Month: March 2020

Bowl of best beef noodles in Ximending at Fuhong Beef Noodle with chilli butter and pickled mustard greens next to plate of pickled cucumbers

A local recommends the best beef noodles in Ximending – Fuhong beef noodles review

A local’s take on the best beef noodles in Ximending You could spend hours trawling the internet for the best beef noodles in Ximending and never come to a solid conclusion. The history behind Taiwanese beef noodle soup, plus a culture of eating out regularly, mean that locals you speak to will almost always have …

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Bowl of braised pork and rice for breakfast in taichung

Local Breakfast in Taichung – Melt-in-the-mouth Pork Belly at Xiao Yan Meat Rice (蕭爌肉飯)

What would you rather have for breakfast? A cold bowl of cereal with milk? Or a steaming bowl of fragrant rice, topped with a mountain of pickled mustard greens and a glistening slice of slow-cooked pork belly? If you are the sort of person that would always go for the latter, then you will love …

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Hot Star Large Fried Chicken in a bag outside Ximending branch

Hot Star Large Fried Chicken in Ximending, Taipei – a Taiwanese ‘schnitzel’ the size of your head

This site isn’t necessarily about fancy food, it’s about good food, and if your definition of ‘good food’ is like mine (anything tasty enough to make you order it again), then a simple piece of fried chicken can more than make the grade. Hot Star Large Fried Chicken therefore claims this title by definition – …

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