A delicious Indian fusion restaurant run by an ex-New Yorker. He's a baller and everything is delicious. Tai eats here at least once a week, sometimes more. Sometimes several days in a row :D we try to avoid that though xD
Approximate location :
Here-ish, on Googlemaps .
I didn't get any pictures of food this time, but check out this post for pics. I think I got the veggie baked noodle. Their baked noodles are BOSS. You can get rice, too, but the noodles are better.
FYI there is nothing behind the cut except our faces. I don't know why.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Lunar New Year Day 2: More Food~
I swear, I do more than just eat food in Taiwan.
But it just so happens that taking pictures of food is easy(-er than taking pictures of stuff I actually do, or people. I'm terrible at photographing people. And events. And places (serious lack of spacial reasoning). And pretty much anything that moves on its own or exceeds a foot in any dimension. Unless I get complete control over the entire situation; then it sometimes turns out okay. But most of the time not so much. And that is why most of the photographs are food. And the rest are people pulling faces cam-whore style :D ) And writing commentary about those photos is easy(-er than coming up with actual content. Nobody wants to read about what I think. I think. I mean, you might discover I am a horrible narrow-minded person with peculiar tastes in just about everything. That's not very reader-friendly, is it?)
Plus, everyone can relate to food. You experience it every day. Constantly. You ingest it three to four, or even five or six times a day! Or maybe just once or twice, if you're on a budget, or very busy, or not feeling up to it.
But in Taiwan, there is not such thing as 'not feeling up to it'. You can walk down the street and pick up a filling meal for 50-200 NT any time of the day. ANY TIME. So that just leaves busy and broke.
Tangent aside, here is a SUPER DELICIOUS bread I got from Matsusei (a medium-high-end Japan-based grocery store). Normally I don't get bread from groceries (or convenience stores) because they are never as good as bakeries, and bakeries are everywhere, but Matsusei bakes its bread fresh daily, and this one looked good (carbivores can gauge the tastiness of bread based on appearance. I shit you not. It has taken me years, but I've gotten pretty damn good.) Plus it was 20% off 'cause it was made yesterday! Seeing as I planned on eating it straightaway, I couldn't care less.
But it just so happens that taking pictures of food is easy(-er than taking pictures of stuff I actually do, or people. I'm terrible at photographing people. And events. And places (serious lack of spacial reasoning). And pretty much anything that moves on its own or exceeds a foot in any dimension. Unless I get complete control over the entire situation; then it sometimes turns out okay. But most of the time not so much. And that is why most of the photographs are food. And the rest are people pulling faces cam-whore style :D ) And writing commentary about those photos is easy(-er than coming up with actual content. Nobody wants to read about what I think. I think. I mean, you might discover I am a horrible narrow-minded person with peculiar tastes in just about everything. That's not very reader-friendly, is it?)
Plus, everyone can relate to food. You experience it every day. Constantly. You ingest it three to four, or even five or six times a day! Or maybe just once or twice, if you're on a budget, or very busy, or not feeling up to it.
But in Taiwan, there is not such thing as 'not feeling up to it'. You can walk down the street and pick up a filling meal for 50-200 NT any time of the day. ANY TIME. So that just leaves busy and broke.
Tangent aside, here is a SUPER DELICIOUS bread I got from Matsusei (a medium-high-end Japan-based grocery store). Normally I don't get bread from groceries (or convenience stores) because they are never as good as bakeries, and bakeries are everywhere, but Matsusei bakes its bread fresh daily, and this one looked good (carbivores can gauge the tastiness of bread based on appearance. I shit you not. It has taken me years, but I've gotten pretty damn good.) Plus it was 20% off 'cause it was made yesterday! Seeing as I planned on eating it straightaway, I couldn't care less.
Whole-grain bread with sticky black/purple rice, longan (dragon's eye fruit), and orange rind.
Purple rice and longan porridge is a winter dish, so it was like this super-awesome marriage of wholesome bread and traditional cold-weather food.
