Looking at the number of photos I had for this post, I decided to split this post into 3 parts. So here's Part 1!
Apart from the many local food that I have tried, I like the oyster omelette (蚝仔煎) and Ay Chung Mee Sua (阿宗面线) the most! I eat them on every other day, it's so addictive! Taipei is all about food. While I was doing up my itinerary, I think more than half of the places that I wanted to visit turns out to be food-related; be it cafes, local food stores or night markets.
So without further ado, here it goes!
真的太多照片了，所以决定分成 3 部分。这是第 1 部分！
在许多的本地美食当中，我的最爱是蚝仔煎和阿宗面线！几乎可以天天吃都不觉得腻，超上瘾！台北就是个美食天堂。在安排这次的行程时，发现超过一半想去的地方都是饮食地点。
话不多说，let's go！
Shilin District 士林区
Shilin Night Market 士林夜市
No. 101, Jihe Road, Shilin District, Taipei City
台北市士林区基河路101号
Opening hrs: 5pm-1am
Subway: Jiantan Station Exit 1 (line 2 red)
Shilin Night Market (士林夜市) is the largest and the most popular night market in Taipei. It consists of street food stalls, as well as a basement food court. There are also many non-food stalls and game stalls. I tried oyster omelette, which was totally different from the ones served in Singapore. I prefer the Taiwan version as the flour and egg are cooked very well together, and I love the sauce that is paired with the omelette. Next, I tried Cheese Potato (起士马铃薯), Hawaii Cheese version - a fried mashed potato ball that comes with ham, corn, pineapple, and a scoop of nacho cheese sauce. Nothing special to be honest, just worth trying once. The taste of the sauce is just off~ I also tried Fried Milk (炸鲜奶). It is deep-fried milk jelly cubes. It is sweet and because of the temperature that it is cooked in, it kinds of melt in your mouth really quickly. It tastes pretty good!
士林夜市是全台北最大，最有名的夜市之一。分别有路边摊，也有地下层熟食中心。除此之外，也有非食和游戏摊位。我试了蚝仔煎，和新加坡的完全不一样。我比较喜欢台湾版本，番薯粉和蛋融合一体，上面淋了特制酱，赞！接着试了起士马铃薯，夏威夷口味 - 马铃薯泥球炸之金黄色，加上火腿，玉米，凤梨和一勺乳酪酱。说真的，我觉得没什么特别，是一次就够。酱的味道很不多～ 接着试了炸牛奶。牛奶果冻块炸之金黄色，稍微带甜，甜而不腻，入口即化，超好吃！
#1: Shilin Night Market. 士林夜市
#2: Prince Cheese Potato. 王子起士马铃薯
#3: Hawaii Cheese Potato (NTD65). 夏威夷起士马铃薯台币 65
#4: Fried Milk. 炸牛奶
#5: Fried Milk (NTD20). 炸牛奶台币 20
Datong District 大同区
Shelter 别所
No. 18, Lane 51, Section 3, Chengde Road, Datong District, Taipei City
台北市大同区承德路3段51巷18号
Opening hrs: 11am-11pm
Subway: Minquan West Road Station Exit 5 (line 2 red, line 4 yellow)
Instagram: @shelter5118
Shelter (别所) was one of those to-visit cafes in Taipei, but I don't see what's so unique about this cafe. Neither the drinks nor the food was good, especially the food. I had the traditional rice rolls, which comes served with Taiwan sausages. It was so hard that I could barely chew it. And, for that same price that I am paying for at Shelter, I can get so much better food of the same price at other cafes. I deserve better.
