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Eating Out: [台中市] 櫻屋 (Sakura, Taichung, Taiwan)

Eating Out: [台中市] 櫻屋 (Sakura, Taichung, Taiwan)

One of the best restaurants that I tried this time while staying in Taichung was Sakura, a small Japanese restaurant specializing in both sushi and cooked foods. Located in a nondescript alleyway in the Xitun district, Sakura is a bit difficult to find but well worth the search.
The storefront:

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Eating Out: [台中市] 大東屋活鰻料理專門店 (Daito Live Eel Restaurant, Taichung, Taiwan)

Eating Out: [台中市] 大東屋活鰻料理專門店 (Daito Live Eel Restaurant, Taichung, Taiwan)

The day after we visited Big Juicy Goose, we decided to visit the restaurant next door: 大東屋活鰻料理專門店 (Daito Live Eel Restaurant). This restaurant, like Big Juicy Goose, specializes in one particular dish. In Daito’s case, it’s signature dish is an 鰻丼 (unagi donburi), a bento of Japanese-style roasted eel (うなぎ), basted in a sticky-sweet soy [...]

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A Frankenstein Matcha Ice Cream

Matcha Ice Cream

What do you do when your mom makes an angel food cake and kindly asks you to dispose of seven eggs yolks? Since I was gifted with an ice cream attachment for my KitchenAid mixer for my birthday this year (something that I was eyeing for a VERY long time, trust me), the first thing [...]

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