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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Every visit to Taiwan requires a visit to Chia Te Bakery (佳德糕餅) for their famous pineapple cakes (鳳梨酥). Christina was first to recommend this place to me during my last visit to Taiwan. I asked a couple other friends from Taiwan about Chia Te and they said it was popular. I remember on my previous [...]
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After church service, we stayed around the Gongguan (公館) area for lunch. We chose to eat Korean food at Han Ting Zhou (韓庭州). We got there just in time because half an hour later, the place was packed with a wait outside. I had their “guo pan kao rou” (鍋盤烤肉), which is part hot pot [...]
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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 [...]
Albert and Winnie suggested we try the hot desserts at Long Dou Bing Guo Zhuan Ye Jia (龍都冰菓專業家). They are known for their porridge (粥) but none of us got it? They went for their peanut soups. Jennifer and I tried their taro and red bean soup. It hit the spot. The taro was good, [...]
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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 [...]
Read more.It is said that drinking snake blood boosts one’s virility. I think I was closer to getting drunk. Read more and see pictures here: Snake Blood at Jin Dai Shan Chan Yao Shan Fang
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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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We went into Xing Ye (星野銅鑼燒), a French-Japanese bakery, because it looked really nice inside. The interior design was very clean and minimal with only a few items displayed in the counter. Turns out they sell frozen desserts such as flavored mochi and crepes. Not bad. They’d make for great presents, but if I want [...]
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I first stumbled upon Best Roti Coffee bun (B.R 咖啡麵包) while walking around the Taipei Underground Mall in the Taipei Main Station (台北車站). They had a nice set-up there with a short line that just never ended – every time someone left, someone else hopped in. Then, I bumped a more ghetto looking set-up in [...]
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