eat@tainan

as soon as your friend arrived from taichung, she brought you to a shop selling hand made fish noodles.  it's not just normal noodles with fish but the noodles itself already had fish flesh embedded into it.  thus making the noodles look coarse and uneven.  the soup broth is great, no trace of artificial flavorings. the noodles has the right texture. so simple bowl of soup noodles, yet the taste palate is accentuated to the next level at this humble fish noodle stalls. as for him, he got an extra bowl of minced meat rice bowl.  this is normally called ru rou fan in taipei or elsewhere in taiwan.  in tainan, this is called rou chao fan.

 you when to the fruits stall not too far from confuses temple.  this is again a very popular fruit stall where one could order just pure fruits, mixed fruits shaved ice, mixed fruits shaved ice with pudding. the possibility is endless.

you had a mixed fruits (mango and water guava) shaved ice with pudding, she had a pure mango shaved ice with pudding and milk.  it's really a great idea to lower your body temperature as you're perspiring at that moment.

also along the confuses temple, he wanted a taiwan sausage, so at the end you had a taste of two flavors original flavor and black pepper flavor. both are good but it's just not something for you in such a hot weather.

at the end of the street you decided to try taiwan variation of japense oden.  it doesn't give you any wow factor other than another street food, not quite like the japanese oden either.

 tainan local delicacies, mostly hokkien influence and you quite liked it...

noodles joints, in chinese it sounded like "spaghetti" but really this is a local invention with japanese twists. for you the highlight of the meal was the fresh octopus dipped in wasabi.

 beef soup, super delicious and tender...

this bowl of porridge is packed with flavors, really reminded you of your home town.  a true taste of home found in tainan.

 coffin bread, invention of tainan. in fact it's originated from western chowder sort of thick soup.  the coffin bread takes it to the next level by burring it in a toast that resembles coffin with a cover.

different types of street foods that you acquired from street side...

 best hokkien style dumpling ever, hands down. it's really way superior than those you could found at home...

or-chien, oyster omelet. quite similar to what you're accustomed to except this is a tat too sweet to your liking. you probably like it better without the sauce.