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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Caroline Kimeu, Kitty Drake, Stephen Burgen, Justin McCurry, Miranda Bryant, Natasha May, Tiago Rogero, Clarissa Wei, Alessandra Maggiorani

Bland, soggy slop or scratch-cooked chilli and pancakes? The best and worst hospital food around the world – in pictures

A tray with a divided dish with rice and colourful vegetable dishes in five different sections, and three round bowls, two with soups in and one with fruit
A meal from a hospital in Taiwan. Photograph: Duncan Longden/The Guardian

Taiwan

One of the best meals of my life was the platter of food that I ate in a Taipei hospital after I gave birth to my son last year. There was tofu braised in five-spice, shiitake mushrooms, steamed cauliflower with diced carrot, and sauteed spinach with ginger. It was paired with plenty of liquid: rice porridge, black sesame soup, and vegetable broth peppered with daikon.

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