filipino Resto-KTV and Bistro in town: Tribu Grill Bistro! The menu includes bicol express, fried daing bangus, garlic butter shrimp, longganisa, pinapaitan, pork sinigang, sizzling sisig, and much more! All kabayans are welcome to enjoy food, drinks, and lots of singing!
Address: #61 Dexian Road, Nanzi District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Telephone: +886 976 829 095
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/TRIBU-GRILL-Bistro-Taiwan-61554423149062/
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Vince’s Eatery Kaohsiung
Also situated in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung City, is a Filipino restaurant that certainly “feels like home.” Vince’s Eatery offers a wide selection of silog meals: tapsilog, tocilog, chicksilog, porksilog, longsilog, hotsilog, and fishsilog! Diners can also choose from bestsellers like buttered shrimp, crispy pata, liempo, pork sisig, lumpia shanghai, bulalo, special pares, and Batangas lomi.
Vince’s Eatery Kaohsiung is open everyday at these hours:
- Thursday to Tuesday — 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
- Wednesday — 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
Address: No. 68, Dexin St, Nanzih District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 811
Telephone: +886 902 327 357
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VinceEatery/
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Wow Litson Manok & Inasal
This restaurant is known as the first Filipino restaurant to offer Filipino-style lechon manok in Chungli City, Taoyuan — where it opened in June 2011. Today, Wow Litson Manok & Inasal operates branches in Chungli City, Taipei, and Taichung.
Other than its signature lechon manok, the restaurant serves bulalo, lechon belly, pork sisig, dinuguan, lumpia shanghai, and many more. Customers also love their shaved ice refreshment, which comes in ube langka, coco-taro, buko pandan, and coffee jelly flavors!
Furthermore, the restaurant has a “Wow Bakery Corner” that features ube cheese pandesal, ensaymada, cinnamon rolls, etc.
Address: No. 51, Lane 1, Nong’an St, Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10460
Telephone: +886 980 318 828
Email: wowlitsonmanok@yahoo.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowlitsonmanok
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