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Japanese Cuisine in the Alley

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Xiao Xiang Ting, or the Pavilion in an alley in English, is a famous local Japanese restaurant located near Ningxia Night market of Taipei. Learning cooking in Japan, the owner of the restaurant is running the restaurant with a mission of providing good quality of food, clean environment, good service and fair in pricing. That’s what make this local Japanese restaurant popular among the Taiwanese locals. I went there on a weekend and it was packed. There was a long queue all the way outside of an alley entrance. I didn’t even see the restaurant in the alley. It wasn’t a very long wait and the food lining up along the queue makes it entertaining and appetizing to wait in line. There are two restaurants and many tables outside in the alley. There is a wide variety of food available: soup, raw fish, grilled fish, deep fried and all kinds of Japanese appetizers. You may order as many or as little as you want. It feels like a little buffet.  It is an interesting experience.

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Shokudo – Osaka Restaurant Chain

Shokudo Japanese food in Da An 大安森林食堂

Maidoi Ookin Shokudo is the latest inexpensive Japanese restaurant chain from Osaka. It offers simple, quick, yet inexpensive Japanese food. It’s a good idea when you want some properly cooked food with variety of choices, and in a easy and fast food style of restaurant. Shokudo is located near Da An Forest Park in Taipei city. About 10 minutes walk from the Da An MRT station exit 1 (please look at the map). There is no surprise when you get there around the meal time: a long queue outside the restaurant. I think the queue was about an hour when I arrive at lunch time. The good thing about the wait is that there are chairs outside the restaurant where you can rest while waiting. A thoughtful Japanese style. There is a good variety of food in small portions: appetizers, grilled, deep fried, vegetables, as well as Oden (a Japanese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon, konjac, and processed fishcakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth). A lot of people go for udon or noodles because it’s a…

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