Thursday, June 21, 2007

random: cold foods to beat the summer heat



It's too hot to blog.

If it's not raining, the sun is out to get us with its global warming revenge.

But here are some things I've been eating to beat the Taipei heat.

Cold ramen noodles at Watami (can you spot the ice cube?). Even better- I found the Korean cold noodles in a sweet and vinegary-sour soup I loved from Korea in Yonghe.



I've been day dreaming about the mint chocolate chip ice cream from Movenpick ever since I shared a banana split.



And of course, shaved ice. Shaved ice is one of the best things about living in Taipei! Can we eat it everyday?




I know it's not nice to tease you with the pictures and not tell you exactly where to get them. I'm working on the reviews and the restaurant name and address translations. Blame the restaurants for not having English on their business cards and websites!!!! Hope everyone is staying cool.

WATAMI
at Neo 19, 2nd FL
No. 22, Song Shou Rd
Xinyi District, Taipei
(02) 2723-2623
Hours: 11 am-1 am

TBA KOREAN RESTAURANT
Yonghe, Taipei
(02) 2929-7667

MOVENPICK
at at Miramar Mall, 3rd FL
22 Jing Ye 3rd Road
DaZhi, Taipei

TBA SHAVED ICE at NIGHT MARKET
Yonghe, Taipei

TAI YI TBA POPULAR SHAVED ICE
across from entrance of TaiDa University
on XinSheng South Road

4 comments:

Lisa Wang said...

chinese cold desserts are so good!! i love red bean.

By the way I "tagged" you, if you go to my blog you can see the rules, it's pretty sipmle.

Ron Wu said...

The one on XinSheng South Road is called Tai E (taiwan one). Very popular place for both summer and winter

Ron Wu said...

for winter, its the red bean soup plus sticky rice ball with sesame paste filling

joanh said...

ffc: me too! ok, i will check it out!! :)

ronwu: yes! Tai Yi! Thank you! I kept thinking Tai A, but I knew that wasn't right. Gracias

:)