Have you tried everything in Taipei?

Sit at a zǎocān diàn, order the same egg crepe combo regulars have ordered for decades.

Hu Jiao Bing baked in a clay oven at Raohe Night Market, worth the legendary line.

Gelatinous ô-á-chiáⁿ with sweet-savory sauce, a comfort food that confuses first-timers.

Visit on the 1st or 15th of the lunar month like locals seeking fortune, not a photo op.

Pass elderly locals doing tai chi and calisthenics under trees before the city heats up.

Follow the bike path to the rivermouth where couples watch the sun drop with snacks in hand.

Locals dodge outright refusal to save face, so a vague maybe usually means a polite no.

Pay a bill, grab a hot lunch, and sit in the corner seating with students cramming for exams.

Learn xièxiè (syeh-syeh) and use it after every stall purchase, not just once.

Climb pre-dawn through sulfur fumaroles for a sunrise view locals treat as routine.

Explore this former illegal hillside settlement turned studio maze, hand-painted murals included.

Catch the streetball courts along the river where locals play under floodlights long after dinner.