By Carrie on June 30, 2010
Toasteria, a Taipei restaurant that specializes in grilled panini sandwiches, has over 20 kinds of grilled panini sandwiches on the menu.
Posted in Features, Taipei, Wanderfood | Tagged Food and Drink, Taipei, Taipei Restaurants, Taiwan |
By Carrie on June 23, 2010
Taiwanese chicken soup: The ultimate comfort food and all-around cure-all for low-energy days, bad moods, and illness.
Posted in Features, Taiwan, Wanderfood | Tagged Asia, Culture, Food and Drink, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwanese food |
By Carrie on June 16, 2010
Din Tai Fung, a local restaurant chain in Taiwan, has been making headlines all over the world with their award-winning dumplings since the 1980s.
Posted in Features, Taiwan, Wanderfood | Tagged Asia, Culture, Food and Drink, Photography, Taipei, Taiwan, Wanderfood Wednesdays |
By Yi on June 8, 2010
What’s sweeter than candy? A candy that can be a standalone miniature art itself. MSW writer Yi Chen unravels the mysteries of candy-making at Papabubble candy store in Taipei.
Posted in Features, Taipei, Wanderfood | Tagged Art, Asia, Food and Drink, Interviews, specialty food stores, Taipei, Taiwan, Wanderfood Wednesdays, Yi Chen |
By Carrie on June 2, 2010
A recent addition to the world’s top ten most unusual foods, Pig’s Blood Cake is also one of Taiwan’s most popular snacks.
Posted in Features, Taiwan, Wanderfood | Tagged Asia, Culture, Food and Drink, strange and unusual foods, Taipei, Taiwan |
By Carrie on May 5, 2010
Despite the fact that most Taiwanese are probably not familiar with the term “finger-licking good” doesn’t mean they don’t know what honest-to-goodness deep-fried chicken is.
Posted in Features, Taiwan, Wanderfood | Tagged Culture, Food and Drink, Street Food, Taipei, Taiwan, Wanderfood Wednesday |
By Carrie on April 21, 2010
Wanderfood Wednesday: I stumbled across these gorgeous chocolate bon-bons at the 9th annual Taipei International Bakery Show last month.
Posted in Features, Taiwan, Wanderfood | Tagged Asia, Culture, Food and Drink, Taipei, Taiwan, Wanderfood Wednesday |
By Carrie on March 24, 2010
This week, Peggy visits Huaxi night market in Taiwan, also known as Snake Alley, where she tries snake meat soup for the first time.
Posted in Culture, Features, Taipei, Wanderfood | Tagged Asia, Culture, Food and Drink, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan Culture Video, Travel, Video |
By Carrie on June 1, 2008
Will someone please explain what the health benefits of Essence of Chicken are? I’ve often wondered about those little yellow and green boxes available at our local 7-11. They claim to increase your virility and strength with a single jar. I had my first taste today in Chinese class after my teacher told me I [...]
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