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7 princesses and the dwarf
One of the biggest impacts that the pandemic has had on my dining habits is the drastic reduction in the number of meals I've had at formal Chinese restaurants. Outright bans on dinner service aside,...
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Heavy Sunday dinner
A friend pinged me a couple of days ago and offered us seats at Chaat. He had booked a table some time ago to dine with his family, but they had decided to travel. Having not seen my friend much during...
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Another offal lunch
Two days after seeing my friend for dinner, the two of us are dining together again. He had been wanting to try out Testina so I agreed to join him for lunch today. I still have no interest in taking a...
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The gateway to the 'hood
I'm back at Neighborhood tonight for a collaborative dinner they are doing with Daimon Brewery (大門酒造). This would be my chance to taste through a good range of the offerings from this brewery, and...
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Once a year
It's been close to a year since I last came to Hansik Goo, and I figured we were long overdue for a visit. Foolishly, I had initially booked the private room without realizing that there would be a...
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Seafood for CC
The Man in White T-shirt was organizing a seafood lunch at the Genuine Lamma Hilton Fishing Village Restaurant (漁村酒家) and very kindly invited us to come along. As it is the weekend, and seeing that she...
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I bird-yee farewell
After spending 20 years in Hong Kong, my old friend and her Rikachu are finally leaving. I guess it was always just a matter of time, and Hong Kong remains - just as it has been for decades - a...
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Thirteen pieces for Friday
It's been a while since the four of us had a chance to sit down at the same table. In fact, it's been about 16 months since I had seen a couple of these guys, and this time around we were belatedly...
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Funky disco orgasm dinner
It's that day of the year again, and I needed to choose a friend's restaurant for my birthday dinner. I actually haven't been back to MONO for quite a few months, so it seemed appropriate that Sankala...
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Diary of a Quarantined Boy, part 1, day 0
My last trip home to Taipei ended when I flew back to Hong Kong on January 28, 2020 after spending a few days with the Parental Units during Lunar New Year. Wuhan had announced it was shutting itself...
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Diary of a Quarantined Boy, part 1, day 1
Woke up late this morning after having gone to bed pretty late. Since we're in quarantine with nowhere to go and no one to see, and it's a Saturday, I guess it didn't really matter. We could be lazy...
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Diary of a Quarantined Boy, part 1, day 2
Breakfast was as simple as yesterday's - two slices of toast that have gone through the Gudetama toaster, and the same crappy Nespresso coffee. Plus a banana. Life in quarantine. Now that we've...
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Diary of a Quarantined Boy, part 1, day 3
It's our final day in home quarantine, and our first day of "work from quarantine". Thanks to mom's delivery yesterday, we were finally able to get started on the right foot at breakfast this morning....
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Taichung hop 2022 day 1: the sweetest day
We're taking the Parental Units on a short hop to Taichung for the weekend. I'm kinda surprised that mom hasn't been here since that concert back in 2008 - and they didn't even stay over - so this...
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Taichung hop 2022 day 1: sedap Singapura
The real reason for dragging the Parental Units to Taichung is dinner at JL Studio. Jimmy Lim (林恬耀) is, of course, now a familiar name on the food scene in Asia - having climbed the ranks of Asia's 50...
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Taichung hop 2022 day 2: triple-recommended
After a late one last night, it was not surprising that we would get a slow start this morning. We reluctantly bid the hotel bed goodbye and checked out just before our early lunch, and thankfully...
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The most sinful bowl of rice
Now that my quarantine period is over, I can start to meet up with friends who I haven't seen in far too long. J and I have known each other for almost 20 years, and we last saw each other 5 years ago....
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Beef noodle soup: hers and his
We're back in Taiwan so one of the things we must do is to have beef noodle soup (牛肉麵). Sankala and I each have our favorite shop for this, so we found time to hit both. First up is Lin Dong Fang Beef...
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Yilan hop 2022 day 1: capybaras!
We didn't originally plan this trip out of Taipei today. The outing was meant to be a day-trip for lunch tomorrow to try out a brand new restaurant, which would have been a little more rushed. But as I...
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Yilan hop 2022 day 1: Peking duck sushi
Years ago when I heard a friend heap praise upon the roast Peking duck at Silks Place Yilan (蘭城晶英酒店), I wasted no time in making a booking to try it out. While there were a few things I didn't like...
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