Craving for Home Cook Taiwanese Food

Missing the home cooking of my Taiwanese Family

Above are eggs boiled in tea

Xia Italian Restaurant

Xia is the name of the restaurant

Xia's restaurant serves good Italian Food

But Xia's crews need training,

 they don't know what is customer service means :(

ABC Wednesday - X

V is for Vietnamese Food

Although I already tried cooking Vietnamese Food, but living in Taipei for nine years and yet never tried eating Vietnamese Food in a restaurant. Finally, thanks to my Vietnamese Classmates for taking the class in Madame Jill's Vietnamese Restaurant last month. Here are the meal we had:

WFT: Chikurin Tei Japanese Restaurant (2)

Last time, I posted Chikurin Tei Japanese Restaurant as part of my Weekend Food Tour. Since it's our second time to stay in Spring City Hotel in Beito (Hot Spring Capital of Taipei) and the dinner was included in ovenight package. This time, they had this Flora Style Creation in connection to Taipei International Flora Exposition that started November 25, 2010 and ended last April 25, 2011. Over all, they had seven servings from appetizer to dessert. We had additional menu given by the Chef for food tasting.



Let's eat:

Passion Fruit Pearl Barley

Rose Petal Sashimi

Weekend Food Tour: Lunch @ Taroko Gorge

Hot Sake in a wild pig figurine

Taroko Gorge is located in Hualien County, Eastern Taiwan. We had 10 hours tour departing from Taipei via Airways to Taroko. We experienced having lunch in Leader Village. Here are the details:

This is funny, I thought of having a meal as what the villagers are eating traditionally. After serving the warm sake, here's the salad.

Our meal in a tray, obviously there's salsa, the rest are fine. A mix of fish, sweet potato, mushroom, and soup. There's also a green salad that we most of us couldn't take. It's a little bit slippery.

I enjoyed this fish. It looks hard, actually it's not and it has lots of fish fats at the bottom.

Rice cooked in a bamboo, kind of chewy but I like it. We were served fruits and cakes for desserts.

Another cup of tea and we're ready to go...

A glimpse of Leader Village Hotel

Food Trip Friday

Food Friday

Soy Milk and Soy Curd Tripping for Today

 Chinese egg pancake  along with Soy Milk for breakfast

Semi-sweet Soy Curd for dessert or snack

Watery Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Weekend Food Tour: Buffalo Wings from Costco

The latest hit in Costco is Buffalo Wings. It's not that spicy as what I've tried previously, I guess the taste is suited for Taiwanese (not fun of eating spicy food). Anyways, DH and I bought and muched these all night while watching DVD.

Dinner on Bed + DVD

Celery with Japanese Sesame Sauce

I also  Baked Cheese Bites to match with chicken

Fat Camp Friday

Yummy Sunday

Mellow Yellow Monday

Weekend Food Tour: Munching All Day @ Taipei Expo

Fresh from my camera, Mister and I explored the Taipei International Flora Exposition. We were there all day and didn't have the chance to visit some of the pavilions. The place was crowded today even it's Thursday. Anyways, to ended up we still had fun walking and munching around. Here are some photos to share :)

For Dinner : I had this grilled chicken  from Onion Restaurant

Here's pork knuckle for hubby

For Snack: Another famous green onion pan cake from Yilan

For Lunch: Just a simple spaghetti for me and rice for him + cake and coffee

Here's the rice and pork wrapped in lotus leaf...

We enjoyed the food from Onion and snack from Yilan :)

Happy Weekend!

Food Trip Friday

Food Friday

I for an Italian Ice Cream

Just a treat for today!

Astro Gelato @ Yang Ming Shan Park

We had pepper mint and dark-thick cholate...

Tthe color reminds me of nature :)

ABC Wednesday - I

Weekend Food Tour: Quail Eggs Stick

For a change, I'm featuring street food in Taipei once in a while. For today, Quail Egg is one of my favorites  here in Night Market. The eggs are always fresh then they cook them in front of customers. There are also  sauce of your choice like sweet soy sauce, salt and pepper. I prefer salt and pepper.

