Taipei suffers from a peculiar kind of invisibility. Ask most travelers what they know about it and the answers tend to orbit the same few clichés: night markets, dumplings, tea. Maybe Taipei 101 if they’ve glanced at a guidebook. A place for cheap eats and late-night snacking, a quick add-on to a longer Asia itinerary. But that picture is no longer true—if it ever was in the first place.
