Cari de Madame（咖哩娘）
No. 14, Lane 165, Dunhua North Road, Taipei
台北市松山區敦化北路165巷14號
11:30 - 14:00 17:30 - 21:00
MRT: Taipei Arena
Monday, March 23, 2015
Banana bread (home made)
I have tried different recipes for making banana bread and this was the third time that I made banana bread and it was the most successful one so far! So delicious and it looked and tasted almost like as if you would buy it in the bakery! :D
I used the recipe below and tweaked it a bit. I used 5 very ripe bananas and used less sugar and replaced some of the whole wheat flour with (1/4 cup) cake flour (低麵粉). Besides the walnuts on top of the bread, I also incorporated chopped walnuts into the mixture. After baking it for 30 min. I covered the bread with aluminum foil, so the walnuts wouldn't get roasted too much. I was very happy and satisfied with the outcome and will use this recipe from now on!
HowFun Paella Bar (好飯食堂)
Neihu branch (瑞光店)
No. 589, Rui Guang Road, Taipei
台北市內湖區瑞光路589號
11:30 - 21:30
Guangfu branch (光復店)
台北市大安區光復南麓280巷31號
No. 31, Lane 280, Guangfu South Road, Taipei
11:30 - 21:30
MRT: Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall exit 2
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We had dinner at the Neihu branche of Howfun, which is located near MRT Xihu. It is a small restaurant which has an open kitchen and a good ambiance. The interior design makes you want to look around the restaurant. The restaurant is very colorful and they have different sizes of paella pans and cooking utensils hanging around. The place seems to transform into a semi-lounge bar at night, since they provide all sorts of alcoholic cocktails as well.
We started with a (home made) pumpkin soup, which tasted great and came with a slice of bread that was served in the soup. The sweet aroma of the pumpkin makes you long for more!
You could tell that the rice of the Seafood Paella with Saffron (NT$ 330) was made in shrimp broth, because it had a very strong shrimpy flavor to it. If you like shrimp or seafood in general, you will love this dish! The lemon that was provided gave a fresh kick to the dish.
The HowFun Selected Sausage Paella with Southeast Asia Flavor Sauce (NT$ 270) is THE choice for sausage and meat lovers! The paella was generously topped with all kinds of different sausages. The rice was cooked perfectly and the sauce added an Asian feel to the dish.
We will definitely go back and try out some of the other dishes and tapas!
Traditional Taiwanese snacks at 藍家割包
藍家割包
No. 3號, Alley 8, Lane 316, Section 3, Roosevelt Road, Taipei
台北市中山區羅斯福路3段316巷8弄3號
11:00 - 24:00
Macho Tacos
Shida branch
No. 15, Pucheng Street, Taipei
浦城街15號
Yanji branch
No. 3, Lane 126, Yanji Street, Taipei
延吉街126巷3號
I thought the Chicken Burrito Cali style (NT$ 145) was kinda small. The burrito had some fries in it and tasted not bad overall. We also ordered 3 Crispy tacos (NT$ 175). We chose 3 different flavors: taco meat, pork and tofu. The both of us liked the burrito more. The crispy tacos themselves were OK, but the fillings weren't that good. They just tasted weird. I have been to Macho Tacos a few times before already and I remember the food wasn't that bad before. The service wasn't as good either and they removed the small side dishes that were free to take in the past. Too bad they closed down Dos Chinos near Tonghua Street. IMHO the food there was way better.
Singaporean cuisine at 牛車水新加坡料理
PAUL
Renai branch （仁愛店）
No. 107, Section 4, Renai Road, Taipei
台北市仁愛路四段107號（仁愛圓環）
Monday - Sunday: 08:00 - 22:00
Xinyi A9 branch （信義A9店）
2F, No. 9, Songshou Road, Taipei (Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A9)
台北市松壽路9號2F（新光三越A9‧信義新天地）
Monday - Thursday: 11:00 - 21:30
Friday: 11:00 - 22:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 22:00
Sunday: 09:00 - 21:30
Neihu branche （內湖店）
No. 75, Zhouzi Street, Taipei
台北市洲子街75號 (內湖科技園區)
Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 21:30
Saturday - Sunday: 08:30 - 21:30
Nanxi branch （南西店）
B2, No. 12, Nanjing West Road, Taipei (Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Store 1)
台北市南京西路12號 B2 (新光三越南西一館)
Sunday - Thursday: 11:00 - 21:30
Friday - Saturday: 11:00 - 22:00
Shangding buns & mantou (上鼎包子饅頭店）
Shangding buns & mantou (上鼎包子饅頭店）
台北市松山區南京東路五段37號
No. 37, Section 5, Nanjing East Road, Taipei
Monday - Friday: 06:30 - 21:00
Saturday: 06:30 - 19:00
Sunday: Closed
We came across this store by coincidence. The temptation was too big not to get any, so we got 3 different kinds of buns to go: the chashao bun (叉燒包), the meat bun (鮮肉包) and the taro-red bean paste bun (芋頭豆沙包).
I was pleasantly surprised to see that this shop sells chashao buns! I think this is one of the few places other than dimsum restaurants that sells them. Although the chashao buns were good, I find it didn't have enough chashao meat. The meat buns on the other hand were huge and generously filled with delicious flavored pork mixed with spring onions. The taro-red bean paste bun is a bun made of taro dough and abundantly filled with red bean paste. Out of these 3 flavors, I liked the savory meat bun the most. Will definitely go back again to try the other flavors!
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Japanese red bean cake buns (花輪東京今川燒)
Japanese red bean cake buns (花輪東京今川燒)
No. 21, Lane 335, Section 3, Nanjing East Road, Taipei
台北市松山區南京東路三段335巷21號
Monday - Friday: 12:00 - 19:00
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