你愛台灣嗎？你知道我們住的地方有種魔力，能讓許多外國朋友千里迢迢的跑到台灣！
猜猜看是什麼原因，讓Ian愛上台灣，快點來看看這篇文章！
What is one reason that every foreigner loves living in Taiwan ? It’s one of the same reasons Taiwanese people love living in Taiwan . We love to eat Taiwanese food.
In Canada we rarely go out for dinner because it is not very convenient. It is also very expensive unless you want to eat McDonald’s every day. They made a movie, “Super-size Me”, about eating McDonald’s every day, and it doesn’t look very healthy. (They put a McDonald’s advertisement in our elevator, but to be honest I haven’t seen one person from our company buy it!)
However, in Taiwan you can eat out every day, and it’s not too expensive or unhealthy. In fact, I have not cooked a meal since I moved to Taiwan 11 months ago. I eat out every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
A lot of the time I eat at restaurants around my office because that is where I spend most of my time. In the morning I love to visit the 蛋餅 and 豆漿 (soybean milk) shop just outside of 大安 station. I usually get the same thing all the time: 2 蛋餅 and a glass of warm soybean milk.
There’s also a nice lady who sells fruit and vegetarian sandwiches. She says “Good morning” to me every time I walk past.
Lunch and dinner are a little more exciting. For lunch there are so many good places to eat around the office. One of my favorite places is just beyond the breakfast store I visit most mornings. We call it “The Red Brick Place” because the walls at the front of the store are all made of red brick, but I think the real name of the store is Formosa Chiang (鬍鬚張)….. I think. They have the best 滷肉飯, and they also have really good soups. I like the pork-bitter melon soup the best.
There’s also another really good place called Long Hua. It’s not actually a Taiwanese restaurant, but it is still really good. They sell Hong Kong style meat, and not only is it delicious, they also give you huge portions.
Sometimes foreigners have to go out and get some Western, so Riana and I might go to ‘Bear and Two Friends’ for some Italian food. This place has a really nice atmosphere and because Riana and I are the ‘Two Friends’, we have to stop in one in a while. 
After a good meal you always need a good desert. Café 85 is an excellent coffee shop that reminds me of Tim Horton’s back in Canada , but a more Taiwanese alternative is Dou Hua. I love Dou Hua. I always get an extra serving of peanuts, red beans, green beans and barley. It’s good to know that you can have desert and be healthy at the same time.
Of course there are also the night markets. We don’t have anything like them in Canada , so I really like the way I can buy a little of everything and it’s not expensive at all. I went to one night market around Chinese New Year and I couldn’t believe how many people were there. Can you guess which night market it was?
All in all, the food is definitely a huge benefit of living in Taiwan . I am going to have to start my own hot pot restaurant in Canada when I go home so I won’t miss out while I’m gone.
看完Ian介紹的食物，肚子是不是也餓了呢？
偷偷告訴你「兩個朋友一隻熊」可是BBS美食版推薦的餐廳唷！
快去吃吃看吧！地址是台北市大安區信義路4段30巷50弄3號1樓，
說不定你會遇到Ian正在裡面享受美食喔！
Tim Horton’s 是加拿大一家聯鎖店，裡面賣很多好吃的甜甜圈(Donuts)，
最有名的就是Timbits，有機會去加拿大，一定不要錯過喔！
品嚐完美食，也不要忘記複習單字唷！
rarely 很少
advertisement 廣告
meal 餐
soybean 黃豆(不是yellow bean喔！)
vegetarian 素食
portion 一客/一份(食物)
Western 西式的(大寫)
atmosphere 氣氛
alternative 選擇
barley 大麥
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