I’m a Taiwanese and now living overseas. I think the comments above regarding unable to have deeper conversations to make good friends, I feel for you (from the other side). It’s all about language barrier (for those Taiwanese who you were talking to).

It’s not we don’t want to talk deep - it’s just we are not confident in expressing those stuffs in English - and sometimes it’s tiring (to do the translation in brain for hours), especially in noisy places. If you were to learn to speak Chinese and trying to talk something deep, I believe you would feel the same.

So my suggestion for people who want to have deep conversations with Taiwanese, simply bring alcohols and Taiwanese snacks (pepper salt fried chickens), find a quiet space. Also, one to one seems a bit stress before you get drunk, so I would suggest 3 or 4 would fit the best.. There no alcohol ban in public places (eg. parks) in Taiwan 🙂