[Taipei Eats] Filipino food at Sizzling Manila 嗞嗞馬尼拉

I went to Zhongshan North Road Sec. 3 again to make another remittance. I was happy that the exchange rate was a bit better compared to last month. Hehe. This time around, I was finally able to try Sizzling Manila (嗞嗞馬尼拉)’s sisig & sinigang combo. They're located in Maji Square, if you're also looking for...

Taiwan Roadtrip (台灣環島), Part 3 – Tainan 台南 and Taichung 台中

We left Kaohsiung at around 9:30-10 in the morning and arrived in Tainan close to lunch time. We tried this really popular congee place in Tainan called 阿堂鹹粥 but we felt like it was… just okay. It was a bit disappointing because we waited more than half an hour for it. The shrimp fried rice...

Taiwan Roadtrip (台灣環島), Part 2 – Kaohsiung cafes & Moon World Landscape Park (月世界地景公園)

We reached our final destination (Kaohsiung) late evening, and our first order of business was dinner. Good thing T's family had roast duck for dinner and left some for us to eat. We also bought midnight snacks because we got hungry. The next day, we went to Around Cafe (流浪咖啡) for brunch. It's a 2-story...

Taiwan Roadtrip (台灣環島), Part 1 – Taichung 台中, Changhua 彰化, Chiayi 嘉義

We finally pushed through with our roadtrip. We took a multi-day trip that started in Taipei, passed through Taichung, Changhua and Chiayi, and ended in Kaohsiung (total of 399km!) for the Lunar New Year holiday. After the holiday, we left Kaohsiung and went to Tainan and then Taichung before arriving back in Taipei. I'm going...

First hike of 2021 – Mt. Sanjiaolun 三角崙山, aka Matcha Mountain 抹茶山 (Jiaoxi, Yilan 宜蘭礁溪)

Last year, we were able to reach my goal of doing at least 3 hikes. We did Qixingshan, Jinmianshan, and Guanyinshan. In January, the weather on weekends wasn't as cooperative as it always rained so we weren't able to do any hikes. Luckily, on the first weekend of February, we finally had good weather! We...

[Taipei Eats] Vegan food at Ooh Cha Cha

I've written about Ooh Cha Cha in previous posts, here and here. I've been there multiple times but each time’s still as good as the last. I can say that it is one of my fave vegan restaurants in Taipei because of the good food and fair prices. One of my friends also like Ooh...

[Taipei Eats] Shaihainese food at 申浦尚宴

Before the start of our Lunar New Year holidays, my colleagues and I went to a Shanghainese restaurant for dinner. It was my first time going there, but it was recommended by our colleague who had been there before. I wasn't able to take note of the names of the dishes we ordered. I usually...

[Weekend diaries] Taiwanese food at 有家麵店 and pizza at Bianca Pizza

It was another one of those sleep in weekends so we woke up past lunch time on a Saturday. I craved Taiwanese food again so we looked for one around the area that was still open in the afternoon and we ended up in 有家麵店. We ordered a bunch of food since it was our...

[Weekend diaries] Taiwanese food at 戴記, Russian bread from Perfepan, buns from Fuji 福記, and Italian food at Element Pasta

We slept in on the weekend, so when we woke up half the day had already gone by. We decided to have late lunch at 戴記 which T also found off of Google Maps, if I'm not mistaken. It's a food stall near Global Mall Zhonghe that serves Taiwanese food. We ordered their 土魠魚羹麵 60NTD(small)炒米粉...

[Taipei Eats] Filipino food at MH Filipino Fast Food 菲律賓快餐

I made a remittance (in Zhongshan North Road Sec. 3) and since I was in the area, I decided to have late lunch at the Filipino restaurant. I would have wanted to eat sinigang (pork tamarind soup) but they didn't have it that day so I settled with paksiw na bangus (pickled milkfish) and monggo...