For the first leg of my recent Trans Mongolian adventure I took a slight detour to explore the sights and most importantly the food of Taiwan. As an island with a varied history of occupation and rich Indigenous culture, Taiwan is not like anywhere else in Asia. Though officially called the Republic of China you would be hard-pressed to find anyone within the island nation who refers to their homeland as such, and that is just where the very long list of contradictions and individuality begin.