Taiwan Trip 14 Jan 2018 to 19 Jan 2018
The hotel of my choice when I stay in Taipei, Taiwan is 永安棧 Westgate Hotel @ 西門町 Ximending. There is nothing to shout about from the exterior but the interior gives you the warmth feeling. The rooms are clean and neat and the staff are friendly.
Brunch
After checking in the hotel, it's time for some food. There is no other food more appropriate then a stop over at this store TienTienLi. 天天利美食坊.
They serve one of my fave food 滷肉饭 Ru Rou Fan aka Minced Pork Rice. (pic below). The rice is moist and the meat is well marinated and the sauce.. omg.... what can I say.. heavenly..
Do remember to ask them not to overcook the egg. Ask for sunny side up with runny yolk so that you can mix the rice together.
I recommend their fried carrot cake to compliment the rice.
If you got cravings for soup, I highly recommend their soup. It is meaty and the soup is not too thick.
Once our stomach is filled. It is shopping time... It does aid your digestion for the next meal. Dinner.. haha
Dinner
Dinner is surprisingly not Taiwanese in nature.. It is a Hong Kong Restaurant (紅磡港式飲茶餐廳) in Ximending 西門町. 西門町紅勘港式飲茶.
What is surprising is that their yum cha taste better than those in Singapore. It is worth a try when in Ximending 西門町. Below is what we had.
Supper
Had such a full meal that we decided that we should shop around Ximending 西門町 before retiring for the day.. but the street food is so so tempting. My wife and I decided to buy deep fried cuttlefish to treat my mother-in-law and aunt. Below is the store which you should keep a look out for in the small alley. They do not pre-fry the cuttlefish.
The flavour I chosen is pepper & salt. Taste good.
Day 2 15 Jan 2018
Lunch
After the usual breakfast by the hotel, we went shopping. For our lunch, we went to Du Xiao Yue 度小月 for lunch. 度小月.
We ordered their famous noodles. The must order food is 担担面, dan dan mian. Below is the pic..
The other dish to order is the 虱目鱼肚 which is Milkfish belly.
Those that love chicken will definitely order their 陳皮雞 (Orange Peel Chicken).
Last dish is my favorite. Its 大腸炸. Words cannot describe the crispiness of it.
Dinner
For dinner, we brought my mother-in-law and aunt to the traditional Taiwanese restaurant 欣葉 Shin Yeh. 欣葉總店. This is an old Taiwanese restaurant that is highly recommended.
Below are the dishes that we ordered.
1st is chicken marinated with rice wine. 
2nd dish is the 猪肝. This is the die die must order dish.
3rd dish is 猪腰.
You will be surprised at the next simple dish that goes well with porridge. 菜脯蛋. This taste really really good.
The last dish that we ordered that is worth eating is 九孔鲍.
Day 3 16 Jan 2018
Lunch
After a late breakfast at the hotel, our 1st destination for the day is to the famous market at 士东市场 ShiDong Market. Besides the normal wet market that we have in Singapore, the beauty of this market is the cleanliness of it. On the level where they sell dried goods, there are a few coffee stalls selling pretty decent coffees.
The surprise comes when you are in the middle of the market. There is one stall that you Must Must Patronize. It sells really really fresh sushi and sashimi. There is no menu, the sushi chef will only ask you to point out to him which fish do you not take. The rest, he will choose it for you. 士東市場-阿吉師日本料理
Needless to say, this is my wife's favourite stall. The price is reasonable when compared to the freshness of the fish. A really must try when you are there.
Tea Break @ Tamsui (淡水老街)
Walking along the old shops. I came across a store selling their Taiwanese version of Croissant. 
I recommend you buying it and go to this old coffee joint. 83號現煮咖啡.
Their coffee is good and the price is reasonable. 
Dinner
We chose a seafood restaurant that we have visted before and wanted my mother-in-law and aunt try it. Did not regret our decisions. Below are pics of what we have ordered. 海風餐廳
Guess all of us had too much for the day.. so we visited my favorite and most underrated drink stall in Taiwan. I will always order their Mango with Yakult. Give it a try and tell me what you think.
Day 4 17 Jan 2018
Lunch... hmmm..... brought my mother-in-law and aunt to ROU. A place where they serve higher end 滷肉饭 Ru Rou Fan aka Minced Pork Rice. 肉 RÒU by T-HAM.
We started with a cured meat platter where we tasted all the different type of smoked and cured pork. We were told to eat those dried fruits and nuts in between to enjoy each type of cured meat.
Next was the bread that compliments the cured meat that we had.
The main highlight for this lunch is the 滷肉饭 Ru Rou Fan aka Minced Pork Rice. The unique part of this dish is that they use Kurobuta pork and Japanese Soft boiled eggs.
As my wife does not like 滷肉饭 Ru Rou Fan aka Minced Pork Rice, she ordered a meat ball soup which is very nice too.
Dinner
Taiwan has many famous food to try and one of those is Barrel Roasted Chicken. You would have to call them to place booking. 炫庄桶仔雞海產.
Here is the pictures to show what we ate.
What you see in the bowl is the oil and spices that dripped from the chicken that is roasted in the barrel. You have to dip the chicken in the broth to taste the goodness of the chicken. Yummy.
Our side dishes for the dinner as as below.
Day 5 18 Jan 2018
Lunch
This is one place where if you love pork, you have to go there. It's the famous 四平街富霸王豬腳.
Do note that they start @ 11am and you will be advise to queue around 10.30am to get a seat. To order take-a-way, there is a separate queue. Do not queue at the wrong queue. haha
Dinner
My wife and her family are Hakka. What is more appropriate than to eat at the Old Hakka Restaurant. 客家放山雞莊. Do note. The old they use are made from Chicken. That explains why it taste so good.
This meal wraps up the food we have for the day.
Oops.. Forgot desserts.... My wife and I snicked out to have Cold Stone Creamery.
Day 6 19 Jan 2018
Lunch @ Tao Yuan Airport
My wife noticed that the Burger King @ T1 has a burger that is rather unique. It's none other that Salted Egg Chicken Burger. It is surprisingly good and definitely worth a try if you are there.
That totally wraps up my trip to Taipei, Taiwan in search of food.