Pine & Crane 1521 Griffith Park Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026 Dining date: 9/6/14 Pine & Crane opened earlier this year, bringing Taiwanese food to the Silver Lake neighborhood. Asian food, particularly Chinese or Taiwanese, is always looked upon skeptically outside of the SGV, but Pine & Crane has opened to strong praise early on….
Din Tai Fung (Xinyi) No. 194, Section 2, Xinyi Road, Daan District Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/10/14 Din Tai Fung (Zhongxiao) No. 218, Section 4, Zhōngxiào East Road, Daan District Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/6/14 A visit to Din Tai Fung was an absolute must for me while in Taiwan. In fact, I think it’s…
Raohe Night Market Shilin Night Market Tonghua/Linjiang Night Market Taipei, Taiwan Dining dates: 2/6/14, 2/10/14, and 2/11/14 Like a lot of cities in Asia, Taipei is famous for its street food. Everywhere I went, there were plentiful restaurants and street vendors selling whatever their specialty was. Seriously, food was almost everywhere, indicative of Taiwan’s dining…
Shin Yeh Taipei 101 85F-1 No. 7, Sec. 5, Xinyi Rd. Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/9/14 Shin Yeh is a restaurant that I came across a lot in preparation for my visit to Taipei from friends, bloggers and various news articles. It offers an upscale take on Taiwanese food and the restaurant group has a…
Fu Hang Dou Jiang 阜杭豆漿 Hua Shan Market, 2F No. 108, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Sec. 1 Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/8/14 I’ve only had Taiwanese-style breakfast a few times in Los Angeles. It’s a heavy carb-laden meal centered around various iterations of fried and baked dough with soymilk (presumably power-packed with enough calories to get through…