Taiwan 2012 - Beitou

北投小吃‧24小吃店魯肉飯

In Beitou which is famous for its hotsprings.

Comes well recommended. A good variety of pork-based dishes and the tender squid.

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pig's skin

軟絲

粉肝

大肠

Taiwan 2012 - Saizeriya

We wouldn't have tried this, if not for the kids. But we were not disappointed.

 

The food was much better than the Saizeriya in SG, and much cheaper too.

 

A full salad costs NT59 (about SGD2.50).

 

Dinner for our group of 5 was under SGD35!

 

 

Taiwan 2012 - Casa Della pasta

Trendy Italian joint near San Want Hotel in Taipei.

This blog gives a good rundown : http://hungryintaipei.blogspot.tw/2007/10/italian-casa-della-pasta.html

fried spiced chicken

spaghetti carbonara

trendy interior, great ambience

Hawaiian pizza for the kids

Taiwan 2012 - Shilin night market

We snuck off late in the night after the kids had gone to bed.

These we tried,

蚝仔煎Oyster omelette
豪大大雞排 (fried chicken cutlet)
Stinky tofu
大餅包小餅
Milk with grass jelly

outside Shilin Night Market

Outside Shilin Night Market.
 In the area, you can find food and games stalls, as well as clothing and souvenir shops.

Food stalls in the basement. This area was not a huge as I expected

where we sat down for stinky tofu and oh-ar-jian 蚝仔煎

confortable seating area

oh-ar-jian 蚝仔煎

stinky tofu with pao4 cai4

大餅包小餅 bun in a bun
There's a huge variety of flavours to choose from.
The flavours come from flavoured powder, so don't expect to find say, yam, in your bun

大餅包小餅 preparing the outer bun

大餅包小餅 the brown flaky pastries are the small buns

大餅包小餅

豪大大雞排

豪大大雞排

豪大大雞排

Taiwan 2012 - Taipei 101

Taipei 101 food hall (美食街) in the basement.

Food is expensive and of course, we were there not for it but the view from the observatory.

Here, at the food hall, which is owned by a Singapore firm, we tried the 甜不辣

I suspect it's named after 'tempura' but is really not like it at all. It is more than what we find in yong tau foo in SG. The ones at this foodcourt were not very tasty, and were gummy and expensive.

The oh-ar-jian 蚝仔煎was good though! Here, in Taiwan, they slather it with a sweet sauce, and you can definitely find more oysters.

Taiwan 2012 - oden

Winter in Taiwan ... and you can get a warm oden meal at the convenience stores.
The little pieces of yong tau foo-like items are called tempura 甜不辣

At Taipei Main Station's 7-11 before we left for Hualien

Taiwan 2012 - Du Hsiao Yue 度小月

Near San Want Hotel.

度小月 Slack Season noodles
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We had the 'dragon whiskers' veg, noodles, braised pork, salted chicken and deep-fried oysters.


There's a story behind this 老字号

Taiwan 2012 - bentos

In Taiwan, one often feels like in Japan.

The cheerful service, the bentos, the cross-country trains, the pitchy but soothing spoken Mandarin, and how the locals are decked out in woolly furry winter clothing even though the temperature is in the mid-20s. 

 

 

Bento bought from the Taipei Main Station before our 3 hr journey to Hualien

What you get inside the bento from Taipei Main Station

Chicken drumstick bento from Hualien

Taiwan 2012 - 卤味

yummy street food across the road from San Want Hotel (after Luxy Disco) in Taipei.

 

pick what you want, and remember to make your choice of veggie to go with it. Tang-o made our meal feel princely.

 

we liked the pig's blood curd (made with glutinous rice), and the yam cake.