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Taiwanese lunchboxes can even be found in Paris’ financial district! The owner, Wang Wei-chien, got into the restaurant business after working as an engineer. She mainly targets the lunch rush, offering a main and a selection of sides just like your typical bento restaurant in Taiwan. Through food, she’s offering a taste of home halfway across the world.

Freshly made three-cup chicken, fragrant beef stew, and a selection of homestyle sides are all on display, to be served with purple rice. This lunchbox restaurant, so familiar to anyone who’s lived in Taiwan, is actually in the Paris financial district.

When lunchtime rolls around, customers start filing in. Some eat outside, chatting while enjoying their meal.

Customer
Likes the lunchboxes
I always come here because it’s really healthy food and it’s so delicious.

Customer
Likes the lunchboxes
I come here maybe two times every week. I didn’t know about Taiwanese food until I came here. So this really exposed me to the cuisine of Taiwan.

Taiwanese exchange student
Likes the lunchboxes
If I were to eat this after six months of being here, it would make me want to cry.

Many people have become loyal customers after just one try. For Taiwanese exchange students, eating here shows them the meaning of homesickness. The owner, Wang Wei-chien, is originally from Changhua. She created the entire restaurant from scratch.

Wang Wei-chien
Restaurant owner
This place is exactly like a Taiwanese lunchbox restaurant. You can choose your main and the sides. I’d get this feeling when buying a lunchbox in Taiwan. You’re a little nervous while lining up, wondering if what you want will sell out, so you keep sneaking peeks. French people do it too!

Wang studied chemistry at National Yang Ming Chao Tung University and worked in a tech company before pursuing a business degree in Paris. But she ended up in the kitchen, opening two restaurants. But the journey was far from smooth.

There was one week when I only sold two lunchboxes. I could only laugh.

It’s expensive to open a shop in Paris, with rent alone costing over 4,000 euros a month. To save money, she doesn’t even have a sign. But she trusted that Taiwanese food would be appreciated everywhere, even without fancy packaging.

Wang Wei-chien
Restaurant owner
We embrace cuisines and cultures from around the world. But in fact, to a certain extent, very few of us actually strive to bring Taiwanese culture out into the world. You might see a very poised older French woman chowing down on pork knuckle. It’s so contradictory, it makes you smile.

Fueled by her love for Taiwan, Wang uses her boundless confidence and energy to bring the flavors of home to her new community halfway around the world.

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