鳳梨酥 Pineapple Gateau

Imagine a cuboidal pastry comprised of crumbly fragrant buttery crust encasing a toothsome filling of sticky pineapple cooked from whole fruit grated and reduced slowly to preserve its heavenly flavour.

I have no idea where it came from or who came up with it, but it is delicious and I love it and I love being able to get it at pretty much any bakery worth its salt (and there are quite a few). The cheap versions with fake pineapple filling can be yummy too :)

A Famous Purveyor of These Treats

I ate two of them today, and even though my tummy is a little upset, it was worth it.

Breakfast Shop

New Taipei City, Xindian District, Sanmin Rd. across from 全連Chuan-Lian grocery.

Make sure to get the fat ones; though they are curiously sweet on top ^^

Fabric District

So I didn't actually get any pictures of fabric, but this bowl of soup we got was across the street from an enormous indoor fabric market. <- link to the approximate location :)

There was a guy selling maltose pops and sandwich crackers in front of the indoor fabric market. Tai got a kitty-cat pop and Gracie got a set of 3 sandwich crackers (not shown) in different flavours: peanut, milk, and seaweed. They were all very tasty!

Baking Supply Depot

大家發
食品原料DIY
板橋區三民路一段～99號

Da Jia Fa
Foodstuffs Raw Materials DIY
220 Taiwan New Taipei City Banciao District Section 1, SānMín Road ~No. 99

#99 is actually the FedEx next door; I forgot the number for the actual store itself ^^;

Googlemaps

This place has both professional and domestic cooking and baking supplies.

There are culinary classes upstairs. Also, a bowling alley.

It's across from a FamilyMart

National Palace Museum

How to get there

According to GoogleMaps

Tadpole Point

Tadpole Point 尖蚪 At Treasure Hill Artist Village.

台北市汀州路三段230巷57號

Hours:

Tues – Fri 3：00 pm~11:00 pm
Sat – Sun 12：00 pm~11:00 pm

Features ''living gastronomy'' (NT$70 min/person) and monthly moving showings (i.e. ''Dead Snow'' and other quirky titles).