Getting Started On That To-Eat List
- Jan 4, 2019
- 3 min read
When I knew I was going to be going to South Korea and Taiwan I decided that I needed to compile a 'to eat list' because I love food and didn't want to miss anything that was considered to be 'the thing to eat in Taiwan (more specifically Taipei) or South Korea, I also thought it would be fun to challenge ourselves (especially Linda and Sarah who are a bit fussy about their food.)
Our first foray into food was of course the airline, and I am one of those rare people that enjoy food on the plane, it's those little servings and treats you get that are so enjoyable.
Dinner was excellent, a great pork and rice dish however the breakfast was not as good,
but overall I was happy with the food that China Airlines had to offer.
The to-eat list also touches on beverages as there were a few drinks we were told to try as
they aresynonymous with that area and it's also fun to try different drinks that you can't get in Australia (or just to see why some things like the banana and chocolate milk
are so damned good in these places)
Our first foray into food was great, eating green onion pancakes and noodles in a tiny little 'cafe' full o flocals and we knew from that moment that eating in Taiwan was going to be good.
The humidity hit hard while in Taiwan which made us want to drink more than eat and day one we realised that there were a lot of things to drink here that we don't get back home so we had to try a few.
Dinner the first night was one that people say you can't leave Taiwan without trying, and it is simply beef noodle soup (see the first picture of this blog) which was as good as I thought it would be, and the old-fashioned lemonade was great for quenching the thirst.
I somehow have a feeling I am going to be living
on banana milk while we are away, there is just something so good about it and it's a good start to the day with breky I think. Day 2 in Taiwan was a food-lovers delight from a simple convenience store breakfast while waiting for our bus, to amazingly refreshing fruit juices to street-food galore.
Oyster omelettes/pancakes in Shifen were interesting, they tasted really good but you had to get past the appearance, which
wasn't, and the texture which because of a cornflour mix they used made it a little slimy. If I get the chance to try them again I will because another store may cook them differently and eliminate the slime which would make it a whole lot better.
Once we hit Jiufen we were in trouble because there were so many food choices we didn't know where to start, and I understand why people say make sure you arrive here with an appetite.
My favourites had to be the fish cakes, pork buns, ice-cream burrito (thin pancake/ burritto filled with shaved peanut nougat, and ice-cream with coriander leaves) which was so refreshing and delicious and the shaved ice (shaved ice topped with condensed milk, ice-cream and a huge variety of fruit)
It was truly decadent and the serving was huge, and the four of us could not finish it all, even though we made a stellar attempt to.
Hot spicy pepper buns(not snake soup) at Huaxhi street market finished off the evening, another delicious food to knock off that to-eat list.
Our last day in Taiwan was one of both 'interesting' and amazing food choices and just makes me think that there is a whole lot more out there that I would like to try and I am looking forward to creating the next to-eat list.
We had watched a video before(well more than a few videos) but quite a few recommended and apple sidre so we couldn't resist, and it was a nice apple juice but I'm not sure why exactly it was suggested as a must try item. although it was certainly refreshing.
Our not so nutritional breakfast of pineapple cake and banana milk led to the 'interesting' stinky tofu
experience in Maokong which I can't recommend for the taste but I can for the experience, however the sausage was highly recommended.
The highlight of our day were dumplings galore at Din Tao Fung which were seriously the best I have tasted and there is no denying it, there were not enough of them.
All in all I had a great food experience in Taipei and I am looking forward to the next section of knocking things off of my to eat list.
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