Meaning of biandang | Babel Free

Definitions

A Taiwanese lunchbox.

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“Biandang culture is a unique aspect of Taiwanese culture. Rather than going out to eat during office lunch hours or chucking down a sandwich at your office desk, next time join your Taiwanese colleagues for a biandang at the office eating area.”

“Heyuan is more enjoyable with a companion or two, but if dining alone, plate meals or a biandang (便當) can be had for NT$80, and there is a long list of fried rice and stewed dishes with rice from NT$65 to NT$90.”

“How much do Taiwanese love railway biandang? Enough that for many years, the number-one complaint to the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was that “the biandang keep selling out before I can get one!””

“In Taiwan, the biandang, a term adapted from the Japanese bento to describe a premade lunch box, has been very popular since before the Second World War. Biandangs are closely associated with rail travel because they are sold in train stations as a whole meal that can be purchased quickly and eaten neatly on board.”

““Like our ticket prices, our biandang prices haven’t increased for many years,” [Michael] Lee said. […] “The more inaccessible a place is, the more there is a need for biandang,” she [Wang Jue-yao] said.”

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