It was set up like a danish, except instead of fruit filling there was sticky black rice with the longan. Plus there was bits of sticky rice-longan and probably some dates and stuff mixed into the dough, along with the orange rind bits, so instead of just having all the tastiness it in the middle it was EVERYWHERE, and just EXTRA flavourful in the middle.
I will make it one day. Probably with some craisins thrown in instead of longan, 'cause I like craisins better, and they are easier to get ahold of in the states.
Actually, I should tell Mari about this -- she could probably make it since she's a bread-making CHAMPION.
Purple rice and longan porridge is a winter dish, so it was like this super-awesome marriage of wholesome bread and traditional cold-weather food.
It was set up like a danish, except instead of fruit filling there was sticky black rice with the longan. Plus there was bits of sticky rice-longan and probably some dates and stuff mixed into the dough, along with the orange rind bits, so instead of just having all the tastiness it in the middle it was EVERYWHERE, and just EXTRA flavourful in the middle.
I will make it one day. Probably with some craisins thrown in instead of longan, 'cause I like craisins better, and they are easier to get ahold of in the states.
Actually, I should tell Mari about this -- she could probably make it since she's a bread-making CHAMPION.
New Year Happy Time :D
No work 'til Friday!
Tai convinced me not to go in during the break, even though I could get SO MUCH WORK DONE WITH NOBODY THERE O___O But I guess it's good to spend some time at home with family ...and clean (although you're supposed to do all that before the new year, 'cause it'll 'sweep out the good luck' if you do it after. But you're always super-busy gettin everything done beforehand so that you can go on vacation for a week, so it really doesn't make much sense. I compromised and didn't start cleaning 'til today.)
In any case, check out this cute notebook Tai picked up for me!
I love the Engrish!
Tai convinced me not to go in during the break, even though I could get SO MUCH WORK DONE WITH NOBODY THERE O___O But I guess it's good to spend some time at home with family ...and clean (although you're supposed to do all that before the new year, 'cause it'll 'sweep out the good luck' if you do it after. But you're always super-busy gettin everything done beforehand so that you can go on vacation for a week, so it really doesn't make much sense. I compromised and didn't start cleaning 'til today.)
In any case, check out this cute notebook Tai picked up for me!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
丼家 Donburi (Rice bowl)
You can get just the rice bowl or a set meal, which comes with side dish, pickles, dessert, and soup or fountain drink (refillable). There are daily specials for cheaper.
Location: Right across the street from MRT Houshanpi exit 3.
Price: $$ of 5
Vegan/Vegetarian option available -- although the side dishes sometimes have seafood.
Vegetarian Set. It's the tomato one (there's only one). The savoury egg custard had shrimp in the bottom, which I'm okay with, but make sure to ask for a substitute if you're vegan. You can't see the pickles 'cause I ate them already :) The mochi is pretty tasty for standard fare.
The grilled fish single order. You get the whole fish, which is a LOT of protein. @_@ It does come with bones, so be careful! It was a bit too dry for my tastes, but I'm happy it came with the pickles and lime.
Chicken-onion-egg set. According to Tai it was a soggy disappointment. I ate his pickles, which were delicious :)
Their chicken-katsu is very good, and that's what Tai gets whenever he goes. It's about NT$130 as a set, if I recall correctly.
Their tonkatsu is purportedly delicious as well.
Location: Right across the street from MRT Houshanpi exit 3.
Price: $$ of 5
Vegan/Vegetarian option available -- although the side dishes sometimes have seafood.
Vegetarian Set. It's the tomato one (there's only one). The savoury egg custard had shrimp in the bottom, which I'm okay with, but make sure to ask for a substitute if you're vegan. You can't see the pickles 'cause I ate them already :) The mochi is pretty tasty for standard fare.
The grilled fish single order. You get the whole fish, which is a LOT of protein. @_@ It does come with bones, so be careful! It was a bit too dry for my tastes, but I'm happy it came with the pickles and lime.
Chicken-onion-egg set. According to Tai it was a soggy disappointment. I ate his pickles, which were delicious :)Their chicken-katsu is very good, and that's what Tai gets whenever he goes. It's about NT$130 as a set, if I recall correctly.
Their tonkatsu is purportedly delicious as well.
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