Here's how he made the quail eggs balls. He cracked the eggs one at a time, place them in a molder. Once the bottom of the eggs are cooked, he lifted the eggs with a stick to cook the other side.



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Food Friday

Weekend Food Tour: Munching at YangMingShan

I went to Yang Ming Moutain Park to watch Flower Festival, specially the cherry blossom. Along the way, there are some small stalls selling breakfast/snacks. Not to waste my 2 hours walking, I decided to have boiled purple corn and purple sweet potato.

This is not sweet, it was cooked in a big clay like below.

They also have different ways of preparing the sweet potatoes as shown above.

I think deep fried sweet potato taste better, but I prefer without oil :)

Some of Taiwese Snacks, they also have soup, noodles, and the like.

Come and See the Flower Festival, Cheers!

Luscious Saturday

Yummy Sunday

Weekend Food Tour: New Row Mian @ Fushion

Beef Rolled in Chinese Chives Pan Cake

牛肉面 Niu Rou Mian (Mandarin), in English simple as Beef Noodles. Last Monday, My class went for a late lunch near Taipei 101 in this new place called Fushion New Noodle. The ambiance is nice, since it's near the financial district so the price is a bit expensive.

My Japanese classmate and I shared with this three kinds of beef noodles in one order. Along with the beef noodles are some side dish.

Here's one of the beef noodles, with all the flavor, I like the taste that somewhat sweet, sort of LaMian (Cold Noodles) that made it a bit warm.

Here's the place looks like.

Almost weekend, have one!

Food Trip Friday

Food Friday

Weekend Food Tour: DaBuTeppanyaki near Shi Da

鐵板燒

I was craving for Teppanyaki last Wednesday and I told my friend Nerie why not just go to a fast food Da Bu (Pu)Teppanyaki near NTNU just in front of Shida Park. She ordered beef, and I had the chicken. What I love teppanyaki is that it's cheap and fresh since the chef cooked the food right in there.

Here's my meal, along with chicken ~ two kinds of vegetables were served.

I also ordered extra egg omelet with green onion and fresh basil leaves.

And my favorite egg tofu in sweet soy sauce. 

 Enjoy! Happy Weekend!

Luscious Saturday

Yummy Sunday

Weekend Food Tour: Glutinous Rice Ball Soup

February 17, ends the celebartion of Chinese New Year. Mostly people here are eating Tang Yuan 湯 圓 or Sweet Round Glutinous Rice Soup with Black/Red Beans on this day. The roundness of the glutinous rice symbolize the 15th day of Lunar New Year , the first full moon, and the family wholeness.

This is not much sweet, which is good!

Another celebration is

Happy Lantern Festival!

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Food Friday

Sweets for Saturday

Chinese New Year 2011 @ Home

I invited my friends to come over on the 2nd Day of Chinese New Year. What I prepared is with somewhat Japanese Taste with a twist to link what food should be eaten on Chinese New Year. Here are some of them and their meaning.

While waiting for others, as a traditional saying I have here different kind of nuts for longevity and having more children (lots of descendants) for the coming new year.

Hot pot is what we have in the center of the table, constant simmering symbolizes continuing financial success for the upcoming new year. Some greens, for lengetivity. Fish balls for family reunion, and also perfection since the shape is round.

Here's an appetizer, egg tofu in sweet sauce symbolizes happiness (fu). I love this!

 Mix of anchovy and peanuts, fish should be larger and it symbolizes plenty of food to go round; peanuts as blessings to give birth soon.

White radish for good omen and cake symbolizes for promotion.  

I just added this cake made of yam and glutinous rice. Mostly the sauce is sweet soy sauce.

Pan-Grilled Miso Chicken (should be a whole chicken), symbolizes a flourishing as a whole family and prosperity.

Sukiyaki Spaghetti (Noodles), symbolizes long life; to have a son to carry on the family name; prosperity.

For our desserts, we have fruits, green tea gelatin, and Chocolate Cheesecake. Tangerine symbolizes auspicious; fortune; luck, etc.

There are more food the Chinese New Year that have lots of meaning. I hope you enjoy what I share with here in my little banquet :)

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Food Friday

Fat Camp Friday

Luscious Saturday