Chef Teng is a well known restaurant chain in Taiwan. Like any other chains though it started with one restaurant. I learned that the background of Chef Teng is that he studied some french cuisine in Japan a while back and incorporated some French cuisine in to Taiwanese food, which I found interesting. The most popular dishes …
If this stuff was at food courts at the same price as Taiwan (like $8 US dollars) I would eat there ALL THE TIME. There was hibachi right there in the food court! (By the way, Interesting fact: What we call “Hibachi” here is actually called Teppanyaki in Japanese, and Hibachi means something else.)
Beef Noodle Soup is one of my favorite meals! While visiting Taiwan, I will always get me some. I just love that this is one of those meals you can find any where in Taiwan, include the Mall Food Court! Unfortunately, it’s not as widespread in the states. However, I can make my own with …
Sichuan (四川), more commonly known as Szechuan in the Western world, is a province in China. Mala is a very popular Szechuan sauce or style of food from there. The direct translation of Mala actually describes the taste almost perfectly: Ma = Numb, La = Spicy. (However, I said almost perfectly because it left out that the …
Taiwanese Hot Pot – There is nothing I enjoy more for dinner in the winter time than Hot Pot! In case your’e not familiar, Hot Pot is what most people call Huo Guo or 火鍋. However, it’s literal translation is “Fire Pot” (Huo 火 = Fire, and Guo 鍋 = Pot). I think its literal translation actually …
Harbour Restaurant in Kaohsiung – This post is about the day I ate until I almost exploded… but would’ve died completely happy. This post is about my dinner at Harbour Restaurant in Kaohsiung’s Ju Dan mall (巨蛋). Basically, this place is a high end all-you-can-eat restaurant with what is almost an unlimited amount of choices. The …
The Dream Mall (夢時代購物中心) in Kaohsiung is not only the largest shopping mall in Taiwan, but also the largest in East Asia. Unfortunately we didn’t stroll very long, as we came here after a whole day of sightseeing around Kaohsiung, and we were ready for some food in our tummies.
As you probably already know, Taiwan is an island. So it is not at all surprising that seafood is as common as any other food here. For example, here’s what I had for lunch at the food court of a mall called New Century (大統新世紀) yesterday:
As some of you might already know, I’m a fan of the Paleo diet. It basically consists of everything I like – meat and veggies, and it cuts out all the BS (I count processed foods as BS). Well, as part of this whole meat thing, I’m also a huge fan of some free-range organic …
First day of Taiwan and we start out with one of my favorite breakfast here. I had some Bacon Dan Bing (蛋餅), which is basically Eggs and bacon cooked in a crepe type deal. You can also put some sweet soy-sauce like sauce on it and it makes it this mouth-watering breakfast: