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24 Hours in Taiwan: Taipei, Yilan & Coastal Charm

A PERFECT 24 Hours in TAIWAN! Asia's Most Underrated Country?

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A PERFECT 24 Hours in TAIWAN! Asia's Most Underrated Country?
JoeyP32 min

A PERFECT 24 Hours in TAIWAN! Asia's Most. This was filmed by JoeyP. Watch the full journey and explore the filming details and destinations on this page.

Taiwan is an amazing travel destination, there are so many things to do beyond the big city of Taipei. Today I will show you some of the best things to do in Taiwan, outside of Taipei, so you can add them to your Taiwan itinerary. From amazing Taiwanese food to visiting a Yilan Tea farm, as well as a walk along the coast of Taiwan. This is a great little travel guide for Taiwan.

--- JoeyP
March 20, 2025, Spring in China

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JoeyP explores Taiwan beyond Taipei through food, tea and a coastal walk. He samples sesame balls, scallion pancakes and pepper cake, then visits a Chinese medicine shop to prepare an herbal bath remedy by grinding the herbs with his feet. In Yilan, he follows tea leaves from the youngest shoots through baking and grinding; a microphone problem means this section uses voiceover. He tries different noodles and condiments at Mr Lauo’s beef-noodle shop, walks among the rock formations at Beian Coastal Park, and closes with pineapple cake and traditional Chinese pancakes.

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A PERFECT 24 Hours in TAIWAN! Asia's Most Underrated Country?

Taiwan beyond Taipei

JoeyP starts the day with sesame balls and scallion pancakes, then visits a Chinese medicine shop to prepare a bath remedy. He chooses herbs and grinds them underfoot, following the shop's traditional method. The visit is hands-on: the herbs are processed there before he takes the mixture for a bath. It gives the video a close look at a local practice alongside the food stops.

The tea visit in Yilan follows the leaves from the youngest shoots through baking and grinding. JoeyP's microphone fails during this part, so a later voiceover explains what he is seeing. The tea fields and the stages of processing remain central to the stop. At the pepper-cake stall, he tries the filled pastry before continuing to Mr Lauo's beef-noodle shop. There, he describes the noodles and beef and tries different noodle styles and condiments, which let him adjust the bowl to his taste.

Coast and Taiwanese sweets

At Beian Coastal Park, JoeyP walks along the shore and points out the coastal rock formations. The stop changes the pace from the shops and food visits, with the route following the water and its unusual rock shapes. He ends the day with pineapple cake and traditional Chinese pancakes, adding two familiar Taiwanese sweets to the food he has tried.

Across the itinerary, the video moves from Taipei into other parts of Taiwan through specific meals and activities: street snacks, a herbal bath remedy, tea production, beef noodles, a coastal walk and desserts. The tea stop also includes the practical detail of the microphone problem and voiceover, while the noodle visit focuses on the variety of noodles and condiments available. Beian's coastline and the final sweets round out JoeyP's day beyond the capital.

The pepper cake is another street-food stop before the sit-down noodle meal. The range of noodles and condiments at Mr Lauo’s is part of JoeyP’s description, while the tea segment follows more than the finished drink: he explains the leaves and the processing stages even though the microphone issue prevents a live account.

The sequence also keeps the food stops distinct: the pepper cake is sampled before the visit to Mr Lauo’s, where JoeyP compares noodle choices and condiments. Yilan is the tea-growing stop, and the voiceover fills in for the failed microphone as he follows the processing from young shoots through baking and grinding.

FAQs (From the traveler's perspective)

Q: What was the most interesting activity JoeyP tried?
A: He made a herbal bath remedy at a Chinese medicine shop. He chose the herbs and ground them with his feet using the shop’s traditional method before taking the mixture for a bath.
Q: Which foods did JoeyP try during the day?
A: He sampled sesame balls and scallion pancakes, tried a pepper cake, and ate beef noodles at Mr Lauo’s. At the end of the day, he also had pineapple cake and traditional Chinese pancakes.
Q: What did JoeyP see at Beian Coastal Park?
A: He walked along the coast and showed the rock formations beside the water. The park was a quieter stop after the food and shop visits around Taiwan.
Q: What was JoeyP’s impression of Taiwan beyond Taipei?
A: His day included several different kinds of stops beyond the capital: street food, a Chinese medicine shop, tea production in Yilan, a beef-noodle restaurant, Beian Coastal Park and Taiwanese desserts.

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