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Taiwan Food Experience Day 11 and 12

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We were still in Kaohsiung and round from our hotel was this breakfast buffet:

I’m all like “it’s 10AM! Where the hell did they find time to do all the prep and stuff?” Really impressive. I’m not convinced it would have been the night before so it must have been a super early start for these guys/girls.

In the evening we went over to 海岸咖啡 which overlooked the shipping lanes just past the harbour. We went there for the sunset but it was completely cloudy which sucked.

So I drank beer and had some chips and crispy chicken:

The next day was our last in Kaohsiung so we spent it back at the harbour with it’s strange rotating bridge (Great Harbour Bridge) and we took time to sample some Taiwanese sausage with garlic at this street vendor nearby:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Taiwanese sausages with garlic is a thing you must try! Sweet and juicy and all round really nice. British sausages are just lame in comparison.

And that’s this quick update. The next day we headed back to Yangmei where some alcoholic golf was played during some truly horrendous rain and wind. More on that soon.

In the meantime, you can checkout some of the other entries in this series or comment below! >>>>

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Taiwan Food Experience Day 9 and 10

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We all headed down to Japanese all you can eat buffet in Kaohsiung in the south of the island and one of the first things we did when we got there was book in for lunch at famous Japanese place 翰品酒店高雄- 品日式料理.


It was super busy and you need to book before you go. And then you need to get there 30 mins early so you can pick up your booking tickets and then you need go to a different line to get into the restaurant. It’s a bit complicated but this is not an unusual protocol in Asia, apparently.

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Taiwan Food Experience Days 5-8

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Our epic journey continues on in the run up to xmas and we started day 5 with a visit to a large department store in Zhubei called 四川吳抄手 遠百竹北店 and it was Michelin recommended for a few dishes, the slow roasted pulled pork being one of them:

It was very rich and flavourful but I thought the pork could have used more cooking time as it was a bit chewy.

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I’m In Taiwan Stuffing My Face With Incredible Food Days 3 and 4

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Day 3
We’re still in Taichung and our guide suggested we try one of Taiwan’s top Teppanyaki places called 高林鐵板燒 which is near the National Museum of Natural Science:


We only stopped by for a short lunch and I had scallop, shredded rib eye, vegetables, rice and sweetcorn soup. All for about £15!

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I’m In Taiwan Stuffing My Face With Incredible Food Part 39811

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It has been some years since I was last in Taiwan and after an epic trip over from a freezing UK in which:

  • Initial flight was delayed for 6 hours
  • Connecting flight missed
  • KLM flight replacement flight class was downgraded
  • Baggage lost on arrival

Verily after 32 hours I was all like “well at least when we get to the grandparents baby Gabriel can eat deep fried ducks heart” which he totally did!

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Siri: show me an ice cream flavour that can’t possibly work, can it?

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The good folks over at Haagen Dazs have obviously got bored during lockdown and decided to take a leaf from Ben and Jerry’s book of “what ice cream flavour would I think of if I was massively high?”

Even before trying this tub of Honey and Peach with Rose you just know it’s going to be disgusting.

But is it?

Actually, no! It’s not disgusting at all!

I lie. It’s fucking horrendous and tastes like what I imagine lavender and the year 1933 would taste like if you’re stuck in an old folks home waiting for a slow, boring death from an irreversible neurodegenerative condition.

Tl;dr
Haagen Dazs Honey and Rosewater Hallucinogenic Experience ice cream is inedible.

But what do you think? Think I’m being all mean and should remember the halcyon days of 1933 and lavender with a bit more affection? Then hook me up in the comments or Spotify where my band is!

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A critical appraisal of hospital food

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On a recent 4 night trip to hospital me and my SO had the privilege sampling the very best the NHS has to offer in terms of hospital food.

I must admit my expectations were fairly low, which is a bit harsh considering I’ve eaten a cat food stir fry; but who cares, what’s up first?

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Erm. orange juice, some desert thing, pork chop avec une carrot et potato sauce.

The first thing that strikes me before I sample what I’m sure will be absolutely delicious meal, is just how accomplished the chef’s knife skills are. Every bit of carrot diced to symmetrical perfection:

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And the taste? Fairly cuboid but with all the corners on the inside … and watery.

Next up the potato sauce:

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This was actually quite nice; rich and umami with a dash of texture one did not expect on such a tight budget of approximately zero pence.

Next up the pork chop!

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Which looks hopelessly dry and barren and chewy and lost and hopeless, but was perplexingly rather nice and edible. Shocked! I tell thee!

And finally on to dessert, which I think is some kind of crumble with custard:

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Perfectly acceptable and edible.

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Er, yay.

The next evening the entree was – I think – a burger. And once again our old friends carrot and potato made a welcome appearance:

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One thing I need to draw your attention to is the gravy which seems to exist in a kind of quantum state. Let’s get the microscope and explore more of this microcosmos of food heaven:

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As you can see, it has a gravy component and a strange unidentified negative spin anti component of yellow, which you might think is saturated fat, but I’m not so sure, I think it’s just grease. Anyway, ‘Burger Extravaganza’ was totally edible.

The next evening we were served more expertly diced vegetables, potato sauce and some kind of sausage entity:

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This was fine and the sausage tasted exactly like the ones you get down the chip shop except without the batter.

On our final evening we had vegetarian calzone, or collapsed lasagne or I really have no idea what this was:

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And this too was totally edible and not as sickly or undercooked as it looks!

So that’s my review of hospital food over four incredible evenings. My expectations were surpassed and I was impressed with the level of tasti-ness the food had, despite some questionable presentation skills (which I know the chef is working on).

But you may be asking, why were we in hospital?

This wee guy arrived, 8.9 lbs 6.44 PM May 23:

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But what do you think? Been to hospital recently? What did you have? A girl? A potato? Hit me up on Twitter or Facebook and let me know!

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Here’s What I Learned Eating Food In Taiwan (part 2)

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IMG_20180816_135729This, my friends, is brined chicken feet, which my girlfriend’s relatives brought to a restaurant some time when I was in Taiwan recently and it serves to highlight the great variety of food one can expect to encounter when you’re out there on holiday. Continue reading “Here’s What I Learned Eating Food In Taiwan (part 2)” →