Besides the fact that the urban population of Taipei simply tends to eat out more frequently than people in other areas of the island, says the owner of one Hakka restaurant, "perhaps because the people in Taipei have eaten more of the famous, elaborate dishes served in the more formal restaurants here, the relatively simple, 'down home' flavor of Hakka food holds for them a contrary kind of appeal."
除了台北的外食人口多外，「可能是台北人吃多了正正式式的餐廳大菜，屬於較家常口味的客家菜，反而有吸引力」，一位業者說。大體上，較知名的客家菜有：梅菜扣肉、梅菜蹄膀、鹽焗雞、薑絲肥腸、炒毛肚、紅燒牛腩、紅糟胘胱、釀豆腐、魷魚炒肉、雞盅…… 等。