Cafes in Taiwan were relatively more expensive compared to local food options, and since we were no longer young with huge appetites anymore, we only managed to visit 4 cafes during this short 4-day trip.
Note that you are expected to order at least one drink per person or there could be a minimum expenditure per person required at the cafes.
Given the extensive cheap local foods available, we may well end up visiting less cafes in future in Taiwan,
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We slept in and left the hotel for Kowloon area late in the morning to start our walking day in Kowloon.
First stop was a nice little shop for breakfast, and we tried both hot and cold Tofu Pudding (HKD11 each for small, HKD13 for large). We really enjoyed the silky hot tofu pudding with the sprinkling of brown sugar on top. Something about the melted sweetness along with the hot pudding that made it so irresistible!
We also tried the mixed Deep Fried Platter (HKD18 for 6 pieces) and Soya Bean Milk (HKD7 for small, HKD10 for large) and both were not bad.
And we bumped into our friends here, making this visit a little extra special 🙂
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Our last meal for the trip was at Pekin Restaurant 北京楼. There were quite a few outlets, and Dr K recommended this one.
A pity the peking duck was already sold out by the time we reached.
We settled for Roast Chicken 烧鸡 (half) instead, as well as Claypot Pork Ribs 砂煲排骨, Jade Beancurd 翡翠豆腐, Qing Long Vegetables 青龙菜 and Red Bean Paste Pancake 豆沙锅饼. Food was generally not bad, with a total cost of RM113.35.
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We had a late dinner because we were really too full from this trip, and also because we waited a while for seats at this place and another 1 hour for the food to be served 😮
Tried the famed San Low Bee Hoon, along with black pepper chicken, beancurd with minced meat, and sweet potato leaves with fermented beancurd (RM75.65 for 4 pax, including drinks). Gotta say the food was really just so-so… 😡
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We had a great time at 南丫島 Lamma Island previously, and this time, we decided to check out 長洲 Cheung Chau.
There was also an ongoing discount for ferry tickets till end of 2016, so it was an additional motivation to go pay a visit 😛
First, we had a nice dim sum breakfast at hubby’s favourite yumcha place at 蓮香樓 Lin Heung Tea House, because of its great atmosphere.
The food quality today was much better than our previous visit! We absolutely adored the steamed mushroom 😀
Anyway, after a leisurely breakfast, we walked to Central Ferry Pier No. 5 to wait for the next normal ferry at 09:00.
We have been to Serangoon Gardens and to the famous Chomp Chomp Food Centre for several times but not to this market & food centre.
Located just before the circle, hubby remembered a famous Char Kway Teow stall there years ago (but alas it has closed already, because the old couple retired). The food centre has been completely refurbished and it is now more airy, bright and clean!
So today, we decided to do a small ride and small walk to Serangoon Gardens and have some local brunch! Found quite a few gems 🙂
We have been wanting to check out Punggol Settlement, but unfortunately, it was really out of the way for someone without a car, and our friends did not really express interest in going 😦 So when Mr L suggested a double date, we readily agreed!
It was… REALLY Far!
The views were also sadly disappointing, partly due to the haze, and partly because the sea view was really, erm, just looking at the construction. Aiyah, I had thought that the views were lovely! Luckily the couple didn’t take my suggestion to have some pre-wedding photo shoot earlier this year.. Haha…
Surprise from mr bean!
We were surprised that there was savoury beancurd available here, and quickly got ourselves a bowl of Signature Savoury Beancurd ($3.50, inclusive of GST).
Hot beancurd topped with spicy minced meat and fried onions, it tasted like tofu that we get from the usual zhi char stalls, just that it was a little too salty.
Quite an interesting twist to the usual beancurd 🙂
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Note: Song Yuan BKT has ceased operations at this location.
Thin and few slices
粉肠，粉肠，没粉怎么叫粉肠?
We had a craving for bak kut teh and decided to check out this place… Though the lack of crowd was a bit worrying, haha! There was also no prime ribs soup option… So… We had a few questions marks in our mind :p
We ordered a Pork Ribs Soup ($6), Braised Pig’s Intestines ($6), Bean Curd Skin ($3), Kai Lan ($4) and a bowl of Steamed Rice ($1).
The pork ribs soup looked quite sad with 5 tiny ribs floating inside, but the braised pig’s intestines looked even sadder… Haha… The soup was quite salty, and the meat was quite tough… There were even pieces with more bone than meat. The intestines were not cleaned thoroughly as there was a stinky taste to it, and somehow, the insides of the intestines were gone!! 粉肠，粉肠，没粉怎么叫粉肠? Disappointed!!
The kai lan was a bit better, but there was just too much sauce, so it was quite salty. The best dish was actually the bean curd skin… *faintz* Rice was quite a huge portion, we both could not finish it. While the rice was not overly tough, you might want to add some soup or gravy to soften it a bit…
We are not coming back here again 😦
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