It’s not exactly the same as in Taiwan, but the noodle soup, mian xian (麵線), at Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle (阿宗麵線) in San Gabriel is pretty close in taste. The Ay-Chung restaurants in California are actual restaurants with seats and other items on the menu, rather than just a stand that serves only mian xian. Their [...]
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I haven’t been to Yi Mei Deli Co in Rowland Heights in a while, and I’m glad I got to go again this time. It’s my most favorite place for Taiwanese breakfast. The things the have here remind me so much of Taiwan. Not as cheap, but some of their items are just as good.
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One of my favorite Taiwanese dishes is pork chop rice (排骨飯). I ordered it at Old Country Cafe in Alhambra and it was pretty good. I think it must be in the batter. The pork chop came with some pickled vegetables (雪菜) as well as some boiled vegetables, a tea egg (茶葉蛋), and some ground [...]
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In our quest to find the best lemon chicken in Chinatown, Candy and I tried out Great Hunan Restaurant. Walking by all the pictures of the deep fried and sauced up chickens posted on their window finally caught on to us. Just by looking at the outside, you could tell that it’s generally a White [...]
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Everyone raves about the honey chili chicken at Chef Jia’s Restaurant, but I’m really digging their honey chili prawns. The prawns are huge, battered, fried to a nice crisp, and sauced up in a honey chili sauce, giving a sweet and mildly spicy flavor. I also tried the lemon chicken, which was not bad. The [...]
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There’s a promotion at Multi Rolls (中華一餅) that lasts until the end of this month. Buy one hand roll (手餅), get one free. For about NT$70, you can get two hand rolls – that’s about a dollar each. For about NT$100, you can make it a set meal which also includes a soup and a [...]
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My last night in Taiwan was spent wandering through Shilin Night Market (士林夜市) with Jennifer and Megan. I didn’t try anything new except for the black tea soybean milk drink. We basically had some of our favorites one last time, plus, Megan hasn’t had any of them yet.
1. 1000cc black tea soybean milk (紅茶豆漿) drink [...]
After having just consumed all that alcohol mixed into the snake blood drinks set, I needed food in my system. Miao Kou Owa Jian (廟口蚵仔煎) seemed like a legit place for one of my favorite Taiwanese food: oyster omelette, or better known to the locals as owa jian (蚵仔煎). I’ve had better at Shilin Night [...]
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The most daring thing I did this time in Taiwan was probably drinking snake blood at Jin Dai Shan Chan Yao Shan Fang (金代山產藥膳坊) at the Huaxi Street Tourist Nightmarket (華西街觀光夜市), or better known as Snake Alley. Of all the places in Snake Alley, Jin Dai Shan Chan Yao Shan Fang was the most touristy [...]
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One of my favorite spicy wontons (紅油炒手) of all time is from Yang Ji Da Hun Tun (楊記大餛飩), located in the alley beside California Fitness at Zhongxiao Dunhua (忠孝鈍化). I’ve never had spicy wontons that big, and served in a light broth mixed with eggs, among other things.
台北市大安區忠孝東路四段205巷3號之1
