They say that Taiwan has the best sushi you can find outside of Japan, and while we only really had a chance to try this out once (sushi, unremarkably, is quite expensive everywhere you go), it was definitely one of the best sushi experiences we've ever had. Addiction Aquatic Development上引水產 is a fish market 'concept' … Continue reading Drunk Girls On…Food: Addiction Aquatic Development上引水產
We decided we'd waited too long to go try out some xiao long bao, and prompted by the Time Out London scandal, we headed to Hangzhou Xiao Long Bao 杭州小籠湯包. Din Tai Fung may have mass queues and a Michelin star in their Hong Kong branch, but Hangzhou has a wonderful atmosphere of familiarity that the … Continue reading Drunk Girls On…Food: Hangzhou Xiao Long Bao 杭州小籠湯包
Re chao is Chinese for fried food. And while yes, it seems unlikely to claim that out of all the Taiwanese food that is fried, there is a particular kind of fried food within all that fried goodness that is a different kind of fried, but lo and behold, there is. 33 Re Chao can … Continue reading Drunk Girls On…Food: 33 Re Chao 33區熱炒
Probably one of the most expensive dinners we had, but certainly one of the best tasting! James Kitchen 大隱酒食 serves traditional Taiwanese home cooking. It is one of those Lonely Planet favourites, which means it's overrun with tourists, but if you can overlook this in favour of delicious food then this is the spot for you. For approx. … Continue reading Drunk Girls On…Food: James Kitchen 大隱酒食
Lamb fried rice was one of those incredible things we discovered and were hooked immediately. Obviously, we've had fried rice before, but nothing like the Taiwanese grease covered massive boxes that was never stingy on the meat, egg or vegetables. Our favourite fried rice place was near exit M8 of Taipei Main Station. It's a … Continue reading Drunk Girls On…Food: Fried Rice 炒飯
Stand 立 is a very cool and snazzy yakitori bar that you have to go to for the sake of their saké. Yakitori bars are great for post work drinks and snacks and even a great start to an evening out, you would probably need to order/spend a lot to consider this place for dinner, … Continue reading Drunk Girls On…Food: Stand 立
Finding food in Taipei is both the easiest and hardest thing we encountered. Taiwanese food culture is essentially structured around going out to eat for all your meals, and why wouldn't you when your country is famed for being one of the most dynamic and versatile places to eat in Asia? We like to think of … Continue reading Drunk Girls On… Food: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and other lies we told ourselves while eating burgers at 10am.
We’ve been here for a week and we’ve already seen so much! The Muiu Inn have welcomed us with open arms and we’re not without plenty of things to do. Here are a few pictures of our first week, including our visit to Longshan Temple, playing with the BigPow bluetooth band near Zhongshan Station and … Continue reading Drunk Girls On… Our First Week
It makes me shudder just writing this post. Vaccinations are one of the necessary evils of travelling. To begin with, I definitely intended not to get any of them and just hope for the best, but then a colleague told me that a friend of a friend tripped over while travelling and got Hepatitis. I … Continue reading Drunk Girls On… Needles
Sanitary products vary hugely depending on which country you're in, and for us ladies they are fairly crucial. So should you fill most of your suitcase with tampons?
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