Taiwan IV –Din Tai Fung

Shocker alert:Din Tai Fung,the restaurant group that serves THE BEST Shanghai-style xiao long bao I’ve ever had in my life,originated from Taiwan?!  I felt hurt and betrayed.  But then I ate another dumpling and all was well.

Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

Almond cookie ice cream. Do yourself a favor and get it. jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-128-1621′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});When you think of Chinatown,the first thing you think of is ice cream,right? No? Well stop by Chinatown Ice Cream Factory and it just might be. It’s a little store tucked away on a side street so it can be real easy to miss. Amanda and I walked right past this store dozens of times before we realized that it was even there. They have the standard ice cream flavors like chocolate,vanilla,and strawberry but what really caught our eye were the Asian inspired flavors like almond cookie,ginger,black sesame,lychee,pandan (used often in Malaysian cuisine,it has a nutty flavor to it),and the egg custard. You really can’t go wrong with any of them but our favorite by far is the almond cookie.

Pressure Cooker Oxtail Stew

When I was younger,I broke my foot playing sports. My Mom was convinced that eating Oxtail Soup would help the bones heal. So every weekend,while I was in my cast,she would make a huge batch of Oxtail Soup. She’d cook the oxtails in a slow cooker overnight and the next morning she’d add in tomatoes and carrots. Needless to say,I got sick of oxtail soup pretty fast. But every now and then,especially in the winter,I get a huge craving for my Mom’s oxtail soup. This however is not my Mother’s Oxtail soup.

Aberdeen Marina Club

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