July 3, 2018

Fun Taiwan Day 9: Taipei (Fuhang Soy Milk 阜杭豆浆, Emanuel Fish Soup 以馬內利鮮魚湯 & Ximending 西門町)

It comes to the end of our Taiwan trip. Tuesday morning, finally got chance to buy breakfast at Fuhang Soy Milk again. The queue line during weekend morning is very ridiculously long every time. I ever tried to go after 6am, still got frightened off because of the queue. Back in 2010 and 2011, Fuhang was not that famous yet. I didn't have to queue, could still find a seat at window side and enjoy breakfast.

As I was impressed with the good taste of its thick bread with egg many years ago, I wanted my mum to have a bite of it too. Fuhang is closed on Monday. So Tuesday we went there to try our luck. Lucky enough, the queue was not long. Didn't have to queue at the staircase. They are very efficient, except some customers take long pause to order. The process is to order and pay to the assigned staff, then collect at the end of the counter.






The menu and pricing. The price is still reasonable. Refer back to the picture I took in 2010, they have increased price NT$5 for every item.




The menu board in 2010.




Thick bread with egg (厚餅夾蛋) NT$40,  soy milk (豆漿) NT$30, total NT$70.






I had it in 2010.




And I had it too in 2011.




My verdict, I was quite disappointed with the taste now. Its thickness was thinner, and the aroma of the bread wasn't fragrant like I had it in 2010 and 2011. The taste pretty ordinary, nothing is worth to brag about. Perhaps, it's due to the result of mass production? Nevertheless, their soy milk still remained good. Anyway, I don't think I'll revisit again after this visit.


Map to Fuhang Soy Milk:




After my breakfast at Fuhang Soy Milk, time to hunt food for my mum. I used Google map to search the food nearby with good review ratings. And found this dish that my mum would be interested to try, fish soup 鮮魚湯. The little food stall is located in a street alley. There are a row of food stalls here selling different dishes. This stall named Emanuel (以馬內利) has higher review rating though.




This is one of the best food I had in Taiwan during this trip. The fish is fresh enough so you don't find the soup with fishy smell. The soup base is clear but flavourful because of the strong aroma of basil leaves. My mum loves it, me too.




Ordered this fried rice vermicelli for my mum, she liked it too. She finished it all alone.




The map to Emanuel Fish Soup 以馬內利鮮魚湯:





Every trip I made to Taiwan, I never skipped to have Formosa Chang's minced pork rice. Despite I was superb full, I still ordered one small bowl of minced pork rice 魯肉飯 (NT$39) and reluctantly ordered another plate of bean curd 老皮嫩肉 (NT$29). As it might look not so right to pay only one dish NT$39 for two diners.




Next destination, we went to Ximending 西門町. The weather was hot, we just walked aimlessly.






Stopped by at Ujiemon 宇治右衛門 for matcha soft ice cream.




The matcha was strong in flavour, not bad. A nice retreat on a hot day.




I have tried this Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle on my first Taiwan trip in 2010. The thick gravy was too salty for me. I don't fond on this flavour.




In 2010, they were still using plastic bowl. Now it's served in disposable paper bowl. Something remained the same, we have to stand and savour it outside the shop.




Evening time, we took MRT to Taipei City Hall station again. Attracted to this croquant chou zakuzaku 棒棒泡芙.






A stick of ZAKUZAKU棒棒泡芙 costs NT$88. Even though quite pricey, but the taste was good.






The end of our Taiwan trip. The next morning we took the earliest MRT to Taipei main station, from there and we took the MRT to Taoyuan airport. Managed to catch our flight at 9:55am.




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