别所是在网上推荐必去的咖啡厅，可是我觉得没什么特别。餐饮两者都令人失望，尤其是食物。我点了传统饭团，台湾香肠包括在内。那香肠实在是太硬了。在别所所付的价格，根本一点都不值得。
#6: Shelter. 别所
#7: Shelter. 别所
#8: Shelter. 别所
#9: Shelter. 别所
#10: Dark Chocolate (hot chocolate), NTD160. Traditional Rice Rolls, NTD240. 热巧克力台币 160，传统饭团台币 240
Zhongshan District 中山区
Fika Fika Café
No. 33, Yitong Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City
台北市中山区伊通街33号
Opening hrs: 10:30am-9pm (Mon), 8am-9pm (Tue-Fri), 9am-9pm (Sat-Sun)
Subway: Songjiang Nanjing Station Exit 3 (line 3 green, line 4 yellow)
Instagram: @fikafikacafe
Fika Fika Cafe, the winner of Nordic Roaster 2013, serves simple brunch and pastries. I really love its Scandinavian-style interior design, with white walls and wooden furniture. It is a really nice place for some small gathering, chit-chat over tea, or a good place for some storybook-reading. The food and coffee was indeed pretty good!
Fika Fika Cafe 售卖一些简单热食和糕点。超爱他店里斯堪的纳维亚风格的设计，白墙壁，木家具。是个适合安排小聚会，聊聊天，喝喝茶的咖啡厅。也好一个人看看书。食物，咖啡，都挺不错！
#11: Fika Fika Cafe.
#12: Fika Fika Cafe.
#13: Fika Fika Cafe.
#14: Fika Fika Cafe coffee beans. 本店特质咖啡豆
#15: Iced Latte, NT150 (top up just NTD20 with any main ordered). 冰拿铁台币 150
#16: Ham and Cheese Croissant Breakfast Set, NTD330. 火腿乳酪羊角面包套餐台币 330
BAKE Cheese Tart
No. 15, Nanjing West Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City
台北市中山区南京西路15号
Opening hrs: 11am-9:30pm (Sun-Thu), 11am-10pm (Fri, Sat)
Subway: Zhongshan Station Exit 3 (line 2 red)
BAKE Cheese Tart originated from Kinotoya, a long established Western confectionery store in Sapporo, Hokkaido; selling chilled blueberry cheese tarts. The eldest son of Kinotoya, Shintaro joined the company at the age of 24, and was tasked to build up the sales. One day, in the midst of an event, Shintaro sold the tarts unchilled and suddenly a queue starts to form. Recipe after recipe, and slowly removing the blueberries, they arrived at the freshly baked cheese tarts that everybody went crazy about today.
Got myself a couple of freshly baked cheese tarts and a yummy vanilla soft serve in 2mins! While in Singapore, you probably have to queue like 2hrs~ I kept mine chilled and microwaved it for about 20secs later on. It is the BEST tart that I have ever had! Now I understand why everyone goes gaga over it. It tastes like heaven food! The crust was still slightly chilled, but the cheese just melts in your mouth. It tastes really light as well, so you will not feel the heaviness if you had too much. The sweetness, the savoury, everything is so well balanced.
BAKE 乳酪塔来自于北海道，开始专卖与冷藏蓝莓乳酪塔。创办人的大儿子，24 岁时加入公司。在某个活动时，开始卖室温的乳酪塔，引起了长龙。过后慢慢的调理配方后，去除蓝莓，如今卷起风潮的乳酪塔就这样诞生了。
我买了两颗乳酪塔和香草雪糕，两分钟就到手。没错，台湾的 BAKE 有卖雪糕。如果是新加坡，大概得排大越 2 小时吧。我把我的冷藏后，吃之前微波 20 秒。塔皮还带点冷，乳酪入口即化。真是我吃过最好吃的乳酪塔，简直是人间美味！终于明白人们为何为了个塔疯狂排队。甜，咸，都刚刚好。吃多了也不会觉得腻。
#17: BAKE Cheese Tart.
