Foodie Heaven

Hello my friends!

I'm back here again to talk about some more must tries in Taiwan! This time when I visited my aunty brought me to this restaurant that specialises in Italian food and especially Churros! Which is definitely one of my all time favourite, especially every time I visit a theme park I always need to buy churros since they're extremely irresistible. So this place is called Churro'K "啾拿棒專賣店" which is located in the Da'an District. I was extremely excited to try all the foods at this place as it already looks and sounds delicious!

We decided to all get either risottos or pastas, I usually always order a creamy pasta like the broccoli, rib eyed steak carbonara below with a balance to a red sauce pasta so I don't get too sick of the whole creaminess too quickly! The food was made really well especially with such a small kitchen, it was fast, tasty and the presentation was great also.

Ahhh, moving on to my favourite part - of the meal I suppose haha! We ordered heaps of churros to share as we pretty much wanted to try each and every kind of it... Firstly, we got the class churros in creamy salted caramel with a serve of rich soft serve which was amazing especially the special caramel sauce!

We then moved on to getting something similar to a share platter, had 5 churros presented like a flower with the choice of three dipping sauces - which to what I remember I ordered the Lemon Curd, Rose Jam and Rich Chocolate which were all amazing but my favourite was definitely the Rose Jam as it was actually extremely rich and light at the same time.

Next, to all you Eel Rice Bowl aka. Unagi Don "鰻丼" fans out there - this is a must try for you! This restaurant below is possibly the busiest restaurant I even visited during my entire trip in Taiwan... The wait/line was so long and there were heaps of tourists so when I finally got to try it out, I understood why! It was literally on point Eel Rice, the flavour of the eel was so flavoursome and the texture was just right! Not too soft/soggy or not too hard either, the flavouring was perfect - not too sweet! Pretty much everyone who ate here came for the Unagi Don. If you ever want to try this place, it's called "肥前屋" in the Zhongshan District and it doesn't take reservations so it's pretty much first in, first served! Or at least try your best to avoid peak lunch hours like 12pm... where all the business men and women are on their lunch breaks... However, if you do have to line up then it is definitely worth the wait (if you like eel of course). 

We also went to eat some really delicious dumplings also located in the Zhongshan District, these were really worth it as the filling were so nice and generous. Side dishes like pig ears, pickles and the bean curd strips salad are all musts when eating steamed dumplings.

Moved on to another place that my aunty brought me to, I guess the foodie aspect runs in the genes! Such an authentic Chinese styled spicy noodles.

The food that i'm about to introduce to your guys is once again, one of my all time favourites! This dish is translated to Taiwanese Meatballs "肉圓" sounds super ordinary translated but there's a lot more to it than you think! It's pretty much a translucent glutinous dough filled with usually a mixture of pork, bamboo and lots of other different ingredients usually fried or stemed (the two different methods lead to the end product tasting completely different, so you got to try both!). They usually cut the meatball into smaller pieces then using a special sweet and savory sauce and topped with some coriander, garlic sauce and other "secret" sauces according to every since Taiwanese meatball street vendor haha.

Another place that I strongly suggest is this Vietnamese Pho place called Cyclo located in Da'an District! It's a very American styled Vietnamese Pho but still tasted extremely authentic along with the rare beef and other variety of choices they offered. We ordered some authentic Vietnamese drinks, my tops picks are always Vietnamese milk tea which are always to die for. Whenever, I eat Pho I always order the ones with rare beef since it's always the most tender to eat and pretty much doesn't overcook in the soup while you're eating it since the rich broth usually stays hot for a long time. Also ordered some Vietnamese spring rolls along with our meal which were so flavoursome! Remember to always pair your food with the absolutely mouth-watering Sriracha sauce (if you can eat spicy that is)!

One last place that I will quickly talk about is a mini cafe located in Zhongshan District who specialises in Bagels. We always get drinks to go with our pastries since it always gets too dry! We ordered a Caramel Macchiato and a Latte, the Blueberry and Black Sesame Bagel along with cream cheese and a sweet maple walnut dipping sauce to pair!

Hope you guys have enjoyed my post once again, thank you so much for reading if you've made it this far! I'll be sharing more food and travel posts soon so please come visit my blog again. If you have an Instragram account feel free to follow me @misstingchen. Talk to you soon!

- Miss Ting Chen