Very nice stained glass at the departure area




also, I never been to a hotter city than Taipei, even at night, it's so fking hot

Well done tuan. Big tittor Taiwan lady and Japanese pretty girl in a post. I rike it a lot. Have a safe trip mang.

Gooding skill and luck snap that lady hngggh.

Boring place to travel

hats off to you to visit tw during summer
did once and never again

ordered vege n a bowl of braised meat rice. holy fuk..one spoon already worth the trip, super nice gelatinous fat sticking all over that smacking lip, ichiban!
and so damn cheap, 40 NTD only

another not delicious braised meat rice for breakfast...
then later I learned from one of my TW follower, that there's generally two type of braised meat rice, one dry like this two pic, and the sticky ones which are godly. I prefer the latter ones.

Boring place to travel

From JP to TW for food?
Just wrong TS.

Serious posting mode:

Our Taiwan trip nearly the same places. Minus beer, sugary drinks, overrated restaurants.
Jiufen ok morning less pipur then suddenly too many spoil mood punya tempat. Super magnet of gathering tourist there.
Beef with fire extinguisher cooking method is something I won't get used to in their pasar malam.

tw summer weird wan cuz they seldom rain and its really like drought/kemarau season

even msia got rain all year round

Eat Japanese food most of the time will sien one..TW food will also look like heaven in my case
Beef with fire extinguisher cooking method? I must have miss out something. What was it? Nice?
Same with JP, summer rarely rain, except when typhoon come

he is probably referring to those night market beef cub, they call it diced beef I think, they cook it using the cooking torch

tw summer weird wan cuz they seldom rain and its really like drought/kemarau season

even msia got rain all year round

taiwan food mostly very bland, maybe its us too taste heavy

was there last month, their summer really not for human one, buying big bottles of 青草茶 daily to cool down
oyster mee sua best one still ximending Ah chung
jiufen must walk all the way to top for the 芋圆
shilin n ningxia very overrated, rather lepak at ximending see twmm
overall spent like rm3000 5d4n trip for 2ppl

I went tokyo not long ago, also hot until not for human.

MY vs TW food?

is taiwan numba wan?

Best braised pork rice in Taipei.

I find a Formosa ru Rou fan pretty good

my area here in JP has Formosa branch, I haven't tried the ori branch in TW. usually i go there to fix my chinese food craving

I didn't realise they open in Malaysia lol

ah no, I mean JP. I live in Ishikawa

couldn't get more of braised meat rice..so went for another round for supper.
that's where everything started to go down hill real fast.
not delicious de braised meat rice.


Last day
another not delicious braised meat rice for breakfast...
then later I learned from one of my TW follower, that there's generally two type of braised meat rice, one dry like this two pic, and the sticky ones which are godly. I prefer the latter ones.


Rushed over to the airport and checked in..
since still got time, I went over to the other terminal to look for bubble tea. but sad af, T2 bubble tea shop only open at 11am..was there at 10+am

no choice, had to masuk departure already.
and lord behold, bubble tea in front of my gate

tapao2 two cup, one drink on the spot, another brought all the way back to JP  

sekian my short taipei food trip.

some key points:
1. summer not for human, so I will never step into TW in summer again
2. braised meat rice and bubble tea alone are worth that return flight ticket

in the end, spent a total of 128k yen in total for everything (flight, hotel, etc.), very cheap n fun trip
can't wait for my MY & BKK trip this coming Friday  
all the food waiting for me  

jiufen beef noodle sucks

there are many nice neef noodles in taipei

I find most Taiwan food to be not amazing, but their braised pork rice with each grain of rice coated with a layer of pork fat to be delicious. I can't find it in Malaysia at all.

Some in fact have no meat literally in it...it's just pork fat and rice. Nice but it's heart attack in a meal.

boring compared to Japan

but still much better than HK , China and Korea

yea, really not nice.

the other nice beef noodle also peppery or?
same feeling. but I kinda like the night market especially when I'm not living in MY, a lot of choice, give that asian food street vibe..lots of choices although not everything is nice.

yea, a lot of the good ones have no meat all fat but sedap..cholesterol also naik
HK china so boring kah? haven't been to both

been to Seoul once, didn't like it at all, rude ppl..boring food, it's either bbq or noodle or kimchi

it always is
same reason why we also say SG food is bad

because all the seasoning we put is kaw2
but actually all their foods are just healthier
the best oyster mee sua is actually somewhere at their chinatown

personally I dont like mee sua, but if they gotten me to miss their mee sua, its best for me     

if that ay chung mee sua can make u miss it
the ones at long shan temple can make u crave for it every few weeks
paired with the taiwanese sausage sold outside....i wish i can go back now

in the end, spent a total of 128k yen in total for everything (flight, hotel, etc.), very cheap n fun trip

apa tahi ni
went Taipei but spent yen?

128k NTD itzit

He earn yen so calculate spending in yen.... Here you earn rm if keluar negara travel you also convert your spending into rm to make things simple

yea, really not nice.

the other nice beef noodle also peppery or?

i like this one, always make it an effort to drop by whenever at taipei

https://goo.gl/maps/NNY8Cj5RfXm4D8mX7

how's the soup? peppery?

What about hotel room review? Which hotel u stay?