#18: Freshly baked cheese tarts from the oven! 新鲜烘出来的乳酪塔！
#19: Super good cheese tart! NTD70. 超好吃的乳酪塔台币 70
#20: BAKE Ice Cream, NTD120. 雪糕台币 120
Songshan District 松山区
Fujin Tree 353 Café 富锦树353咖啡
No. 353, Fujin Street, Songshan District, Taipei City
台北市松山区富锦街353号
Opening hrs: 9am-9pm
Subway: Songshan Airport Station Exit 3 (line 1 brown)
Instagram: @fujintree353cafe
Fujin Tree 353 Cafe (富锦树353咖啡) is one of the places that you can't miss out! They are the Champion for 2016 World Barista Championship, so they serve one of the best coffee. In fact, their coffee taste pretty close to the ones I had at my workplace back in Singapore, which we are also known for our good coffee. Apart from their coffee, you should also try their best seller, Castella, which is popular for its wrinkled appearance! Castella is a Japanese sponge cake, but Fujin Tree 353's version is more like a honey chiffon cake.
到这里千万不能错过去年获得国际咖啡师比赛冠军的富锦树 353 咖啡（咖啡厅）！当然咖啡一定是最好之一，说起来味道还蛮像我在新加坡售卖的咖啡。除此之外，也点了该店最好卖的 “皱皱”。它是个日式蛋糕，口感类似像蜜糖戚风蛋糕。
#21: Fujin Tree Street. 富锦树街
#22: Fujin Tree 353 Cafe. 富锦树 353 咖啡（咖啡厅）
#23: Fujin Tree 353 Cafe. 富锦树 353 咖啡（咖啡厅）
#24: Fujin Tree 353 Cafe. 富锦树 353 咖啡（咖啡厅）
#25: Fujin Tree 353 Cafe. 富锦树 353 咖啡（咖啡厅）
#26: Castella, NTD170. Cappuccino, NTD140. 皱皱台币 170，卡布奇诺台币 140
#27: Super cute rooster drawing for the New Year! 超可爱的鸡年画像！
Raohe Street Night Market
饶河街观光夜市
Section 4, Bade Road, Songshan District, Taipei City
台北市松山区八德路4段
Opening hrs: 5pm-12am
Subway: Songshan Station Exit 5 (line 3 green)
Raohe Street Night Market (饶河街观光夜市) is one of the oldest night markets in Taipei. Personally, I prefer this over Shilin Night Market as the stalls here are more organized and there are better food choices. Everybody is just everywhere at Shilin Night Market. You can probably lost your way there as it is really messy. I feel the prices there are steeper as well since it is the most popular night market in Taipei and is also well patronized by tourists. There are so many to choose from but I just pick a few that looks more appealing to me. I had the famous Pepper Bun (胡椒饼), it's like almost everybody that comes to Raohe Night Market will queue for this! I also tried 爆浆芋 (Lava Salted Yolk Taro Balls) and 爆浆玉子烧 (Tamagoyaki with a runny center), anything that is 爆浆 (liquid sauce?) would definitely taste awesome!
饶河街观光夜市是台北最古老的夜市之一。我本身比较喜欢这里多过于士林夜市，摊位比较整齐，而且多样化。士林夜市呢，到处都是人群，非常杂乱。而且价格也偏高。这里选择太多了！最后选了试胡椒饼，爆浆芋和爆浆玉子烧。都好吃，强力推荐！
#28: Raohe Street Night Market. 饶河街观光夜市
#29: Pepper Bun. 胡椒饼
#30: Pepper Bun, NTD50. 胡椒饼台币 50
#31: Fried Taro Balls. 爆浆芋
#32: There are many filling options but apparently these two are the most popular! 有许多馅料可选，但看来这两口味最受欢迎！
#33: Golden lava salted yolk goodness. NTD100 (4pcs). 爆浆芋台币 100（4 颗）
#34: Lava Tamagoyaki. 爆浆玉子烧
#35: Ebiko Tamagoyaki (NTD65), served topped with mayo, seaweed powder and bonito flakes; with a runny enter of cheese, corn and more ebiko. 明太子爆浆玉子烧台币 65 - 鱼卵，蛋黄酱，紫菜粉，干鲣鱼片。内里还水水的，有乳酪，玉米和鱼卵。
Zhongzheng District 中正区
Jack and Nana Coffee Store
No. 36, Lane 33, Linyi Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City
台北市中正区临沂街33巷36号
Opening hrs: 11am-8pm
Subway: Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station Exit 5 (line 4 yellow, line 5 blue)
Instagram: @jacknanacoffee
This place is great for coffee enthusiasts as they do coffee cupping of various coffee blend from a range of single origin beans. Other than that, there are just 4 items on the menu – hot/iced latte, hot/iced Americano, cheesecake and cookies. I had a hot latte and a slice of cheesecake. The cake was really really good, thought the crust was little too thick. The coffee was actually too milky for me… I think I’m just too used to drinking strong coffee.
