Fish Head My Love- Win Soon Cafe

Worth Going>>>>> OK!!!

It has been an indolent weekend for me. Besides washing my handsome car, I was basically lazing at my couch and watching my favorite series- CSI on the past days. Mr Sun decide to come out and visit through the past 2 days- its freaking hot outside thus my stay in the house with the air con fully blast switch on. Bliss!!!

On Sunday night where Mr Sun has set and Ms Moon arises, I decide to head to my favorite Fish Head Noodle Restaurant in Kuchai Lama. There are few restaurants serving Fish Head Noodle near my place but none is as good as the one here.

Win Soon my favourite place for Fish Head Noodle

I ordered my fish head noodle with fish paste (RM8.50/ bowl). It comes in a big bowl with generous pieces of fish meat, fish paste and salty vegetable with bit of ginger and cubes of tomatoes and lard fritters. Yumzzz….. The broth had the usual evaporated milk and a tinge of tsao shing wine at right amount for good taste. Crunchy fish head I would say they have there. Please ask them to serve separately if you want a crunch feeling of the fish. I love the fish paste also, very nice and the meat is bouncy when you bite it. Plus the vermicelli is somehow different from what we normally see outside. It’s slightly thicker and chewier. Not forgetting their spicy belacan dip that is amazing. Great meal I had yesterday!!!

the gfenerous ingredient they put inside. Slurp~

Extra lard and Extra belacan please :)

Down side of the restaurant is the parking. I had made 5 rounds in the area for a parking space and at last I found one!!! But it’s nowhere near the restaurant. Well, better than nothing I guess. City life!!!!

Address:

Win Soon Cafe or Restoran Ah Soon Fish Head Mee 亞顺生虾鱼头米
46, Jalan Kuchai Maju 9,
Off Jalan Kuchai Lama,
58200 Kuala Lumpur.
Open: 9am to 10pm (9:30pm last call)

Taipei, Taiwan (Day 2) - Rainy Day at Dansui, Xinbeitou and ShihLin~

Day 2



The morning breakfast we had at the hotel. They have similar food daily, but nothing bad to complain about. :) The food is indeed good. You might get to try one or two local specialty.

On our way from hotel to the train station, 3 minutes walk, we will passby this adorable artwork meant for a steak house. Can't resist ourselves. If you happen to passby this, yes, you are heading the right way from Bailee Hotel to Minquan Rd Station.

First stop was to Dansui (Not knowing plenty of shops in TW close on Monday). We passby this local specialty and bought 2 to try. It was really tasty!! And we get to witness the making of it.

My love for flowers just didn't end there and I bought a new umbrella as 1 umbrella was not enough for me and Keen to share. Specially on a wet day. We were using the umbrella + cap most of the 12 hours we were out.

A food we really didn't try. Its a "chuet chuet" or known as siput sedut in KL. This one is cooked differently. At Dansui, we were looking for the stuffed squid with rice. Didn't see it anywhere.

Nearby the seaside, we saw this shop stormed with people (Mostly locals, it is Monday afterall). We sat and ordered 3 items. The noodle was not special, but the fish ball has stuffings in it and the tauhu is filled with soo hoon and the sauce was yummy.

 

 This little delicacy is a must try. I actually went back there during the last day of my trip just to buy it. It is in Dansui and in one of the shop amongst the busy road. They sell buns as well. We bought only 1 piece to try at TWD10. Upon our return, we bought about 10.

Next, we head to Xinbeitou. Hot Spring Water. We didn't go to the public pool as we needed to bring our own swimming clothes or buy there. I remember each cost about RM59 to buy, thus didn't agree to it. However, if you are willing to walk, you will see hotels further up from the thermal spring offering individual rooms with hot spring. We took the 1 hour package, TWD600 for 2 person.This is better than spending it on the swimming clothes. This is private and has a TV.

To indicate most of the shops close on Monday, here it is. We didn't even get to go to the museum.

Next stop is to ShihLin. Right after we come our from the train station and cross the road, we see this and a long queue. We stopby at the food market first before head over to night market. This is one tasty chicken. It is a lot like the ShihLin Snack" sold in KL. But the chicken is bigger. That explains the "Big Big" word. It is selling for only TWD55 each.

This is an unbelievable "Everyday must have" food in TW. We have it daily. The price is not that cheap but we still buy it daily. It cost TWD30 or TWD35 and if you want it in a rice roll, its TWD50 or TWD55. Best part is if its with the rice roll, they put some vege and sauce in it. It is extremely filling as they use glutinous rice.

This is a squid broth with bamboo shoot. I am personally not a fan of bamboo shoot. Thus, didn't quite enjoy it. We ordered oyster egg as well and it taste a little like the ones we have in Penang.

We noticed a lot of people queueing for this food thus join in the fun as well. Coincidently, the food stall we weare eating earlier was nearby. So, we monitored the long queue for some time. They smash the "karipap" looking food on top of a popiah skin and then mix it with whatever you order (in our case, original (no addition), meat floss and yam (powdered)). It was selling for TWD35 each and 3 for TWD100. My advice is head straight for the meat floss. Others taste pretty much alike.

 Not forgetting, white bittergourd. A must try for people who is adventurous. Its white afterall and taste less bitter compared to small green ones. This is added with honey. Cost me TWD50 each cup.

















