Uncle Chris heard that I wanted to taste local cuisine so on our last night in Taipei, he took us to one of the best Chinese restaurant ( for him ) in Taipei. He definitely ordered a lot of pretty peculiar dishes for me to try on..
STEWED BEEF TENDON ( AUSTRALIAN BEEF ) NT$200
I just don't like tendons. I prefer the solid meat part of the beef.
SHREDDED HUNDRED LEAVES TOFU NT$150
The tofu had a texture of a boiled egg whites drizzled with soya sauce. The taste was alright.
CUCUMBER AND GREEN BEAN NOODLE SALAD NT$150
This dish reminds me of the Rouyuan I had at Shilin Night Market. Instead of pork, it was filled with cucumber.
SHREDDED PORK EARS IN CHILI OIL NT$200
Too spicy! I didn't really taste it well.
STIR-FRIED RIVER EEL WITH GINGER AND GARLIC NT$520
Pretty good. It had no slimy feeling. Good to be eaten with rice.
SMOKED VEGETARIAN ROLLS NT$150
This is the same fried bean curd with vegetable fillings we have back here in Manila ( but plated differently ). Yummy!
STIR-FRIED SHRIMP W/ PEAS NT$680
My most favorite dish of the night. I love the fresh shrimps with the popping texture of the peas.
BRAISED PORK KNUCKLE W/ ROCK SUGAR, SERVED W/ STEAMED BUNS NT$220
I DO NOT like braised pork skin! It tasted like sweetened piece of fat. I just chewed the white bun and gave the pork knuckle skin to the companion. ( I KNOW! I cannot be a food critic because I'm soooo picky with food! )
WOK-FRIED SHREDDED BEEF W/ PICKLES ( TAIWAN BEEF ) NT$420
Another spicy dish. I couldn't take the spiciness so I was not able to taste it properly.
SALTY PORK W/ BEAN CURD SOUP IN CLAY POT NT$480
Good broth.
SWEETENED RED BEAN PANCAKES NT$320
Can I add I do not like red beans? :D And since I was too full from sampling the other 10 dishes, I skipped this.
Can you say we had the most
Have A Lovely Day!
The Dragon
Sheraton Taipei Hotel
12 Zhong Xiao East Road, Sec 1
R.O.C. Taipei, Taiwan
oh these dishes look extremely exotic to me :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm Asian and i find these dishes too exotic too! Lol :p
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