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There’s really very little I can say about Din Tai Fung that hasn’t already been said in all the various travel books, magazines, and blogs about Taiwan. Open up any of them, and the top must-visit eatery in Taipei that gets mentioned will just about always be the famous Din Tai Fung. [...] Chinese New Year is just around the corner. This year it just happens to fall on a trifecta weekend, combining with Valentine’s Day and President’s Day. Busy, busy weekend for romantically-involved Chinese-Americans. And while I am not always the most in tune with the Chinese side of me, it’s still a very important day for family. [...] Szechuan (Sichuan) knows how to bring the heat. One of my absolute favorite types of Chinese cuisine, it gets its bold flavors from no-holds-barred uses of chili, spices, and garlic on almost everything. The result is usually something that’s packed with flavor and also mouth-numbingly spicy. But be warned as it’s not for the faint of heart. [...] At the north end of ShiDa night market is a small, popular stand that’s made a living for many years selling only one thing: Sheng Jian Bao‘s. They make only one thing, but they make it very, very well. When you stand there, you’ll be amazed at how a handful of people are able to stuff [...] The ShiDa area is quickly becoming my new favorite hangout spot in Taipei. There’s an age you reach when you realize you’re too old to be shopping for kicks with all the high schoolers in Shimending and you’ve also been to Taipei too many times to be hanging out in the tourist clusterfuck that is Shilin. [...] I love stumbling on something good. It’s like a revelation when you accidentally come across something that you should have been looking for all along. Well, this is that something. Once I took a bite of this peppered bun (hu jiao bin), I realized that this is the best thing I’ve eaten in Taipei (well, so [...] So, it was so good the first time that I decided to go back for another! I’m now staying with my Grandma during the week, which I love for my random wanderings because she’s much closer to Taipei’s downtown hotspots. And more importantly, she falls asleep early so there’s nobody to check out with. Off we [...] After eating steak, Dunkin’ Donuts (twice), Thai food, and Burger King during my first 48 hours in Taiwan, I finally got to taste some of the good stuff! As soon as I landed, people asked me what I wanted to eat in Taipei. I’d reply right away with all the usual Taiwanese eats: oyster omelets (o’ya [...]
Yes, that’s right. My first real dinner in Taiwan was spent eating Western-style steak. It probably should have been oyster omelets, stinky tofu, and beef noodle soup washed down with Taiwan beer, but my relatives decided that I probably don’t get enough steak in California and brought me to Wang Steak for dinner. The place [...]
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