Archive for the ‘Health food’ Category

REAL TOFU   Leave a comment

CLICK HERE for YouTube video (2 mins HD)

Posted April 26, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Health food

RIPE PEE-PA (LOQUAT FRUIT), DURIAN   Leave a comment

http://www.facebook.com/v/10150642028365060 CLICK ABOVE LINK – Short Video YanPing Road was the original fashionable place to shop – starting from ChangAn Road West where there is a Five Ways of intersecting streets (a good roast duck shop and across the road, fresh orange juice  500 ml for NT$50). Walking north on YanPing Road (east side) found [...]

Posted April 11, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Health food

CHEAP EATS   Leave a comment

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 [...]

Posted November 18, 2011 by fathomTaiwan in Health food, How to Save Money

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   2 comments

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.

Posted July 24, 2011 by fathomTaiwan in Health food

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 [...]