Monday, January 4, 2010

Maison Kayser

Before we go to the last day of Taipie Int'l Car Show yesterday, We didn't expect and bought some bread and desserts to take home. Though we just had our lunch in Vietnamese restaurant, we decided just had this pack of bag from Maison Kayser for our dinner. Maison Kayser is a famous and well-known bakery joint from Paris France. Selected as one of the best bakery Maison Kayser, stationed in the Breeze Center.
Despite all the fresh breads in front of the glass case so many different varieties there are colorful tarts which look like art.
MY husband was initially drawn by this dessert, there's so much goodness on this mix berries tart.
Chocolate tart so much richness on it, and somehow still light and delicate.
Lemon tart and it was smooth and creamy! We also try some of their caibatta, banguets dipping in olive oil, some pie and I loved the taste of apple pie. The charming shop with famous dark baguettes, the walls are lined with beautiful range of breads and pastries is one of the best bakery.
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Maison Kayser Taiwan Branch:
Breeze Center Shopping Mall
Fu Shin South Road, Section 1, Number 39.
Taipei, Taiwan.
Website

Pho Vietnamese Noodle House

I would say it was the best Vietnamese restaurant that we've had  and it was damn delicious.  I saw so much this place on the wall at the basement car park, and my husband he though about so much that the Vietnamese food not quite delicious! We've been in the Vietnamese restaurants before specially in Madame Jill's near by National Taiwan University in Taipei. And he really didn't like the food. We're tired of eating Western and Japs, Chinese foods, so today he won't  hesitate to try Pho. We order a plenty of their menu, some we had in other Viet-restaurants before.
On the first bite of the appetizer is the shredded chicken salad and spring roll, it was damn good! crisp it felt. The shrimp sugar cane it was tough and chewy. We had a taste of authentic Vietnamese noodles. The noodle soup it was fresh and clean. My daughter had her to try their superlative pho, noodles served in a beef broth with slices of rare beef on top.When it comes to dessert the coconut milk juice with jelly and shredded jack fruit serve in glass of ice, reminds me the taste of buko pandan a dessert from Philippines. The nice thing about this particular Pho was how clean and fresh.  Again, it's always great to find little go to places like this. So don't be snob about the Vietnamese cuisine. And this is the best Vietnamese resto we've ever eaten! and four of us will loved to come back again to try their other menu.
"Chicken Salad" the chicken tender, with the sweet caisi, peanuts, basil, cucumber, crisp goes well the taste is food for thought.
"Spring Roll" Steamed mushrooms, pork stuffing of rice rolls,crisp taste to catch the butter onions, stained with tasty fish sauce, I thought Filipino Shanghai spring rolls is one of the best spring rolls in Asean Cuisine. But after I had this spring rolls the taste must be called one!
"Sugar Cane Shrimp" Mud shrimp wrapped in sugar cane, when bit off fried golden crispy skin, with special transfer fish sauce dip dishes.
"Mixed Seafoods Noodle" Meat, squid, shrimp, and special flavor sauce.
"Chicken Curry in Coconut Sauce" Curry chicken leg serve with rice and a bowl of special flavor of soup
"Beef Balls Noodle" Fresh rich broth, smooth rice noodles, and smooth-tasty beef balls
"Fresh Beef Noodle" simple, but the soup is really great! with pieces of fresh beef and onion, bean sprouts, and squeeze onto the few drops of fresh lemon, and thin rice noodle its very delicious!
"Coconut Milk Ice Tricolor" Combines a rich color combination of fragrant coconut milk, red bean particles complete with a tight-knit mung bean jem, taste blend of cool, feed more refreshing features, rich and full of satisfaction. and "Vietnamese Coffee" With a drip pot, without machinery, so that drain into the coffee cup drop by drop, the elegant refined alcohol with special cream.
Charles and Claire had their both of Vietnamese white tea! It's sounds very different right?
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Pho Vietnamese Noodle House
7th Floor Breeze Center Taipei
Website

Friday, January 1, 2010

Aunt Stella's Coffee on the Last Day of 2009

Before we need to buy some of ingredients for the New Years Eve feast . Me and my husband we re-visited Aunt Stella's yesterday!. Can't find what we're looking for? There's no beef risotto red wine again. Because of the beef from North America was banned in Taiwan. So we try some of the meals  we never had before on our last visit. And we had a tagliatelle with red snapper in kimchi and  tagliatelle with crab in saffron sauce, it was amazing again and had a Russian fruit tea it was also served with jam strawberry jelly. On top of that, the food is always fresh. It is an independent coffee shop in a nice neighborhood. The emphasis is on good meals, coffee and tea with tasty panini, sandwiches, soup and cakes and cookies. I’ll definitely be stopping in on the next visit!
 Tagliatelle with seafood crab in saffron sauce
Tagliatelle with deep fried red snapper in kimchi sauce
An endlessly fresh baked apple pie
Hot Russian fruit tea
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Aunt Stella's Coffee
地址:太平洋SOGO百貨新竹店2F
2nd Floor Sogo Department Store Hsinchu City
Tel no: 03-5217680
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