Taiwan Trip - Part XII (Part I)

Finally have time to get this post up. I have uploaded all the pics almost two weeks ago but have been too busy to get back to it. So Day 12 in Taipei, Taiwan, woke up to some traditional breakfast :)

Fried bread stick


Soy milk


Half of a clay oven roll


With egg and fried bread stick wrapped inside

Taiwan Trip - Part X

Nova electronics mall is one of the must-go shopping spots if you're looking for a good deal on electronics, especially computer products.

Entrance

Taiwan Trip - Part XI

Day eleven, two days before our trip to Japan, all packed up we headed north again to Taipei visiting relatives before flying out. We got to my aunt's place around dinner time, awaited us already my aunt's home-cooked veggie meal. My aunt's family's not vegetarian but every time we visit, no matter how busy she is, she would always always prepare something just for us :)

Broccoli, eggs, tofu and veggie sausages.


Soup

Taiwan Trip - Part IX

Appointment day with an awesome Chinese physiotherapist/chiropractor in the morning. He was the only person who was able to finally fix my bro's bad knee which had been injured and unable to heal for years. We just went for a regular check up session where he checked if all of our joints are in proper places. By the time we finish, we were craving for some traditional Taiwanese food. The physiotherapist recommended a good vegetarian place close by.



Entrance (the doors are perfectly straight, I moved when I took the pic and it turned out all distorted)

Taiwan Trip - Part VIII

So I'm continuing on with posts from my trip to Asia early last year. It's been an year already... need to get them done.

Eighth day in Taiwan, we met up with friend's family for dinner that night. They picked a veggie restaurant not too far away from my place - Veggie Wonderland.





A cute swing outside.

Loving Hut Express

Sorry took a looong break. I have been busy and okay... maybe a little bit lazy too, but I'm back! Happy New Year! And Happy Chinese New Year too!

With the increasing popularity and the numbers of food carts in Vancouver, I'm so very happy to see one that is Vegan :) I have wanted to try Loving Hut for the longest time, I didn't get to go when it was still a storefront on Broadway, and I didn't get to go when I was in Taiwan, not in Japan(I hope to get the travel posts up soon), not in NYC either... So yeah, it's pretty cool to finally try it out.

Loving Hut Express Food Cart in Yaletown by Roundhouse Community Centre.

Faubourg

I have been to Faubourg a couple of times now. First time was a meet up with my girl friends. Some of us had high tea, some just had brunch. The second time I got to try my own set of afternoon tea :) Faubourg is located in Kerrisdale where in the same area there's at least other two high tea places close by.

Bombay Beat

Bombay Beat is another restaurant that I have wanted to try for a while but because of it's location I didn't go sooner. My Indo-Canadian coworkers have told me to give it a try saying it's one of the more authentic Indian restaurants here. When I finally decided to go and looked it up online, it seemed like it has recently changed ownership and the name of the restaurant has changed from Bombay Bhel to Bombay Beat. The reviews seem to be still good aside from some negative ones about its new service, but regardless, I thought I should still try it out.

I forgot to take a pic from outside again...

Inside

De Dutch

I have always wanted to try at De Dutch Pancake House. It's a breakfast and brunch chain restaurant in Dutch style. I have heard from friends about how they like it a lot but I just didn't have a chance to go for the longest time. Finally I got to visit one of its locations in North Van to meet up with a friend for brunch.

Outside - parking lot

Gorilla Food

Gorilla food is an organic, vegan, raw food place. I came here a long while ago when I was looking for veggie restaurants in downtown and trying them out.

Gorilla Food


Entrance

Rasoee

Gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon out with my girl friend carpet shopping at Winners. It was an early afternoon, not exactly meal time but neither of us had food yet so we thought we should find a place to eat around 8th Ave and Cambie area. We didn't walk too far to stop in front of Rasoee to look at their big menu outside, we actually didn't know that it was an Indian restaurant at first.

Smart Mouth Cafe

Smart mouth is another one of the sandwich places we go a lot for lunch. It's a cute little place in Gastown. Quite a few seats inside but pretty busy usually. However you should be able find a seat if you go a little late after the regular lunch hour.

Inside

Cafe Medina

A few days before my last day at work, someone that really cares about me at work said I could be treated to Cafe Medina for lunch! Yay for me! :P I actually really wanted to try out their famous home made Belgian waffle but since Medina is right beside my work, I always feel like I could just do it next time and then it never happened. We actualy go for coffee here all the time. But since I don't drink coffee, I would always get their matcha latte. It has a strong matcha flavour but it's not sweet like other places which I like a lot.

Outside of Cafe Medina

NYC 2011 - Day 6

Our sixth and last day in NYC. The flight was at 10:30pm that night but we had to check out by 11:00am in the morning, so after checking out we left our luggage with the hotel for 2 dollars a piece. Breakfast was quite easy this time, my friends had requested to have another value meal at Bistro Marketplace. I didn't take any pictures this time.

It was a pretty relaxing day. There was really only one place to visit on today's schedule - American Museum of Natural History. It's funny even though that was the case, we still ended up not having as much time as we would like to see the museum.

Inside AMNH

NYC 2011 - Day 5

Day 5 was pretty cultured day.

Breakfast started out at Cipriani, right across from Grand Central. I used to pass by it too, but never tried it. I was quite excited to have a chance this time.

Cipriani Le Specialità

NYC 2011 - Day 4

We have walked by this place one of the days before, my friends said they would like to eat it for breakfast since it's so close by.

Bistro Marketplace - 125 Park Ave (between 41st St & 42nd St)

IK2GO

A very short post in between my trip posts. I have a lot food pictures from before that I should probably get to before they get way too old...

One of my lunch lunch adventures from a while back, Italian Kitchen 2GO, it's right next to the main restaurant, Italian Kitchen.

NYC 2011 - Day 3

This morning began with some yummy rice balls at Oms/b. It was one of my favourite grab and go places when I lived here. Very close to Grand Central, less than ten minutes walk.

Oms/b