Love,

Angel

Taipei, Taiwan (Day 1) - Arrival + Vivi Bride (Pre-Wedding/Bridal)

Day 1

I told myself i will forget everything by the time i reach day 8. Thus decided to quickly run through some details of my trip before i forget everything. We took Airasia flight to Taipei and arrived at Taoyuan Airport around 3pm. the purpose of me and Mr Fiancee - Keen's trip this time is for our wedding photoshoot. And yes, we are getting married. :) Although its almost a year from now, but time is passing so fast that its already Day 3 in Taipei.

Thankfully, i went and do my homework with Suz. They were my secret tour guide. I have this 2 little small pieces of paper with their advice on where to go and we even planned when to go. I did make my visit to Vivi Bride in KL and trust me. Their advice is close to 0. I however, had fun going through all the pictures there. I suddenly hope that my pictures will not have a huge head of mine overshadowing Keen.

We took Suz advice and chose to take the bus rather than cab all the way to the shop. Trust me when i say it is not as hard as how the KL Vivi people describe it. They kept saying its better to take a cab. Maybe cause me and Keen can't read chinese characters. We believed in ourselves and went ahead to take a bus. Once we come out from the custom door, we walked all the way to the right and turn left at the end. It was raining all the way.

Su advice us to take from the counter she bought her tickets from the last 2 trips she was here. We and a whole bunch of people was queuing at the first counter while the staff from the second counter was busy calling out for the same destinations. It was almost my turn when i found out that they too have bus to Taipei Main Station (TMS). That is where we are heading to. We bought our ticket and waited for the queue outside. Take note of the bus number.

They segregate our bags according to destinations and thank god our bags was placed outmost. Apparently, we passby Vivi Bride on the way to TMS. Keen did some homework before we come to Taipei and he recognized the shops around and spotted Vivi on the right. We were hoping the bus will stop somewhere and about 2 blocks away (It is not that far) the bus stopped for customers who was heading to Ambassador Hotel. We would rather walk from here to Vivi than to take a train from TMS to nearby station (Minquan N. Road) which will result us in a similar distance of walking.


We headed right to the hotel and we were a little too early. It was only about 4.30pm when we reached the Bridal House and it was really nice. A lot like how i imagined it to be. Our appointment is at 6.30pm. I kept thinking it is 6pm. Once we arrived at Vivi, there was a nice gentlemen who opened the door and brought us in. We dropped our bags there and I raised my concern to a pretty lady at the counter. We had made appointment for our PS. There was a man sitting right next to her and that was our photographer (Ta Ker Lau Sher)

We raised our concern on the weather for our PS day. They say they are fully booked the day after (Tuesday). We were sad but there was nothing we could do. We told ourselves we will make the best out of it. We went out for quick dinner and upon arriving back to Vivi Bride, we were told to go try groom's clothing.

It was a few shops away opposite the road. Keen tried on the coat and thankfully Ai Ping and Cherly informed me about the extra charge for bow tie other than the white and black ribbon. 2 bow tie + 2 vest adds up to TWD2000 extra. We were ready to pay for it and thus just went ahead. They even provide the white shoe and tux shirt for the bow tie.

Next we move on to choosing my clothes. They did give many options but they will ask and respect our opinions on color preference and designs. I tried on a few and finally chose the few below. Don't bother trying on with heels, cause on the shooting day, most of them will be worn without heels. Just tip toe and you will briefly know how you will look like. The Vivi Bride there has plenty of choices and the place to try these dresses is not the same place we went to discuss. It is just nearby but upstairs. More like their outlet. 1 door away is where the make up will be done for PS. Trust the lady who choose the clothing for you. She know and can judge your body best. Just make sure you tell if you have any preference. As for me, I wanted a dress which is short in front, long at the back.

Once when we are done with clothes choosing, we went back to Vivi Bride and was told a great news. Ta Ke Lau Sher's customer for Tuesday plans to postpone her PS. She is a local in TW. But she didn't confirm. They tried calling her but no answer. They finally resorted to calling her salesperson and told her to inform them to take the pictures later. I was so happy when they managed to change us to Tuesday. We heard some HK couples still have to take the wedding pictures under the rain.

We quickly grab our bags and went to check in to our hotel, 1 street away, Bailee Hotel (Highly recommended) especially if you are taking wedding pictures nearby. The rooms was comfy and the best part is that they actually provide condoms for you. The price for the room (Booked by Vivi) is at TWD1480 per night with buffet breakfast between 6.30am to 10.30am.

We dropped our bag and head for dinner nearby. They serve mainly goat/lamb meat. And at that weather (cold), it taste superb and kept us warm.

Love,
Angel

Me and My Food

Wherever I go, I would have the photos taken as part of the memory or in case I happen to have Alzheimer sometime later, hopefully someone would be nice enough to tell me what they are :P. I’m a bit free today so I decide to do some editing on my photos that I have taken months back. WOW!!! I love to eat… Most of the photos are food and me. Searching for good food seems like my past time. Some of it is just charming and amusing.

Me and my burgerS..... I can finish both :P

It's crispy fried Yam. 

Need no introduction.The famous me :) and the ice monster from Taipei

The so sweet ping tong tomato

I love the steam stinky tofu

The cherry is so cute to be wasted.

Delicious rice noodle

My 1st trial on the leak + sausage

Conclusion, i so love food. Evidence as shown above :) 

XOXO,

suz