Category: Taiwanese/Chinese
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Taipei restaurant – 陳新一酸辣抄手 Spicy Wantons
Who doesn’t love a good wanton? I mean, really, how many times have you been to that awesom red and white wanton shop and ordered their 紅油抄手? Yeh, I know, I’ve done it countless times, too. But sometimes, you want to swtich it up. And here’s a place that can help you do that. Here’s […]
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Taipei restaurant – 施家鮮肉湯圓 savoury soup dumplings, DaQiaoTou.
Disclaimer – This was my first ever savoury soup dumplings I won’t be returning for the savoury soup dumplings, but that doesn’t always mean that it’s game over for this restaurant… 鮮肉湯圓 Savoury soup dumplings in soup $55 Not for me. I understand that not everyone has the same taste in food. And the slimey, […]
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Taipei restaurant – 小王煮瓜（小王清湯瓜仔肉）Wanhua pickled melon soup
I don’t know how you guys feel about LongShan Temple, but I am a big fan. If I could cut out LongShan Temple, carry it to another part of the city, and drop it down, then I’d like it even more, because the area around the temple is an absolute dive. But this post has […]
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Taipei breakfast – 味鼎蛋餅 WeiDing DanBing
Any self respecting westerner reading this knows the key to Taiwan breakfasts – 蛋餅. 蛋餅 is the gateway breakfast to the elusively incredible 燒餅, but that’s for another day. So we only ordered a couple of 蛋餅’s and 2 drinks, so this post isn’t going to be long. Salty soy milk (only a little chilli)鹹豆漿 […]
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Taipei night market – 大統大牛排(原大統一) ShiLin Steakhouse
So we aren’t talking A-Cut, Le Blanc or Steak Inn here, we are talking a nightmarket steak that is deliciously inexpensive (and won’t give you stomach issues, like some) Fortunately for you guys, the picture below explains what is what in the steak world in Taiwan. Now, I stand by British beef being up there […]
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Taipei restaurant–帥哥滷肉飯 Handsome man’s rice
Naturally, as a handsome man (cough cough), I found myself craving some fatty pork with rice the other day – likely story. To mix it up, I fancied it done with mouth numbing heat, just for kicks. Alas, Handsome Man’s Rice (really, why would you call your own place that?) Serves up traditional style Taiwanese […]
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Taipei hotel – Regent Buffet
The Regent Hotel might not be much to look at, but if you can look past the dull exterior you’ll find a few good places inside, such as Lady M (get the Matcha mille feuille pancake, thank me later) and Brasserie (for a pretty damn good buffet lunch). Buffet Lunch Period – 11:30am to 2pmWeekdays […]
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Hualien City – 阿傳師麻糬 GOMAJI Mochi
Mochi from the popular GOMAJI in Hualien. We arrived at 07:30 to this tiny side street house in Hualien, walked in the front door and down a hallway where a long line of customers were already waiting! Inside the kitchen of this house, many hands were at work moulding mochi around either red bean paste, […]
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Taipei City – ShiLin Nightmarket
At no point is this an exhaustive list of what to eat at ShiLin nightmarket, this is just some recommendations of places to check out if you’re feeling that way inclined. Cheng Zu’s pepper buns 丞祖胡椒餅 I usually can never get enough of a good pepper bun, especially red hot out of the ‘oven’. Essentially […]
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Taipei street food – 傳奇麵線 ChuanQi vermicelli noodles
Thick soup, delicious noodles, oysters, intestines and big chunks of pork, topped with corriander and doused with some chilli sauce. What’s not to love? So you’re talking as low as $30 for a small bowl of these vermicelli noodles, but if you’re wanting a bowl to include oysters, pork and some offal, then you’re looking […]
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