Very simple mix of minced pork & veggies, deep fried dough sticks (bicho-bicho), and iron egg all squished inside a balled-up sticky rice -but oh so good, especially as it’s still steaming hot. Heavy brekky for a long, busy, active day. With taiwanese cuisine, pork, seafood, chicken, rice, and soy are very common ingredients. Beef is far less common, and some Taiwanese (particularly the elderly generation) still refrain from eating it. This is in part due to the considerations of some Taiwanese Buddhists, a traditional reluctance towards slaughtering precious cattle needed for agriculture, and an emotional attachment and feeling of gratitude and thanks to the animals traditionally used for very hard labor.

My less than 100 twd (120 php) breakfast back at the BnB: Pork Riceball 30 ntd + Tiramisu in a pot dessert 50 ntd. Riceballs for brekky is available from 6:30 am to 1:30 pm only. Food here is sooooo unbelievably cheap! And yummy too! Yayaman kami if we move to Taiwan, lol. Malaki ang matitipid ni Kap sa pagkain. Bakit hindi ganito ang presyo sa Pinas??

You’d think that with the low price, they’d scrimp on presentation. But just look at this gorgeous pot of tiramisu! 75 pesos worth of LHAV! <3

Located at the Taipei Fish Market on Minzu East Road near Songshan Airport, a portion of the traditional fish market has recently been developed by Mitsui Food and Beverage Enterprise Group and has transformed into one of Taipei’s newest and hottest places to eat. Many of the older traditional market stalls are still around, and make for a great sightseeing spot before heading on to the new Addiction Aquatic Development for some of the freshest catch at such affordable prices.

Housed in the former Taipei Fish Market is a huge blue-and-slate-grey building with food sections serving the freshest seafood imaginable.

Once in the main complex there are four dining areas. One is an indoor hot pot dining, an outdoor bbq style dining, a posh fine dining TRESORS DELA MER, and the indoor market where you buy your ready-made food then opt to either eat outdoors, or take ’em home. Of course, cheapskate that Kap is hehe, we went with the market-bitbit style. Hay!

Greeting  you upon entrance is a series of fish tanks housing some the biggest crustaceans I’ve ever seen! <3 Too bad they’re only for take-out, to be cooked at home.

In fairness, Kap was ready to order this giant alaskan crab but none of us wanted to crack it open & get our hands dirty especially since we were eating outside. So pass. Nakalusot si Kap my Kap! 😛

We settled for ready-made cooked items which we piled up in our grocery carts & paid at the counter.

The weather when we were there was so nice. Cold, but not biting. I survived with just my trusty woolen shawl. Taiwan lies on the Tropic of Cancer and its general climate is marine tropical. The entire island experiences hot, humid weather from June through September. Typhoons are most common in July, August and September. During the winter (November to March), the northeast experiences steady rain, while the central and southern parts of the island are mostly sunny.

My OC at work, flat-laying. Sige Ate, paki-damay na rin ako for my blog, lol.

Lunch. Assorted sashimi & maki, cod, swordfish, scallops, various tempura pcs, and steak tartare. Total cost: 3.5k ntd (around 5k php), not bad! Definitely Kap-approved for our last meal in Taiwan hehe. #malamiganghangin #malamigangulo .

The sashimi was really fresh, and the steak tartare wasn’t malansa at all. It was quite an enjoyable outdoor lunch.

Picnic at the park 😉 Tip from a dear reader, @ajanema (thank you), buy food for take out & enjoy the outdoor dining area for clean, fresh Taiwan air. . ADDICTION AQUATIC DEVELOPMENT (AAD) No.18, Aly. 2, Ln. 410, Minzu E. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City.( Map) Hours of Operation: 06:00 to 24:00 TEL. 886-2-2508-1268 FAX. 886-2-2508-0268

Mister Donut is a fast food franchise founded in the United States in 1956, now headquartered in Japan, where it has more than 1,300 stores. The primary offerings include doughnuts, coffee, muffins and pastries. After being acquired by Allied Lyons in 1990, most North American stores became Dunkin’ Donuts. Mister Donut maintains a presence in Taiwan, South Korea, Mainland China, Philippines, Thailand, and El Salvador.

We bought a box of freshly-baked assorted mochi donuts. Hindi lumampas ng isang araw, ubos agad with 10 pcs. divided amongst ourselves. 🙂

Last minute shopping at Ximending Night Market. Hanggang sa kahuli-hulihang sandali talaga may mabibili at mabibili ang mga anak naming babae! ;))

Kap saw a long line outside a chicken place & declared it to be our huling El Bimbo. Kailangan daw namin masubukan ang Taiwan’s #1 Fried Chicken bago tuluyang umuwi! 😉 Ok fine, pila.

Of course, kung ang shopping may pahabol, hindi magpapahuli ang eating. #EatPaMore

Took home & tried out these taiwan-grown, taiwan-style popcorn chicken, the J&G Fried Chicken (Jane & the GOppets???) Taiwan’s supposedly number 1 fried chicken! (Est. 1973) Masarap naman.

and of course, no trip to Taiwan is complete without DUCK! <3 Finally, I got to have some quack quack before we left Taiwan. Thank you Honey. Only 300 ntd for half a duck. KENYA BELIEVE? My eyes almost popped when I found out that my duck costs only 450 php, lahat ng nasa peechur! I seriously wanted to bring some home waaaa!

Out of stock in the whole of Taipei (I kid you not), I’m sooo happy they had soft serve at the airport, yahooo! Nakumpleto ang food trip namin. PS: Clearly the video below is not an epileptic episode. Nag-“brain freeze” lang si Kap my Kap hehe. He always does this to me, grrrr. What is annoying. Pagpasensyahan nyo na!

Full of Pinoys going back home after a long holiday in Taiwan. 1 am and we were already so tired & sleepy from a very full day. Kayo ba hindi napagod sa haba ng na-blog ko? 😉

Oh my Honey, “Basta’t tayo’y magkasama, laging mayroong umagang kay ganda. Pagsikat ng araw, may dalang liwanag sa ating pangarap. Magkasama, haharapin natin.”