Last Sunday, after arriving to Taiwan, the mayor of Taipei presented Jeremy Lin with a giant pineapple cake in the shape his new Houston Rockets Jersey with his #7 on it. Fortunately for me, I was surprised with one myself too this week – delivered straight from Taiwan. The most famous Taiwanese-American around plus the [...]
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A trip to Taipei is just never complete without a visit to Lan Jia Gua Bao 藍家割包 for their famous guabao 割包 (Taiwanese burger) and a drink from Chen San Ding 陳三鼎 in Gongguan 公館. This time I went for their fresh milk with grass jelly 仙草鮮奶. Grab a drink and bring it over to Lan [...]
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One of my more memorable meals in Taiwan this year was at Big Teapot First Floor Restaurant 阿義師大茶壺茶餐廳 in Maokong 貓空. Everything was tea infused – from the fried rice to the chicken to the soup to the popsicle – and the flavors worked great together. My favorites were the fried rice – it’s something [...]
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I’ve been going to Taiwan for years now and I finally got to check out the Taipei Zoo. I had no idea what to expect – I thought it would be small since the country itself is small – but I was wrong. It was massive and had animals I’ve never seen before. I’d list [...]
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The first time I went to Dazzling Cafe last year, the experience was amazing. It was amazing to the point such that after I took a sip of water, my cup was refilled right away. Now, Dazzling expanded with a second Dazzling Cafe as well as other stores. I went to check out Dazzling Cafe [...]
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If there’s one thing to order at Coffeey Alley 咖啡弄, it’s their ice cream with cotton candy and espresso 御茶之水冰淇淋. Not only is it as good as it is pretty, it’s also fun, like watching a magic show. Pour the espresso over the cotton candy and watch it disappear, only to be left with ice [...]
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This is my second time dining at Shin Yeh Taiwanese Cuisine 欣葉台菜創始店 now, the first shop of the Shin Yeh empire. Excellent service as always, and great food. I’m from San Francisco so I consider this to be the Koi Palace of Taipei. A lot of the dishes are small but well-made. Prices are higher [...]
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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 [...]
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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), [...]
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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 [...]
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