After-work drinks: Ordering drinks and recommending something to try

🇹🇼 Asking staff for a recommendation is normal and welcomed in Taiwanese bars and restaurants; they'll often point you to a house favorite or a seasonal flavor.

🇹🇼 台啤 (tái pí) is the everyday national beer, found in every convenience store and stir-fry joint. Ordering it marks you as easygoing rather than fussy.

🇹🇼 Taiwan Beer's fruit beers, like mango and pineapple, are light, sweet and low in alcohol, which makes them a popular pick for people who don't usually drink much.

💬 很 here mostly just completes the sentence rather than meaning "very"; 這個很順口 can just be "this goes down easy". For real emphasis say 非常順口.

💬 No 是 is needed: 高 "high" works as the whole verb by itself, so 酒精濃度高嗎？ is literally "alcohol content high?". Swap in another adjective, like 貴嗎？ "Is it expensive?"

💬 To answer a yes/no question, just repeat the adjective with or without 不: "high?" gets 高 or 不高. There's no separate word for "yes" or "no" needed.

💬 Percentages flip the English order: 百分之三 is literally "of a hundred, three". 而已 (ér yǐ) at the end adds "only, that's all", playing down the amount.

💬 一 is said (yì) here because it comes before 瓶 (píng), a rising tone; on its own it's (yī). Swap the counting word for 我要一杯 (yì bēi) "I'll have a glass".

💬 In speech, prices use 塊 (kuài) rather than the written 元 (yuán). 一百二十塊 is NT$120.

🇹🇼 Said when handing over money or an item. In Taiwan it's polite to pass cash or cards with both hands.

🇹🇼 Servers say this as they set down food or drinks, literally "use slowly", meaning take your time and enjoy. A simple 謝謝 "thanks" is the usual reply.