Foodies Friday Feast from Taiwan

You cannot come to Taiwan without eating its famous beef noodles. Every shop has its own recipe, from the broth and noodle, to the cut of beef used and how it's cooked. This is my favourite, closed during COVID and reopened the week I came back. Lucky me.

The dumplings here are devine and are only a fraction of the price of a well known overrated chain that has gone global in recent years. The cold sliced liver is another of my favourite dish here. Both are my must order every time I come here.

I found this little restaurant that focuses on healthy fresh ingredients. You choose a main, rice ( there's a choice or plain white, brown or mixed), and three vegetable sides ( from a choice of around ten). And this whole meal only cost about USD4!!

Stinky tofu is sure to split people. You either love it or hate it. The tofu is soaked in liquid, normally tea till it ferments, releasing a strong unique aroma. Then it's deep fried to give it another flavour. Here it's grilled which is quite unusual.

I call this poor man's sausage, which is how it originated. The stall is located outside a very famous temple in Taiwan, and the 'sausage' is made from some sort of flour made into a jelly like texture. Then it's cooked in a very tasty sauce. Yummy!

Hotpots are very popular in Taiwan, I lost count of how many I had during my trip. Each hotpot meal comes with a selection of meat, veg and different meat balls. This one had a cute rabbit shape one. Sorry bunny, I didn't mean to poke you in the eye!

This is the first time I've had a mega thick sandwich like this. The egg is just cooked, and is wrapped in a thin slice of pork which is then deep fried in breadcrumbs. The whole filling is cooked to perfection, I have no idea how they do it.

My friend told the restaurant owner, years ago he had a grated choyate with meatballs soup here. It was the best soup he had. It wasn't on the menu anymore but they made it especially for us. Now I understand why he still remembers it all these years

My absolute favourite dessert, sweet tofu soup with taro and sweet potato glutinous balls. The contrasting texture between the silky soft tofu and chewy glutinous balls is heaven. I'm so missing this.

Taiwan is well known for many things, landscape, hikes, tea, night markets, political sensitivity, 7- 11 (did you see my previous post 😃, and also delicious food. You can get yummilicious street food for less than USD1, or Michelin grade restaurant gourmet food at USD100 per head. And of course, there's lots of choices in between. The selection above represents only a small part of what I ate during my recent visit. Going through the photos, is already making me miss Taiwan and the food so much. I want to eat all of it all over again.

Which one was your favorite?

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