Must Eat Honey Toast at Perfume Dance 跳舞香水

January 28th, 2012 by Jonas / Filed under Coffee & Drinks, Dessert, Food, Must Eat, Taiwan, Travels / Leave A Comment

French Brick Honey Toast 法式金磚吐司

Jennifer and I were walking down Zhongxiao East Rd and stumbled upon Perfume Dance 跳舞香水. It was like a stairway into another world, where waitresses dressed like cute (but not tasteless) maids and everyone else wore masquerade masks, taking pictures of themselves and their honey toasts. After all, the honey toasts double as works of art too. We went for their most popular honey toast, which I guess would be considered the “regular”, called the French brick 法式金磚 – cubes of bread, all sides toasted, piled atop a bed of custard, covered with cream, topped with ice cream, some cocoa powder, and raspberries to top it off. Yes, it was as good as it looked.

台北市忠孝東路四段104號2F

View all 4 photosFrench Brick Honey ToastMaid UniformMasqueradingStairway to Perfume Dance
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Place(s): Perfume Dance
On: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
In: Taipei, Taiwan
With: Jennifer Lee
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Must Eat Egg Pudding 雞蛋布丁 at How Sweet 幾分甜

January 27th, 2012 by Jonas / Filed under Dessert, Food, Must Eat, Taiwan, Travels / Leave A Comment

Egg Pudding 雞蛋布丁

One thing I like about Taiwan is their creativity in packaging. Check out the egg pudding 雞蛋布丁 that Tina got me from How Sweet 幾分甜. (Thanks Tina!) They reuse the egg shell to hold the pudding. Clever, eh? The pudding is smooth and loaded with actual vanilla beans (that tended to settle towards the bottom), but you know it’s good vanilla when they actually use vanilla beans. How Sweet is located all over Taiwan, so make sure to check it out. Also, unfortunately, they sell these eggs in boxes of fours or nine only.

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Place(s): How Sweet
On: Saturday, January 7, 2012
In: Taipei, Taiwan
With: Tina Lee
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Must Eat Purple Rice Rice Roll 紫米飯團 at Liu Jia Fan Tuan 劉家飯糰

January 27th, 2012 by Jonas / Filed under Food, Must Eat, Street Food, Taiwan, Taiwanese, Travels / Leave A Comment

Purple Rice Rice Roll 紫米飯團

During my first Morning in Taipei, Anne brought me to her local fan tuan 飯糰 spot. It’s a tiny store that’s not even an actual store – just a cart inside a tiny outside room, if that makes any sense. This was my first time having purple rice used in the rice roll and I loved it. (It’s supposed to be better for you.) The guy who makes it seems really calculative with all the ingredients he adds – not sloppy at all. He alone adds character to that place. I was hooked on this place during my whole three-week stay in Taiwan.

They’re not cooking rice throughout the day, nor are they frying up doughnuts 油條 either, so once they run out, they close shop, and this happens usually around early noon, but if you want purple rice instead of regular sticky rice, you’ll have to go before the lunch crowd.

106, Taiwan, 台北市大安區和平東路二段321號

View all 2 photosPurple Rice Rice Roll 紫米飯團The Maker
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Place(s): Liu Jia Fan Tuan
On: Saturday, January 7, 2012
In: Taipei, Taiwan
With: Anne Tan
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Must Eat NT$1500 Beef Noodle Soup at Niu Ba Ba Niu Rou Mian 牛爸爸牛肉麵

January 27th, 2012 by Jonas / Filed under Food, Must Eat, Taiwan, Taiwanese, Travels / Leave A Comment

It sounds crazy, but Jennifer and I went for the NT$1500 – that’s US$50!!!! – bowl of beef noodle soup. We shared a bowl. We’re tourists, so we might as well modestly live it up. It was the lowest end of the high end bowls served at Niu Ba Ba Niu Rou Mian 牛爸爸牛肉麵, with the most expensive being NT$10000, but that was what the owner highly recommended, and it really is the best bowl I’ve ever had. The noodles were good, but the broth and the beef were excellent. The broth was rich and beefy, and the beef just melted in our mouths. When we strike it rich, we’re going back for the $10k bowl.

台北市忠孝東路四段216巷27弄16號

View all 8 photosBeef Noodle SoupTofu Side DishMenuJennifer and JonasWIth the Boss
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Place(s): Niu Ba Ba Niu Rou Mian
On: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
In: Taipei, Taiwan
With: Jennifer Lee
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Chinese Top 10 Songs – 2011/12/31

December 31st, 2011 by Jonas / Filed under Top Chinese Songs / Leave A Comment

Note: This is the last update for a while because I will be on vacation for a few weeks. (Hong Kong & Taiwan!) Happy New Year!

Top 10 iTunes
Title Artist Pinyin English Artist Single Album Artist
1 逞強 蕭亞軒 Chěngqiáng Try to be brave Elva Hsiao X
2 星空 五月天 Xīngkōng Star Mayday x
3 學不會 林俊傑 Xué bù huì Never learn JJ Lin
4 我們會更好的 A-Lin Wǒmen huì gèng hǎo de We will be better A-Lin
5 諾亞方舟 五月天 Nuò yǎ fāngzhōu Noah’s Ark Mayday x
6 愛我的每個人 任家萱 Ài wǒ de měi gèrén Love everyone Selina Jen
7 重新愛 LOLLIPOP F Chóngxīn ài Love again LOLLIPOP F X
8 我很忙 A-Lin Wǒ hěn máng I’m very busy A-Lin
9 我愛我 蕭亞軒 Wǒ ài wǒ I’m ready Elva Hsiao X
10 你被寫在我的歌裡 蘇打綠 FEAT. 陳嘉樺 Nǐ bèi xiě zài wǒ de gē lǐ You’re written in my song Sodagreen Feat. Ella X

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