So is true malaysian taste bud the best eh

I was there last month with waifu
8D7N
Spend time in Taipei, Jiufen, Shifen and Hualien

Total we both spend spend including flight is RM8200

Yes bloody hot. The cement bench at the night market was warm!!
Malaysia punya cement bench already cold at night

went to taiwan multiple times in the past

ningxia ye shi is the worst in terms of food.

my sis also in taiwan now..

u guys wanna meet up?

where's this? I want try on my next trip

my sis also in taiwan now..

u guys wanna meet up?

food trip + tw

= fail

wat. u orang jipun?

https://goo.gl/maps/QZJvcC1THRq5Gbed7

Better call in to book a table. Else, long wait.

Been there recently and agree with Shilin night market. Overrated as hell and feel like more carnival (scam) games there than things to enjoy.

Same thoughts on the food, some are good (braised pork ftw!) and some are just tasteless or peppery compared to MY counterpart. Btw, if you go again next time, I recommend Xinbeitou which is slightly north of shilin. Very nice hot spring town and is affordable

Never try the 18 days beer?

was there last month, their summer really not for human one, buying big bottles of 青草茶 daily to cool down
oyster mee sua best one still ximending Ah chung
jiufen must walk all the way to top for the 芋圆
shilin n ningxia very overrated, rather lepak at ximending see twmm
overall spent like rm3000 5d4n trip for 2ppl

anyway feel like sharing some of my favourite foods (tasty/kinda miss/hard to find elsewhere/value) I had in taiwan:
- braised pork rice (lu rou fan), nuff said, the fenglai rice glutinous mix with the oily braised pork is really quite enjoyable
- devil chicken chop (惡魔雞排), can find it in some night market, it's actually good, juicy, big portion, not like the stupid ximending chicken chop, I probably can find a juicier wood stick in our jungle than it
- taichung salty cake (鹹蛋糕), it sounds crazy and weird and first but surprisingly good, I miss the taste, it's something you can't really find it elsewhere
- taitung shui jian bao (水煎包), I remember it was NTD20? huge and actually taste good,
- oyster, be it raw or bbq or etc,, way cheaper and fresher then msia, even in night market you can find, already beat most of the hotel here 9 street
- soy milk, their soy milk is really 'milk', as in, really thick and flavourful, unlike us really 'soya water' cause damn watery
- dan bing (蛋餅), ok this one a bit hit or miss because it's everywhere (like we can find karipap almost everywhere) but if you happened to find a good one, it's really good
- sashimi, their fresh catch is actually good and darn cheap, beat msia in every way, of course japan still win but value wise, it's really good
- liquor, they have many distillery there and their quality is really not bad, besides kavalan, there's one kaohsiung distillery that make lychee liquor, really really good
- shi jia (釋迦), their buah nona, totally different from ours, it's like tree-growned ice cream

taiwan food mostly very bland, maybe its us too taste heavy

Thanks for the recommendation! Probably will enjoy the hot spring in winter
Nope, didn’t came across it in convenient store. Is it good?
Dayum…rm3000 for everything including hotel and flight? How much is the flight for 2 pax?
Thank for sharing such detailed list!
Definitely Malaysian taste bud too heavy. I always have to adjust my cooking when I host Japanese friend and family

Malaysia not hotter meh? It can be so hot n humid in Malaysia 3pm afternoon until underwear also wet.

Don't believe Taipei is hotter

Raohe night market most recommended pepper bun with damn long queue. Totally no pepper taste at all.
Most of the food in Taipei very bland and boring.

if you're travelling to TW during summer
taipei is the wrong place to be, it's supposed to be anywhere at the south....taidong or ludao

don't eat those beef noodle, oyster meesua at touristy place or night market, they're way off standard compared to what the locals eat

Weh... Y u go jiufen during daytime. That place best visit at night. Anyways, nice pics

Nvr try Ah zhong mian xian and doujiang youtiao at ximending?

Dtf shd go the one along xinyi road, i heard thats the ori

both me n waifu been craving hard for some good chinese meal..while taking a short weekend to visit MY would never be enough, we set our eyes on Taiwan.

it's very convenient as the local airport (Komatsu) 20 min away has direct flight to Taipei, and best part of the airport is free parking (for like ~2+ weeks) when taking international flight

quickly put together a 3 days 3 night trip, only need take one day leave.

Komatsu airport


Very nice stained glass at the departure area


short and smooth 3 hours flight, imigration suck ass, very long queue..
both unlucky, didn't get anything from the lucky draw


Airport express straight to Taipei main to check in and drop off the luggage first before first round of dinner.
Transport fare are pretty cheap, but got too used to JP's JR gate speed, felt the fare gate was pretty slow.

Nice Taipei main station


Walked over to the nearest night market, Ningxia Night Market 寧夏夜市




since no particular plan of what to eat, so simply walk one round and decided on braised meat rice. seems pretty popular store, no place to sit and many ppl queue but not sure why the auntie just let me and my wife sit in front of the shop, skip queue and order makan


ordered vege n a bowl of braised meat rice. holy fuk..one spoon already worth the trip, super nice gelatinous fat sticking all over that smacking lip, ichiban! :thumbsup:
and so damn cheap, 40 NTD only


next meal, wanted to try taiwan fried bee hoon


40 NTD also, cheap af but i prefer MY "economy" bee hoon better


also, I never been to a hotter city than Taipei, even at night, it's so fking hot