Travel: Taiwan - Taipei

[starlight1968sg]

Anybody been to

(1) Five Dime Driftwood Restaurant for a meal? How’s the food and charges like?
(2) Wulai Old Street?

Worth making a trip there?
Thanks.

[parent_in_west]

My Taiwanese friend recommended this shabu shabu restaurant. Heard it serves quality food but on the expensive side.


Orange Shabu Restaurant
29-2, Section 4 Ren-Ai Rd
in Da An (Ta An)

[starlight1968sg]

Hi,

Any must-buy or highly recommended food to buy in Taipei? Thanks.

[tankee]

starlight1968sg:

Hi,

Any must-buy or highly recommended food to buy in Taipei? Thanks.

As in to buy back home?

- Pineapple Tarts
- Sun Cake 太陽餅
- Mochi
- beef or pork jerky

[starlight1968sg]

tankee:

starlight1968sg:

Hi,

Any must-buy or highly recommended food to buy in Taipei? Thanks.

As in to buy back home?

- Pineapple Tarts
- Sun Cake 太陽餅
- Mochi
- beef or pork jerky

Thanks tankee for sharing. Yes, am buying back home. Any particular brand to buy for pineapple tarts? As for beef or pork jerky, are you referring to Black Bridge Brand sausages?

[tankee]

Not that i have tried many different brands to make recommendation :oops:


I had only tried two brand so far, the one from Vigor has a nicer crust and not too sweet fillings, :love: but a little more expensive.

http://www.taiwan-vigor.com.tw/front/bin/ptlist.phtml?Category=349745

Jerky are not sausage. But ang mo type of bak kua. Stronger in taste and nit oily. Comes in varying degree of tenderness.

[tankee]

starlight1968sg:

Anybody been to

(1) Five Dime Driftwood Restaurant for a meal? How's the food and charges like?
(2) Wulai Old Street?

Worth making a trip there?
Thanks.

(1) Five Dime is a chain of theme restaurant, serving kind of like fusion type of Chinese dishes. The building and deco are very interesting, but the food is only so so.

[Jennifer]

tankee:

Not that i have tried many different brands to make recommendation :oops:


I had only tried two brand so far, the one from Vigor has a nicer crust and not too sweet fillings, :love: but a little more expensive.

http://www.taiwan-vigor.com.tw/front/bin/ptlist.phtml?Category=349745

I recommend Vigor too. Not preservatives added and definitely not too sweet. One of their newer pdt is the black charcoal pineapple biscuit.

I joined a tour in Jun 2010 and the guide took us to Vigor. The shop allows sampling of pineapple biscuit, sun cake, green bean biscuit, almond, etc- a very generous serving (comes in a long tray). Their dried fruit (persimmon, mango) so-so only. The black sesame sticky sweet quite fragrant.

[maltbibi]

triplediao:

Going Taipei next Saturday. Very excited to stay in the apartment called Taipei York. Anyone heard of it?


P.S If it was mentioned in previous pages, would appreciate it if you could give me the link. I just jumped straight to the last page of the post.

Hi Triplediao. Did you stay in Taipei York during your last Taiwan trip? Any review? It looks very grand from the website. Wondering whether it is as good as it shown from the website.

Thanks.

[rieko]

Never been to Taiwan before, but joining a local tour as Hong Thai refuses to refund fully for my trip to Sendai in Mid April 2011. They only allow a transfer of destination. So being stuck with them in a way. Anyone had silimar experiences with the group or itenary i am going? Pls let me know whether is Hong Thai’s strength in Taiwan?