Ay-Chung Rice Noodle Soup

If any of you have gone to Ximen Ting in Taipei, you must try Ay-Chung Rice Noodle Soup. It is located near Rainbow Hotel, which is popular with tourists for its cheap accommodation and good location.

You will able to locate the store by following the long queue. There is no seats available, so you have to stand to eat. The noodle soup with intestines come with chewy intestines which you eat with a spoon. Die die must try

Din Tai Fung HQ

Xiao Long Bao, NT$180

Shrimp and pork Shao Mai, NT$300

Layer cake & Red bean cake, NT$30 each

Heard that Taiwan's Din Tai Fung has the best xiao long bao in the world so must die die come and try while in Taiwan. Was surprised when we found the place. A small shop between a row of old shophouses. But it houses a few floors. The waitress at the door handled us a order list and asked us to proceed to third floor for our seats. The service is good. Tea is quickly refilled, I think I got at least 5 cups. And plates are replaced before we had the cakes. The xiao long bao is really much better than what I have back in Singapore. Too bad I a bit full, if not I will try more. But I think the shao mai's skin is a bit too thick by the way. Have a bit of problems in order as everything are written in chinese and there are no description.

Din Tai Fung
Xinyi Restaurant
Website: http://www.dintaifung.com.tw
Tel: 886-02-2321-8928
Fax: 886-02-2321-5958

Shilin Food Market

Watami Japanese Restaurant

Unagi Egg Roll (NT$120)
Seem normal other than its filling

Seafood Hotpot (NT$240)
Lot of seafood as it is a one person potion

Coconut milk with red beans (NT$50)
Very unique hot dessert. Very sweet and not thick at all.

WATAMI JAPANESE CASUAL RESTAURANT (Ximen Branch, Taipei, Taiwan)

Website: http://www.watami.com.tw

Golden Mountain fine Art & Life style

Went to eat at Golden Mountain fine Art & Life style in Hsinchu, Taiwan for department's dinner. (Just in case you don't where is the restaurant, across UTAC) Very grand. The first time walking past the place when I thought the place was a grand temple. They even print our company's name on board at the entrance and on the menu, with directions printed on the wall to show us to our tables(just 2 tables). The starter which is king crab is great and big, followed by stuffed you tiao. There was also the usual shark fin's soup which is full of stuffs. French style ostrich's meat with cheese baked shellfish next, followed by Crab meat fried in egg white in Yam ring. We were so full by the time we get to the bao yu, double boiled chicken soup. I did'nt even eat the tang hoon in curry soup. Too much curry powder for this. We finished off with char siew pastry and Haagen Dazs ice-cream. Oh just before I forget, they served very thick papaya milk.

Total damages: NT$888 + 10% per person

Golden Mountain fine Art & Life style

金山面藝術生活館

Address: 新竹市金山13街13號

Website: http://www.golden-art.com.tw

Tel: 03-5636296.5636085

Fax: 03-5636321