Anne and David just flew in from Taiwan and I wanted to take them to an American restaurant since they can get all the Asian food they want already in Taiwan. I chose BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse in Foster City since it’s a safe restaurant to go to, i.e. there’s something for everyone, and it’s [...]
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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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I love how much cheaper everything is in Taiwan, including Japanese food, plus it’s just as fresh as the ones back in SF, or even fresher. Anne took me to a popular Japanese restaurant called Yu Cai He Can (御采和食). It’s Japanese owned and the seafood is definitely fresh. I had their chirashi bowl and [...]
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I can’t tell where I like Pizza Hut better: the states or in Taiwan. (Well, it’s not like I like like Pizza Hut.) They’re both so different in every way. In Taiwan, Pizza Hut is an actual sit down buffet restaurant (with pizza for take-out too, of course). Their toppings/flavors beats those in the states [...]
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I went to visit the Miramar Entertainment Park (美麗華百樂園). It’s a huge mall with a huge Ferris wheel on top of it. I rode on it and was able to get a view of Taipei; unfortunately, the weather was muggy and all I could see was white at a distance. The ride was also so [...]
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Another day in Taiwan, another day to hot pot. This time I went to a Japanese chain called Mo-Mo-Paradise at Gongguan. They come by with a cart full of vegetables every so often and you can pick what you want from there, or you can request meat and they’ll bring them out in trays. Fresh [...]
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After dinner, Anne walked me back to SOGO, but along the way, we passed by another bakery, Milkhouses (米哥烘焙坊). It sounded good and it looked good (as does most bakeries here) so we went in and got a couple cakes. The cakes here were really light and not too sweet, just the way I like [...]
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I had my last dinner in Taiwan with Roland, Anne and David at Thai Town Cuisine (瓦城泰國料理), a Thai chain restaurant in Taiwan. I don’t know why but this was actually my most memorable meal with them from the last time I was in Taiwan, so I’m glad we got to eat together here again. [...]
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My day started out with dim sum with Anne and her coworker at the Plum Blossom Room (梅花廳) inside the Brother Hotel (兄弟大飯店). For the most part, they had everything that we have back in America. The only thing they had that I’ve never had before was a sort of cabbage and cheese souffle. Thanks [...]
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