Food Tour at Jiufen, Taipei

When I mentioned that I was visiting Taipei, one of the first recommendation from my friends were “you must visit Jiufen”. 九份 (Jiufen), according to our driver, got its name from the original nine households living in that area. Some time ago, there were only nine households living in the hill. Whenever someone went down […]

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Dishes of #CookForFamily Day 2012

I have finally found some time to put together a collage of some of the dishes cooked during #CookForFamily day 25 Nov 2012. It’s amazing when I see the variety of dishes put together, all for the purpose of sharing love and joy with our families. I am sure there were many smiles that were […]

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Food and sights of Ji Bao Li Old St, Taipei

We went on a day tour around the outskirts of Taipei and stopped by at Jinshan after visiting Yeliu Geopark. Ji Bao Li (thanks readers for the correction!) is an old street selling a variety of things and according to our driver, is popular with locals. We visited the place for lunch as it is […]

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Taipei Ding Tai Fung vs Kao Chi (Part 2)

And so, my last post ended with my views on Kao Chi. What about Ding Tai Fung? Well, we went to the same area for dinner (my toddler woke up late from her afternoon nap and we decided not to venture too far), and surprise, Ding Tai Fung’s queue at 7.30pm was short! We decided […]

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Taipei Ding Tai Fung versus Kao Chi (part 1)

The hotel I stayed at is within walking distance of the original Ding Tai Fung and so we decided to visit it during lunch. We were warned by our hotel’s receptionists to go early as crowds were expected but silly us did not heed the warning. We thought, no biggie, we may end up waiting […]

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Taiwan Travel: First day market tour and breakfast

We arrived today at Taipei on a wet and cold morning. Indeed, it was raining throughout the day! After depositing our luggage at our hotel, we went around to look for food. A taxi driver mentioned to us that Dongmen market was round the corner and so we decided to check it out. It was […]

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American Pancakes

Pancakes make a simple yet satisfying breakfast and I make it quite often. I like to explore various pancake recipes, and although I like whole grain pancakes (using whole wheat flour only), my daughter is not a fan. This recipe is tweaked from one that I found online to include wheat bran. Feel free to […]

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