这里适合咖啡爱好者，提供种类繁多的咖啡豆。菜单上只限 4 样 - 热／冰拿铁，热／冰美式咖啡，乳酪蛋糕和饼干。我点了杯拿铁和块乳酪蛋糕。蛋糕不错，但塔壳太厚了。咖啡对我来说，咖啡不够浓郁，奶味已盖过咖啡香。
#36: Jack and Nana Coffee Store.
#37: Jack and Nana Coffee Store.
#38: Cheesecake, NTD80. 乳酪蛋糕台币 80
Jin Feng Braised Meat Rice 金凤卤肉饭
No. 10, Section 1, Roosevelt Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City
台北市中正区罗斯福路1段10号
Opening hrs: 8am-1am
Subway: Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall Station Exit 2 (line 2 red, line 3 green)
Jin Feng Braised Meat Rice (金凤卤肉饭) is considered as the BEST braised meat rice in Taipei and it was indeed! The queue was really long but since I’m alone, I managed to get a seat within 10mins. Jin Feng’s braised meat rice is SO much better than Formosa Chang (胡须张)’s, who is also pretty popular for its braised meat rice, but while I would definitely recommend Jin Feng instead! Formosa Chang’s version has very little meat, it was mainly just rice and the braised sauce. It is also very oily and less flavourful as compared to Jin Feng’s. While Jin Feng’s version is filled with lots of meat and I added a braised duck egg as well.
金凤卤肉饭在台北算是最佳的卤肉饭店。队排很长，但因为我一个人，所以 10 分钟内就等到了位置。和胡须张比起来，我觉得金凤版本好多，虽然胡须张在台北比较有名，开了许多分店。胡须张版本肉少，卤汁较多。和金凤比起来，胡须张非常油腻，没那么香。金凤版本满满的卤肉，我还另加颗卤蛋！
#39: Jin Feng Braised Meat Rice. 金凤卤肉饭
#40: Braised Meat Rice (medium), NTD40, + 1 Braised Egg, NTD15. 卤肉饭（中）台币40 + 卤蛋台币 15
4Mano Caffe
No. 3, Lane 134, Section 2, Zhongxiao East Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City
台北市中正区忠孝东路2段134巷3号
Opening hrs: 11am-10pm
Subway: Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station Exit 2 (line 4 yellow, line 5 blue)
4Mano Caffe is an award-winning cafe in the past years and as a judge in the recent years. Besides being a cafe, they also sell a wide range of barista supplies. Apart from their coffee, they are also popular for their mochi waffle. The waffle comes served in 8 individual slices, each waffled with a piece of chewy mochi; drizzled with honey and topped with whipped cream and lime zest.
4Mano Caffe 是个连续得奖的连锁咖啡厅。近几年来也当了评审。店内也售卖许多咖啡器材。除了咖啡以外，他们也著名于他们的日式年糕华夫饼。华夫饼分 8 片，每片里都夹了块 QQ 年糕。淋上蜂蜜，外加奶油和青柠皮。
#41: 4Mano Caffe.
#42: 4Mano Caffe.
#43: 4Mano Caffe.
#44: 4Mano Caffe.
#45: Honey and Cream Waffle, NTD180. 蜜糖奶油华夫饼台币 180