go Taiwan - part VI

January 19, 2015

go Taiwan - part VI

If you are following my go Taiwan posts, you will still wanna to know where I dine-in for dinner along the trip. As I did mentioned that almost of my dining hour was queue in line.

But first let me ask a questions, 'Have you feels like trying the local specialties or famous foods that could suit you while traveling?'. If yes, don't miss this session. Upon research, the next coming restaurants I tried was given a very good feedback and highly recommended by the international students. As sometimes those international students could get affordable price on good foods. Of course, every restaurants need queued even though on weekdays or weekends.

I would begins to introduce the steamboat in Taiwan. It a must to try in Taiwan and you can taste the different style of steamboat. This consider one of the most popular dining in Taiwan where we could gather every member sitting together to enjoy the meal. In this situation, the more the merrier. Let's have the meal.

Tomato Soup Base

Vegetables

Unlimited Dishes

Sukiyaki & Tomato Soup Base

While traveling, we can spend the time having the big meal to pamper ourselves. One of the specialties in Mo-Mo Paradise was the Sukiyaki base that make up of sweet soy sauce. Meanwhile, prepared the raw eggs to beaten on a small bowl and ready to be used. To have a great experience of the steamboat, cooked the marinated meats and dip into the raw eggs and the meat taste turns into something news. At first, I refuse to try but when the result turn not bad and continue eating it. Sometimes, we do really have to try new things and give it a chance. If you are kind of sensitive with raw foods and diarrhea while traveling, just be careful as the eggs is eaten by raw.

On the other hand, the tomato soup base is tasteless and nothing impressed. Not to forgot to mention, while cooking the sukiyaki flavour for some times, the soup base turns more salty. Yet, they do give a sake bottle that contains warm water to add in to reduce the saltiness. Subsequently, you can refilled as much as you can from the vegetable cart since this is all-you-can-eat steamboat.

MO-MO Paradise
Add: 中華民國台北市南京西路6號2F/ 2F No. 6 West Nanjing Rd., Taipei, Taiwan
(中山站出口3/ exit 3 from Chungshan station, this outlet offer less queue compare the others)

Opening Hours
11:30am - 12:00am weekdays
11:30am - 1:00am weekends and public holidays

Following this, there is another well-known steamboat in Taipei. It is the favourite of the Taiwanese artists because they do offers the best spicy hot pot (麻辣鍋). If you are person who like spicy, here the location. They allow you to choose the spiciness level of your hot pot. However, I'm not the person who like the spicy hot pot and just feels like giving it a try. Therefore, most of the soup base was the beginner level in my mix hot pot - 麻辣和酸菜火锅. The only two soup base provided is mala (麻辣) and pickled cabbage (酸菜火锅).

While, I really got choked when the first bite of the beginner spicy hot pot. Later, you will start runny nose due to the hot pot and spiciness level but, gently you got smooth eating the spicy hot pot. Other than that, there is unlimited rice and sauces. The service provided is good where the waitress give 90 degree bend after serving the guest's table. The foods is order by a-la carte even is seem like all-you-can-eat steamboat. The steamboat prices is calculated per person, so it will be expensive in your bill. What this mean? The meaning are if the soup base cost NT 150 then it will multiple to the number of guests who dine-in, ended up the prices is very high. These amount is not added with the other a-la carte meal such as vegetables, meats, mushrooms, and drinks that you orders.

鼎王麻辣锅

menu

麻辣和酸菜火锅

麻辣和酸菜火锅

鼎王麻辣锅

Add: 台北市中山區長安東路二段131-1號

104, Taiwan, Taipei City, Zhongshan District, Section 2, Chang'an East Road, 131之1號

(松江南京站出口4后，步行10分钟/ exit 4 from Songjian nanjing Station, 10 minutes walk)

Opening Hours

11:00am - 4:00am daily

Next, make your advance reservation if you prefer to dine-in in the below meal. Why said so? This is because they have different style to be served in different area. The restaurant offer like hot pot style, grilled and barbeque style as well as sea food bar style. This place served as a supermarket whose cooked fresh seafood on the spot you order. Kinda similar to Malaysia Fresh Unique Seafood 23 in Petaling Jaya but this is more high class and upgraded version.

The design is mysterious and a sense of elegant market therefore, the price will be expensive but worth a try. As Addiction Aquatic are only cash accepted, no credit card. My advice is make a reservation is you prefer to go hot pot style because they are packed on weekend. The others area are first come, first served basis. Foremost, the restaurant is away from the train station for few minutes. Do not wish to be disappointed, make a confirm reservation before getting over.

After the dining, we feel like making a wrong reservations because we was attracted to the grilled and barbeque style rather than the hot pot restaurant. But somehow, we still manage to have a great fresh meal.

上引水產

Seafood Platter

Steam Scallop

Barbeque Crabs

cooked fish head

Local Fruits

上引水產 ADDICTION AQUATIC CO.,LTD.
Add: 台北市民族東路410巷2弄18號
(few minutes walk from the nearest station - 捷運行天宮站、捷運中山國中站)

Opening Hours
6:00am - 12:00am daily

Last but not least, the one of the most unique exterior done by a woman. She is Hsieh Li-siang (謝麗香) who built the restaurant in her early 40s with the driftwood. The decor theme started with two ladies dancing as the restaurant exterior, consequently includes large wooden dining tables, high ceilings, huge glass windows by the wall and lots of green plants surroundings the mini lake. The whole environment setting gives guests the feeling of feasting in a forest. The restaurant serves mainly Taiwanese and Chinese cuisine by a 5-star hotels chef and every week will design new dishes for the guests. P.S. the food portion here served quite a lot, so it will best to come in a group to share.