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January 21, 2010 2

Tu Hsiao Yueh (Taipei: east district)

By in 10: Taipei

One specialty dish one’s got to try in Taiwan is Tan Tsai noodle, a Taiwanese specialty originated from Tainan (Southern Taiwan). We went to Tu Hsiao Yueh, a famous restaurant that’s been around for more 100 years specializes in this noodle. The branch we went to was located in the happening “east district” neighbourhood with […]

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January 20, 2010 5

Somebody Cafe (Taipei: Ximending)

By in 10: Taipei

There seems to be a cafe culture boom in Taipei in the past decade, as I noticed there’s a large amount of cute and interesting cafes all over the city for people to lounge at and escape to. Some of these cafes are part of a design studio or boutiques, and almost all of them […]

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January 19, 2010 3

Ya Rou Bian (Taipei: Ximending)

By in 10: Taipei

Restaurants blogging from other cities continues on. Jon and I spent 8 days in Taipei on the first week of January. The last time I went to Taipei was when I was a child (10-11 years old or so?). My memory of Taipei was foggy and all I remembered was the bad traffic and ugly […]

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December 17, 2009 3

Border Grill Truck

By in 21: Food truck

More food trucks! Popular Mexican restaurant Border Grill has joined in the rising food truck scene. I haven’t been to Border Grill before (only been to one of the owners’ other place: Street). My coworkers who live at the west side like the place but said it’s way too crowded all the time so they […]

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December 16, 2009 5

Dosa Truck

By in 21: Food truck

It’s great that more and more food trucks are stopping by the Hollywood area during lunch so I have a lot more lunch options these days. One of them is the Dosa Truck . Dosa Truck sells, of course, Dosa, a crepe-like Southern Indian street food that’s made of rice and lentil flour. The menu […]

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