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2014-02-20
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I'm so glad I found this shop in the basement of Jusco because it's sooo good! It's a takeaway counter that serves Taiwanese style marinated food. Apparently the shop is quite established in Taiwan and the marinade sauce comes straight from Taipei. The smell of the marinade was aromatic and appetizing! The lunch deal was pretty cheap at $32 where you can select 5 ingredients plus your choice of rice or udon. There were many choices to choose from such as meat, veggies, tofu, etc. After you pick
The first time I had picked udon which did not come with broth, but as the udon had soaked up all of the marinade which had a sweet herbal flavor, it was pretty yummy to eat by itself. The 5 ingredients I picked were pig intestine, pig ear, chicken wing, goose kidney, and pig's blood cake. My favorite was pig intestine as they were so soft and flavorful. The goose kidney was surprisingly tender as well as it had looked rock hard in the counter. I never had pig's blood cake but it didn't have much flavor to it. The texture was basically like a rice cake.
The next time I picked the rice instead, but it was much too plain to eat by itself. I would recommend the udon over the rice. This time, I tried pork belly, tofu, duck's tongue, pig's tongue, and egg. I loved the pork belly! It had looked a bit fatty in the counter, but turned out that the fatty part was firm and chewy which was quite delicious to eat. The tofu was also a nice surprise because it was chewy like a jello!
There are still many ingredients that I haven't tried yet so I'm looking forward to going back to try them all!
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