Recently, a lot of overseas destinations such as China, Vietnam, Thailand and many more are loved by many Koreans according to their personal tastes. Among them, Taiwan is the most popular vacation place that the number of Korean tourists has been receiving attention as 'Mukbang' travel. Now, beyond just traveling, many Taiwanese restaurants are being built in South Korea.

▲ Taiwanese restaurant that was built in Korea

According to the Ministry of Tourism of Taiwan, about sixty-six thousand Koreans visited Taiwan in 2015, but after two years, in 2017, about one million Koreans visited Taiwan. Like this, the number of Korean tourists in Taiwan has been increased rapidly in a brief time. With the increasing number of Koreans visiting Taiwan, Koreans' interest in Taiwanese culture and Taiwanese food is also increasing. Especially, with the unique visuals of Taiwanese food, it is creating a Taiwanese food fever.

▲ picture of Taiwan that is the most popular vacation place

There are many Taiwanese foods that are being introduced in South Korea, and they have been gaining popularity such as big salmon sushi, Taiwanese sandwich, big fruit jelly, brown sugar bubble tea, Nougat cracker, and zipai. Big salmon sushi is already so popular in Taiwan. In Sammi Restaurant, there is big salmon sushi that has almost the size of a man's palm. This restaurant is already introduced in South Korea specifically in Seoul, Busan, and Daegu. Taiwanese sandwich, 'Hong Luizen', is also popular in South Korea for its simple ingredients such as ham, cheese, and buttercream. 'Hong Luizen' is now known in the whole country of South Korea. This sandwich was also released in many convenience stores in South Korea. Moreover, the big jelly is also famous for its big size. It has two fruit tastes. Mango and litchi. It can be bought at many stores in South Korea. The most popular Taiwanese food in South Korea recently is brown sugar bubble tea. This is made with brown sugar syrup, milk, cream, and tapioca pearls. It is famous for its tiger shapes that are formed by its brown sugar syrup. 'Tiger sugar' is also popular in Taiwan. Many brown sugar bubble tea stores such as 'Tiger Sugar', 'Heukhwadang', 'Jenjudan' are available in all over the country. We can see Taiwanese Nougat crackers in some stores in South Korea, too. In addition, 'Zipai' is a Taiwanese fried chicken. It is also famous for its big size that is similar to the size of a man's face. Zipai is made with fried chicken. Lotteria sells this dish, and many Koreans have tried it.

▲ Brown Sugar bubble tea, the most popular Taiwanese food in South Korea recently

Because of the increasing number of Koreans traveling to Taiwan, Korean people become interested in Taiwanese foods, and many Taiwanese foods are restaurants are being introduced to South Korea. Because of this, many Koreans can enjoy Taiwanese food sand drinks without traveling to Taiwan. Furthermore, unlike Korea's fast food fever that is changed rapidly, the trend of Taiwanese foods in South Korea has relatively lasted longer.

February 2nd, 2020, Go Seohyun