Famous lu rou fan in Taiwan (胡须张鲁肉饭)

We all know Taiwan is famous of their beef noodle, that's a must try food if you visit Taiwan (of cos, if you eat beef lar..). But besides the beef noodle, do you know their 'lu rou fan' 鲁肉饭 (minced pork rice) is also a must try food?

We had tried the lu rou fan 鲁肉饭 at a small shop opposite our hotel. It taste good. According to the forumers, there's a restaurant around wufenpu (五分浦) which serve the best 'lu rou fan'. Well, since we're heading to wufenpu now, we definitely must try lar!!

胡须张鲁肉饭

the menu
besides the minced meat rice,
they also serve chicken, vegetables, soup and etc

鲁肉饭, small, nt 30 each (RM 3.50)

It may not look as good as it taste, but trust me, it's really VERY delicious!! After we tried this, we both felt that the one we had opposite our hotel, is not really that tasty. hahahahahaha..

Shao Shing Drunken Chicken (绍兴醉鸡)
nt 100 (RM 11.75)
I don't like the chicken, it's from the fridge, it's cold!!
but FL loves it!

Bitter Gourd Pork Rib Soup (苦瓜排骨汤)
nt 65 (RM 7.60)
I love the soup, nothing special,
just like our bitter gourd soup here, but it's nice!

The whole meal adds up to nt 225 which equivalent to RM 26.40 (2 lu rou fan, one soup and one chicken, we did not order any drinks). It's not cheap but I think it's worth to try, erm, not the chicken, but the lu rou fan!! hehe..

De'Chiengmai Thai Seafood Restaurant @ Sungai Buloh

I first heard about this place from FL. He told me two of his colleagues mentioned this restaurant to him within a week. They knew we loved thai/spicy food, that is why this restaurant is highly recommended by them.

They didn't really tell us the direction to go to this restaurant, the only thing they told FL is that this restaurant is in Sungai Buloh. I asked around and found a friend who is living in Sungai Buloh, and thanks to her clear directions, I found the restaurant! Thanks K!! :)

First, find the Sungai Buloh KTM, there's a traffic light before you can turn left to the KTM, go straight, then on the second traffic light, turn left and go straight till the end. The restaurant is on your left. You won't miss this restaurant cos it's huge!!

De'Chiengmai Thai Seafood Restaurant @ Sungai Buloh

Exactly how big is this place? Let me show you..

I'm standing at the place where we parked our car, see the compound? Sorry for the poor photo quality, I'm taking this with my hp. :) There were not many cars, I think less than 10 include ours.

koi fish pon in front of the entrance of the restaurant

the entrance to the restaurant

Both FL's colleagues and my friend mentioned this to me, they all said the food there is pricey, BUT they don't accept credit card, so please remember to bring more cash. haha..luckily they told me in advance lar, else i'm gonna end up washing plates there. :p

Cash Only
and yes, it's pricey..

few tables occupied

Mango Juice, RM 5

Coconut, RM 6

Rice, smells really nice! RM 1 each.

see, very little only..3 tablespoon finish lor..

Kerabu Pauh, RM 15 (small)
this is not so nice, both of us feel it's not spicy enough..

kangkung belacan, RM 8 (small)

The kangkung is really very nice. Should have ordered a medium one for this. According to FL's colleague, they plant their vegetables themselves, no wonder it's so tasty!! It's fresh and yummy!!

Ayam Goreng Cili, RM 18 (small)
this is not bad too, the portion is very little..

Tom Yam Campur, RM 35 (medium)

Whenever we visit a thai restaurant, tomyam is the must order dish and normally it'll be the best among all other dishes, that is why we ordered a medium one for this. But seriously? their tomyam soup disappoint us. With that kind of price? It's not good at all, not hot enuf, not spicy, even the seafood not really fresh too...

here, if you're interested to go try it out..
Add: No.95 Jalan Kampung Melayu,
47000 Sungai Buloh.

Our bill adds up to RM 90. How do I feel? Expensive, really expensive. Beside the kangkung, other dishes are just ok. I did see a lot of ppl ordered crabs and prawns, maybe those taste better..

My favorite breakfast in Taiwan - Hamburger & Egg Biscuit (汉堡与蛋饼)

After a few days in Taiwan, I realized I actually like their breakfast very much. Oh yes, I like their hamburger and egg biscuit(汉堡与蛋饼). FL asked me, not boring meh? always eat these breakfast. Well, NO!! I'm actually looking forward to have these for my breakfast.

So after 2 days having hamburger and egg biscuit, on the 4th day of our Taiwan trip, we had hamburger and egg biscuit AGAIN!! But this time, we had it at a different shop which located at a few blocks away from our hotel.

大麥美而美

the menu

our warm tea with sugar and tea with milk
nt 30 each (RM 3.50)
both sucks..
i wonder why they food can be so nice
but their drinks so yucky..

chicken drumstick hamburger (鸡肉腿汉堡)
nt 40 (RM 4.7)

pork chop egg biscuit (肉排蛋饼)
nt 20 (RM 2.4)

carrot cake with egg (萝卜糕加蛋)
nt 30 (RM 3.5)

The carrot cake is just normal, nothing special. To me, it's kind of weird to eat carrot cake with egg. hehe...

Everything is with egg, breakfast alone we already had 3 eggs! Wow!! I really like their hamburger, the bread is soft and no matter what kind of hamburger you ordered, it's definitely less oily if compared to our burger here.

