[Taipei Eats] De Loin 德朗 Restaurant

During one of our quarterly eat outs, we went to De Loin 德朗 all the way in Neihu. It's a bit far from all of us but the restaurant has pretty good reviews so my colleagues wanted to try it. Another colleague had already eaten there twice before and was also recommending it to us....

[Therese Explores] Chiayi and Alishan, Taiwan

For our domestic company trip last year, I chose the Chiayi and Alishan group because the rest didn't seem as interesting. Plus, I hadn't been to Chiayi and my teammates also chose that one and I decided to join the bandwagon (lol). Itinerary summary Day 1: THSR from Taipei to Chiayi → Chiayi National Palace...

[Tokyo Eats] New New York Club

I don't know when it started but I am now a huge bagel fan. There are times when I'd crave a good (but not overpriced) bagel and a walnut cheese or a parmesan cheese bagel from Caffe Chato in Taipei would usually satisfy that craving. When Tiffy mentioned that there was a delicious bagel shop...

[Tokyo Eats] Spajiro

Over the years, whenever T and I travel, I make the itinerary filled not only with the places I want us to go to but also the restaurants that I want us to eat at. For this trip though, we had a pretty loose itinerary because our main goal was to spend time with my...

[Tokyo Eats] Butagumi

Butagumi is one of the restaurants that Tiff and Bomu recommended if we wanted to have tonkatsu. It also came up when I was doing my research on restaurants in Tokyo. Originally, T and I didn’t really have definitive plans of trying out a tonkatsu place because we’re not big fans but after having coffee...

[Tokyo Eats] Blue Bottle

In an earlier post, I talked about lunch at Shavu Shavu. After lunch, we went to Blue Bottle since there was one nearby. I couldn’t go to Tokyo without trying Blue Bottle especially after hearing friends and colleagues giving good comments about it. Tiffy had to go back home with bb and dad didn’t want...

[Tokyo Eats] Shavu Shavu

On my first semester studying Mandarin in Taiwan, I became friends with my Japanese classmate Bomu. Eventually, he went to Manila to study English for a few months and in those months, he stayed at our house because both my sister and I weren't there so we had an extra room. It's funny because my...

[Tokyo Eats] Lattest Espresso & Bar

My friends and I stumbled upon this coffee bar while we were looking for a place to continue hanging out at after dinner at Yamahan. It's cool because they're open until 2AM, so if you're ever in the Azabujuban area looking for a late-night hangout place, you know where to go! It's a very small...

[Tokyo Eats] Yamahan

My friend Tifa found this restaurant as we were looking for places to eat at around the Azabujuban area because it had pretty good reviews and it wasn't that expensive. My friends and I were originally seated in this weird seating area that I think was really meant for people who don't know each other?...

[Tokyo Eats] Dumbo Doughnuts and Coffee

I'm not usually a fan of donuts because I find them sweet or airy. One of the other donuts that I like is Haritts (which coincidentally is also Japanese) because it's not as sweet and it's pretty dense, which I prefer. That's why I didn't have high expectations for Dumbo even when my sister told...