taro swiss roll

Xiang Shuai Cake, (香帥蛋糕): Cravable Taro Swiss Cake

Rating:★★★★1/2 Cuisine: Taiwanese/Bakery Price Range: Cheap Eats! Address: No. 94, Section 3, Luósīfú Road, Jhongjheng District  Taipei City, Taiwan      Tel: 02-2362-1438 Website: http://www.scake.tw/ I never knew swiss rolls originated in Europe since it is so heavily popularized here in HK and Taiwan. Generally Asian swiss rolls are lighter in taste, with a thin layer of filling…

chicken steak on sizzling plate

Da Kuai Niu Pai(大塊牛排): You up for some sizzling steak?

Rating:★★★1/2 Cuisine: Taiwanese Price Range: Cheap Eats Address: Wen Ling Lu #341, Shi Ling District, Taipei, Taiwan (士林區, 文林路341號 )   Tel: (02) 2880-6629 Fattoro mostly searches for the best restaurants in its category that are inevitably on the luxury and splurge side, but once in a while you a post on “good value restaurants,” good food…

Sirloin

Hung Hwa Teppanyaki, 紅花鐵板燒:My Type of Teppanyaki

Rating:★★★1/2 Cuisine: Taiwanese / Japanese (teppanyaki) Price Range: Cheap Eats Address: Xin Yi District, Song Gao Lu #12, B2 (Xin Guang San Yue A8), Taipei, Taiwan台北市信義區松高路12號B2 (新光三越信義新天地A8館),   Tel: 02-87806326 Yung Hung Hwa is one of my most preferred teppanyaki joints. Why? For two simple reasons: They season everything quite hard; most of their dishes are…

Obasan Ba-Wan

Ba-Wan: A Hidden Gem at “大安路”

Rating:★★★★1/2 Cuisine: Taiwanese / Small Eats (小吃) Price Range: Cheap Eats Address: Da An Lu Section 1, Between No. 43 – No. 47, Taipei, Taiwan // 大安路一段43號和47號巷子中間,台北,台灣。 For those who are foreign to Ba-Wan a.k.a Rou Yuan肉圓(a traditional Taiwanese Xiao Chi/small eats/street food) it is a translucent chewy dough filled with a savory stuffing that usually…

coffee bread 咖啡麵包

貝克男孩(咖啡麵包), The Secret Ingredient to Bread

Rating:★★★1/2 Cuisine: Taiwanese/Bakery Price Range: Cheap Eats Address: 100台北市中正區市民大道三段8號 1st floor (光華商場, Taipei, Taiwan I found myself standing in front of Bei Ke Nan Hai’s coffee bread when Strolling around Guang Huang Shang Chang (光華商場) for a computer charger. Standing there tempted to order puffy coffee bread that looks relatively similar to pineapple bread (菠蘿麵包). It was…

teppanyaki cookin'

Yuan Di 园邸铁板烧, Teppanyaki In Action

Rating:★★★ Cuisine: Japanese / Taiwanes/ Teppanyaki Price Range: Splurge Address: 2975 Hong Mei Road in Xi Ting Hotel 1st floor, Shanghai, China          Tel: 021-51600268 There has been a substantial increase of teppanyaki joints in the last decade. From all you can eat, “French” inspired teppanyaki, Japanese teppanyaki and the rest in between. Prices from 28rmb at hole…