Japanese and Chinese cultures have profound influences on Taiwanese foods. Many Taiwanese restaurants feature large tanks of live shrimps, lobsters, crabs and fish, from which gourmets may choose their favorite.
Taiwanese soups feature mostly seafood, including shark's fin, squids and clams.
Seasonings are mild and sweet compared with other cuisines. Taiwan has foods coming from all around the world, from Japanese sushi to Mexican Taco , from Chinese Egg roll to Italian pizza , from Cantonese Dim Sum to American foods like hamburger and apple pie. In Taiwan, you can find almost every American fast-food chain stores, and a majority of their customers are kids and young people. It's Taiwan where you could find the foods prepared by a stand at a night market as delicious as the foods you just had at a five-star restaurant.