We don’t see cooked soy beans for sale in Australia. These have chili and maybe garlic on the outside of the pods (which I presume, are not eaten). Shell them as with peas, chewy. Not too bad. Very cheap food. Compliment these with fresh prawns and a stick or loaf of French-style bread – all [...]
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CHEAP EATS Leave a comment
HOT-POT RESTAURANT – A popular DIY food Leave a comment
Vegetables arrive neatly stacked in a bowl – ready for cooking at the table by yourselves. Cooking is in sunken dishes electrical heated. Customer controls the heat level. Each person has their own hot-pot. Seafood is one choice. Various sliced raw meats or chicken is an option. Finally, there is a delicious soup made from [...]
ASTORIA RESTAURANT, (Revisited) TAIPEI Leave a comment
LUNCH at the Astoria – previous visit. (click this text) Address: 2F #5 Sec 1, Wu Chang Street, Taipei 100 See “Lunch at the Astoria”, top of this page for a link.
FAST FOOD KAOHSIUNG Leave a comment
Less English in the advertising in southern Taiwan.
SURF TAIWAN – C I J I N ISLAND Leave a comment
Eileen (above) is Swiss-German with a Taiwanese mother. She speaks good Chinese Mandarin. Leo is a chef and member of the surf club. Eileen told me a little about the Cijin surf club. 1. Members can store their boards and can over-night at the clubhouse if they wish. 2. Surf board hire NT$500 per day. [...]
FRUIT IN JULY Leave a comment
Australia exports its top quality fruit – often to Taiwan. Fresh squeezed oranges from California or South Africa as sold near my hotel. The giant mango is yet to be sampled for taste – I doubt if it will compare with Australian mangoes from Bowen, Queensland, known as Kensington Pride and (I think) Bowen Specials. [...]
SHILIN NIGHT MARKET (MRT RED LINE NORTH) Leave a comment
7pm and 100 were lined up for deep-fried chicken. I’ve seen this before but never inquired what they were buying. It’s apparently the most popular item. Outside in the nearby street, the market is expanding into the narrow lanes. Opposite the huge school was a red lantern restaurant. They call this fish a name that [...]
CHINA PIZZA 2 comments
VEGETARIAN. Previously reviewed. They now have an English menu (credit card size). The pancake or omelet is soft and slightly gluey with the choice of topping cooked into it on a hamburger-style hot plate. A good snack when on the move. I did a short video during a previous visit and put it on You [...]
LATEST TAIWAN TRAVEL INFO Leave a comment
LONELY PLANET have published their 8th guide to Taiwan, so I picked up a copy and began checking for errors. (More on that later in the month). The book is over-priced yet essential for first-time visitors. A good starting point. A lot of work involved in the compilation. Taipei MRT rail stations have free maps [...]
NIGHT MARKET JUICE BAR Leave a comment
At Kaohsiung – the same place as featured in the new-design masthead above. With a new ‘theme’ as well we can now present much larger pictures, (although before most pictures could be enlarged with a click or two).
