Debbie’s is a smallish American style diner that opened up in Taoyuan in June 2008. The atmosphere is nice and relaxed and it’s tastefully decorated, in as much as you can decorate a diner. The owner speaks English and they seem to cater both to the locals and the foreigners in Taoyuan. The place is…
Month: July 2008
Lugar home bread bar
Bread, it’s so easy to get good bread in Europe (not counting the UK), but once you go elsewhere in the world, you quickly find that good bread is one of those things that is actually not very easy to find. I’d seen the Lugar home bread bar in the food court in the 101…
Flavors
So, I finally got around to visiting Flavors, the only Swedish restaurant in Taiwan apart from Ikea, which I don’t really think counts. They’ve just opened at a new location and the place was small ,but cozy and well decorated, although it didn’t look particularly Swedish. The dinner tonight was arranged by the Swedish Trade…
So, we're moving…
After a lot of though and time spent discussing what we’re going to do, we’ve decided to move. We’re going to move back into Taipei, as it makes a lot more sense being there as Brenda works there and I spend a lot of time visiting companies there. We’ve found a nice place and we’re…
The Windmill
This Thursday night of all nights of the week, we visited a new place in Taoyuan called The Hometown of Windmill. Go figure about how they come up with names for restaurants here. The name seems to come from the fact that the building has a large windmill on it. They server “European” style food,…
Marks and Spencers to close in Taiwan
It’s a shame really, Marks and Spencer’s, a UK clothes and food retailer opened up three new shops in Taiwan last year, but they’re already about to close them due to poor sales. It looks like they picked the wrong partner, as they went with President Chain Store Corp, the same company runs 7-11 and…
The kitchen item locator
So, there you are in your presumably tiny little Taiwanese kitchen trying to cook up that something special from back home when you realise that you don’t have that kitchen gadget that you really need and you don’t have a clue where to get it. Do not fret, as hopefully this list will help you…
A work in progress
Well, I’ve added a few bits here and there, although it seems like it’ll take some serious time to get everything I want on here, but I’m sure I’ll sort it out sooner or later. Hopefully there are at least a few useful things on here by now and I’ll try to be adding more…
Home made Marzipan or almond paste
One of the things I’ve found that I sometimes need for baking and that is really expensive to buy in Taiwan is Marzipan. However, it’s quite easy to make by yourself. One great thing here is that it’s dead easy to get hold of powdered almond, as it’s used as an ingredient for some kind…