As for the egg biscuit, you won't really feel full after eating it. But it's nice to eat as snacks. hehe...

I guess this will be the last hamburger and egg biscuit i had for my breakfast in Taiwan. Pretty sure FL won't let me have the same breakfast again tomorrow. :p

Famous dessert in Taiwan (鲜宇仙)

After our dinner at the 30 yrs old shop, we explore the shops around our hotel. We walked and walked and walked (for an hour or so..) and suddenly FL stopped and said, hey, this is the dessert shop that recommended by forumers, want to try?

We really get a lot of information on food from forumers, hehe..

鲜宇仙

the menu

the story of the shop

the shop is quite nice,
heard there's a lot of branches all over Taiwan

a pager/beeper?

We need to make our order at the counter. After we paid, we were given this, a pager. When our orders are ready, it will beeps. Then we can go to the counter and collect our dessert.

It sounds systematic right? But still, they missed out our orders. We waited for like 15 minutes but still the pager remained silent. We checked our orders at the counter and then only found out they missed out our orders.

FL's dessert
the round round big big in the middle is yam

and mine..
the white is yam, yellow is sweet potato,
then there's red bean..

We didn't expect it to be such a big bowl. We may just ordered a bowl instead of 2 if we knew it earlier. I forgot what we ordered but I remembered the taste is just normal. In fact, we took a hard time to finish our dessert. hehe.. The bill adds up to nt 90 (RM 10.60), not cheap also...

Worth to try if you never tried before, but I don't think I will visit the shop again if I got the chance to visit Taiwan next time. :p

Taiwan Beef Noodle at a 30 yrs old shop

We wasn't sure what to eat for dinner. When we saw this 30 yrs old shop, FL asked me, want to eat here? Well, why not? This shop offers a wide variety of food, from rice, to noodles and soupy stuff.

i can't seems to find the name of this shop,
can you?

this chili sauce appears in
most of the restaurants in Taiwan

this vege is on every table, it's nice!!

Sour Spicy Soup 酸辣汤

Most of the restaurants in Taiwan sell this soup, we ordered one to try and it taste weird. We don't like it. It's not sour and it's not spicy. Wonder why they called it sour spicy soup!

FL's rice..

FL need to eat rice at least once everyday. So he ordered this. If i'm not mistaken, this is the last plate of rice, so the boss said he will give FL what's left. Erm, can consider this as mixed rice gua. hehe.. taste quite good too!!

my Beef noodle (红烧牛肉)

actually it's not noodle it's more like pan mee

Overall the food here is quite ok, but I feel that the beef noodle I had at the opposite of our hotel is nicer, and cheaper too. The whole meal took us nt 200 (RM 23.50), consider not very cheap also lar.

Pepper Biscuit (福州胡椒饼)

We found this little shop somewhere near our hotel. FL told me this is another "must try" biscuit that is recommended by forumers. Well, since they said "must try", then we try lar..

I am a Hok Chew (福州)
but I never heard about this pepper biscuit before. hehe..

It looks a bit like 'heong beng' (香饼)
except it's slightly bigger.

Pepper Biscuit (福州胡椒饼)
nt 25 (RM 2.90) each

there's pork in it..

It taste good when you eat it while it's still hot. You can taste the pepper in the biscuit as well as in the pork. Not bad lar..

Shanghai Fried Bao (上海生煎包)

Before we decided what to eat for lunch at Keelung-Miao Kou (基隆-庙口), we saw crowds in front of this stall.

Shanghai Fried Bao (上海生煎包)

buy 10 free 1
oo, no wonder so many ppl..

Since there are so many ppl in front of this stall, we decided to try it out before we have our lunch. No lar, we're not going to buy 10 just becos got 1 free lar...

we bought two
one pork (鲜肉包), nt 12 (RM 1.40),
one cabbage（高丽菜包), nt 10 (RM 1.20)

this is the cabbage one, it's nice!

the pork one just normal..

Village Park Restaurant @ Uptown - Best Nasi Lemak in Town??

FL came home one night telling me about the best nasi lemak in town that his friend told him during their yum cha session. Nasi lemak? My favorite!! Where where?

On the same week, I asked him to bring me to try out this best nasi lemak in town.

Village Park Restaurant @ Uptown

If i'm not mistaken, the owner is a Chinese Muslim. You can see besides chinese, there are a lot of malay customers too. We were there about 2pm+ and still, a lot of ppl. We were lucky to get a table for 2.

full house

Menu for drinks

and food

I read about this restaurant at some blogs and they said white coffee is a must try thing..so..we both ordered white coffee lor..

white coffee, RM 2.49 each

We were a bit disappointed after we tried the white coffee. It's not really that nice lar, it's actually kind of tasteless..

Besides nasi lemak, there are a lot of other food. There are even mixed rice where you can mix and match what you want to eat. Lot's of dishes.. I lazy to walk so I ordered from my place..

my nasi lemak ayam, RM 6.80

At first FL wanted to have mixed rice but then he changed his mind and ordered nasi lemak as well. Besides chicken, he added a vegetable.

nasi lemak with vege & chicken, RM 7.80
his one looks nicer right?
well, who ask me to be so lazy.. hehe..

The nasi lemak smells really nice, the chicken is cripsy and nice too. But then again, I will not say it is the BEST nasi lemak in town. I've tried some nicer nasi lemak with a cheaper price at some other place. Our bill adds up to RM 19.40, really not cheap ya...

It's worth to try out, but it's definitely not the best. :)