Yummy food from Taiwan - Part 2

Sorry for the delay and here comes Yummy food from Taiwan Part 2:

After walking a few rounds in Wu Fen Pu wholesale garment area, we were sooo hungry that we decided to hunt for food.. it took us quite long to find food that's appealing to us.. at least with quite a number of patrons in the stall and with food that sounds not bad. So, we sat down by a roadside noodle stall near a temple in Wu Fen Pu.

Dry Noodles:
I like this noodle =) This noodle is very smooth and the "brownish toppings"( seems to consist of some onions and mince pork) made the dish pretty tasty!

The Soup Version

and here's our dinner at one of a fast food outlet near Danshui (The same outlet can be found in many other places too):

Za Jiang Mian

And We bought some donuts home for next day's breakfast... But i only managed to get one shot because i was the last one to get out of bed and my frens had already ate up theirs.. haha.. okie.. here's my dunkin donut:

Cinnamon Donut

At Jiu Fen, we saw this Big Hair Auntie selling sauages and we bought one to try:

Squid sauage and Pork sauage

if you look carefully into the pork sausage, there's tiny white balls in it.. You might not like the sight of it, but it's nice and crunchy!

Yes, the squid sausage is really black.. it's not as tender as the pork sausage but it still taste quite decent. Really!

Our lunch at Jiu Fen is one of the Famous Fishball stalls there:

Za Jiang Fan

These huge fishballs are Fu Zhou Fishballs- with Pork filling

And these Fishball if im not wrong are made from 'Snowfish' , but they taste abit like Sotong ball-except there's no Sotong smell.

Za Jiang Mian again! It taste so-so only.. maybe we ate too many of this already.. =S

By evening, we've reached Shihlin night market to taste more yummy food!!!

Oyster Omelette:

It's very different form our "Orh Lwah" because they fried with some green vegetables and they pour this brown sauce over the omelette. One of my friends and I dislike this certain smell of this dish.. and we couldnt tell if it's the vegetables or the brown sauce. Nevertheless, I still like the egg and the oysters!

Prawn Omelette

Da Bing Bao Xiao Bing (Literally translated as Big Biscuit wrapped over Small Biscuit):

Oh, i love this snack.. the outer layer is like some very soft bread and the inside is very Crunchy and tasty!

And is is called Da Chang Bao Xiao Chang:
The sauage is wrapped over by glutinuous rice and this is really yummy too! My friend loves this one! (and I love it too! esp the cucumber.. i wonder how they made the cucumber taste so nice!)

Here comes the Famous Shihlin XXL Crispy Chicken! :
Pretty much the same as the local one.. Except that it's not cut into smaller pieces- you have to bite it off the whole chunk, And it's not entirely deboned-our piece has a piece of bone attached to it. To be honest, i prefer our local Cripsy Chicken. =P

Let me tell you, this is one of our fave too!! Mian Mian Bing ('Snowy Ice'):
We chose Mango and Strawberry as our toppings.. Yummy~ it's very different from our normal dessert. We absolutely love it !

And we headed back to XiMenDing to eat the famous Ah Zhong Mee Sua:

Ah Zhong Mee Sua:
This Mee Sua doesnt come with oysters. I think the "round stuff" are pigs' intestines.. i ate one and i didn't really like it.. so we just ate the mee sua.. the mee sua taste so-so because we didnt add chilli for the first time we ate it. We like it better when chilli was added during the second time.

Pancakes Breakfast!

I haven't made a post in ages and this has been way too overdued. Pancakes breakfast from Breko@Holland V. Very filling and satisfying considering that pancakes are my ultimate love. Insides of the pancakes were just right, not too moist nor too dry, and tasted great with butter and drizzling of maple syrup. This came with 2 small chicken sausages and egg, scrambled at my request. Totally worth waking up early for!

ps: Quality of photo is a bit gritty because I took it with my phone's camera.

Yummy food from Taiwan - Part 1

Just came back from Taiwan trip and i shall blog about the food i ate over there in the next few entries!

There are quite a number of Japanese fast food outlets in Taiwan and for our first dinner in Taiwan, my friends and I step into TonKatsu, one of the Japanese fast food outlets we could find in XiMenDing. And of cos, i ate Tonkatsu for my meal:

Tonkatsu Set

This Tonkatsu set comes with a bowl of rice, Miso soup, a plate of Tonkatsu and a Jelly-like dessert. You can add a cup of drink for NT$15 (if i remember correctly). You can go for additional servings of rice or miso soup if you wish to. There is a small self-service counter for additional servings of rice or/and miso soup. Good recommendation for people who have a big appetite =) because it's not only nice but filling as well!


While on our way to Wu Fen Pu (Garments Wholesale Area), we settled our lunch at one of the little eateries located next to one of the metro exits at HouShan Pi station.

"Suan La" (Sour & Spicy) soup.

It taste quite different from our local Sweet and Sour soup. I don't really like the taste of it. My friends and i were still figuring whether it's the Pig's blood or the Black vinegar that contributed to the weird taste I dislike.

Cong You Bing.

This Cong You Bing is delicious! It's kinda similar to our roti prata.. I like the crispy taste and the Spring Onions in it. And it's not very oily. Good.

Xiao Long Bao.

We love Xiao Long Bao!! Tender meat and the gravy! Yum Yum.. But the pork taste is slightly stronger than our local ones somehow. Well, I still find it yummy!

Miao Er Duo (Cat's Ears).

No worries! This ain't real cat's ears! Initially we thought they really eat cat's ears. But we came to realise that these like cat's ear-like stuff are made from dough. It's abit like our Mee Huan Kuay. I personally like this dish because i like the taste, but one of my friends doesn't really fancy this dish because there's cuttlefish taste in the gravy.

Nasi Ayam

I came across this Malay stall with my mum the other day when we went to the Temple (@ Si Ma Lu) near Bugis. I'm sorry that I forgot to note the exact address! This stall is located in the building next the Indian Temple and beside it is a Rojak Stall (apparently this rojak stall is quite famous).
*Update: The stall is located in Fortune Centre, 190 Middle Road

I like their Nasi Ayam because the Chicken meat is tender and the chilli is sweet and a little spicy. What's more, the rice is not too hard nor too soft. Give it a try if you all manage to find the stall k! =P

Nasi Ayam

Xin Kee Zi Char

This is my Grandfather's favourite Zi Char stall.
According to my Mom , the stall owner has changed though.
But we decided to give it a try still and
most of the dishes are still awesome!Here are some of the house specialties!!Sweet & Sour Pork!
This is real good I tell ya..the battered pork is still crispy and the sauce is flavorful!

A MUST-MUST TRY!!

Fish Head Bee Hoon
At first, the soup was a disappointment cuz it wasn't as tasty as before.
But I swore the soup got tastier towards the middle and the end of the meal, I don't know why!
Very generous meaty fish pieces though!

Sambal Tapioca Leaves
This dish is the TOPS!
As much as it looks deceivingly normal, the tapioca leaves were really nicely cooked.
The dish was fragrant and we could taste the pieces of dried shrimp from the sambal.
Nice!

Fried Prawns

This used to be my favourite dish but to be honest, I don't think the new people did an equally good job with frying prawns.
The prawns were huge and crispy, but I still felt it could be done better.
Worth a try though. Eat while its hot!

The stall's located in an Ol'skool Kopitiam at Eng Hoon Street (Near Tiong Bahru market).
Opens 11am-3pm and then 530pm-930pm.
Alternate Tuesdays off.