Where to eat on the beautiful island of Xiaoliuqiu if You are Plant-based?

Many yogis are vegetarian or follow a nearly plant-based diet since it improves their performance and recovery. We're seeing an increase in inquiries about vegetarian alternatives on the Facebook group Xiaoliuqiu for Foreigners, which suggests that many people are interested in this topic.

Mizi's House 蜜仔琉部

The bright décor and living plants create the impression of a miniature nursery. It's near to Baishawan's main harbor, so vegetarians will enjoy their mushrooms and pumpkins with rice or pasta. They also provide pizza.

Address: No. 65-1號, Minsheng Rd, Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 929

Phone: +88688614423

Opening hours:

Thursday, Sunday and Monday - 11AM–2PM, 5–7PM

Friday, Saturday - Saturday, 11AM–2PM, 5–8PM

Tuesday and Wednesday CLOSED

Luna Pizza 月島星球

Their pizzas are genuine, not Asianized in the least. They make it just perfect with the right dough! I've had excellent feedback from friends and pupils. It's a food truck with a pizza oven on the back. They are right next to JoScubar.

Address: 90-1 Benyu Rd, Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 929

Phone: +886937802669

Opening Hours:

Thursday-Monday 5-10pm

Tuesday and Wednesday CLOSED

Jo Tai Tai's Vegetarian Cantonese Congee 粥太太蔬食廣東粥

Congee, which is a Cantonese specialty, is a one-dish meal that can be eaten at any time of day. Their signature congee includes corn, fungus, vegetarian meat, century egg, and Chinese green vegetables. They also offer pumpkin congee and loofah congee.

They also offer a variety of 9 different types of noodles in their soup and stir-fried dishes, as well as soup noodles and stir-fried noodles. According to my student, this restaurant is vegan-friendly. It's located on the island's only post office.

Address: No. 74, Zhongshan Rd, Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 929

Phone: +88688614972

Opening Hours:

Monday-Saturday 9AM–2PM, 5–8PM

Sunday, 10AM–2PM, 5–8PM

Shanghaowei 上好味食堂

It's a place that serves basic and delicious foods. The restaurant offers several vegetarian dishes, including seaweed dumplings, bitter melon soup, Chinese stir-fried green veggies, and kimchi soup noodles.

Address: No. 19-2, Fuxing Rd, Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 929

Phone: +886952348362

Opening Hours:

Tuesday-Sunday 10AM–2PM and 4:30–7PM

Monday CLOSED

Wanfan Rice Balls 丸飯手作飯糰

This is a stand in front of 陽光浮潛 snorkeling store. This is a strictly breakfast establishment, and it specializes in the greatest rice balls on the island. Although there are some meat alternatives accessible, you may simply pick vegetarian components to stuff your rice ball with. Each rice ball costs NT$40. They operate 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., or whenever they sell out.

Check their Instagram account to see if they're open.

Instagram: @wanfan_1798

Taiwanese Buffet Options 台式自助餐

When I lived in the city I would visit these types of restaurants as it was a convenient way to have a quick and tasty meal with a lot of choices. For these types of buffet/bento restaurants, you simply go in, pick up a tray or takeaway box, check out dishes that have no meat or fish in them, and put what you want and how much you want on your plate with rice or noodle. Sometimes they serve hot soup as well.

Two choices on Xiaoliuqiu:

Daizong Bento 代眾便當

Address: No. 185 Sanmin Rd., Liuqiu Township, Pingtung 929

Phone: +886 0980215860

Opening hours:

Friday to Wednesday 0930AM - 1330PM

Thursday CLOSED

Yipin Zizhucan 壹品自助餐

This one is 10 meters from Seaside Cafe with not much information online. Check out photo above.

Address: 929屏東縣琉球鄉觀光港路

Xiaobenaiyu 小本愛玉

The restaurant has only been open for a few months, and it is extremely Instagram-friendly. Vegetarian beef noodle soup and mushroom rice are available. Their aiyu jelly desserts, which are formed like our sea turtles, are beautiful.

Instagram: @simplebasiclq

Address: No. 1號, Xinyi Rd, Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 929

Phone: +886978062284

Opening Hours:

Everyday 9:30AM-8PM

Street Stands

For street food stands at night, you can always go to the Old Street (老街) area, (providing a pin here so you can reach there accordingly.) Around that area there are plenty of food stands and pick only vegetables!

Five o'clock BBQ 五點燒烤

This is a legit BBQ restaurant on the island with a stunning range of fresh veggies and plant-based ingredients. Clean surroundings, polite and English-speaking employees. The location is very close to the island's premium resorts area!

Address: No. 161-52, Fuxing Rd., Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County, 929

Phone: +886 0911973378

Opening hours:

Monday - Sunday 17:00PM - 20:30PM

Island Bistro 小島餐酒館

On the island, one of the finest western-style restaurants. With a glass of wine, it's a wonderful place to watch the sunset. It is owned by a well-trained American chef. I would categorize it as one that you may bring your partner to! In the case of tapas, there are several vegetarian selections on their appetizer and tapas menu; for the main dish, you'll need to inquire about any vegan alternatives. They also make excellent and tasty desserts and run afternoon tea. The good thing about this place is, they keep open throughout the day. No break in the afternoon!

Address:  No. 13-8, Duzaiping Rd, Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County 929.

Phone: +886 0937752221

Opening hours:

Friday - Monday 11AM-21PM

Others

Hard Rock Gastropub you could just order veggie fried rice, salad and french fries. Good Thai has Thai-style stir-fried veggies, papaya salad and mushroom soup with galangal and lemongrass.

Gluten-free Option

There is no such thing as a "gluten-free" restaurant on the island. Despite this, gluten-free food isn't particularly fashionable in the Taiwanese community. However, rice noodle dishes are frequently gluten-free at Taiwanese restaurants. Gluten-free consumers should steer clear of dumplings since the wrappings are composed of flour. Another thing to consider is whether or not the coating used for deep fried foods is flour-based or if it's only made with sweet potato flour or other non-gluten flours. Stay tuned for a list of gluten-free eating establishments in another blog post!

And that's it from us. Please stay tuned because we will regularly update these information! If anyone has any places to include on this list please drop us an email at stretchologyasia[at]gmail.com or LINE @sheilatse.

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