http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Latest Eats en-us blog@personaldork.com 2011-04-29T08:00:00+08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000975.php There are lots of cheap tours to Korea but I've never been particularly tempted to visit. But then work required a quick trip it's always exciting to go to a country for the first time for a bumpkin like me.... 975@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Other Asian 2011-04-29T08:00:00+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000973.php Burgers had always been available in Taipei, but more as an afterthought in American-style restaurant menus, there as a checklist item. But now there are more and more dedicated burger joints scattered around Taipei's more fashionable districts. With the opening... 973@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ American 2011-04-10T13:15:00+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000972.php Wife's uncles may not read the hipster foodie blogs, but they're out and about quite a bit and they know what's up. So when one of them invites everyone for a big family meal you know it'll be good. Located... 972@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Chinese 2011-04-04T12:30:21+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000971.php Hidden in a little community in Sanchih, the sprawling restaurant (converted from an abandoned vacation home) serves up wood-baked pizzas and a variety of pastas. The oven and the pizza station is located front and center right behind the entrance,... 971@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ European 2011-04-03T14:00:03+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000970.php Auntie invited everyone to dinner to celebrate her son's grad. school acceptance. The old-school steak-house has occupied its now-prime location right on Zhongxiao E. Rd. for over 30 years. The all-you-can-eat salad and dessert bar is a key component of... 970@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Others 2011-03-26T18:30:00+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000969.php The relatively new and aggressively expanding chain opened a branch right outside the SYT subway station Exit 2. From the Nihongo name to the wood-slatted interior it's obviously trying hard to present itself as an upscale Japanese-style bakery. The posters... 969@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Others 2011-03-19T14:20:35+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000967.php The best part of southeast-Asian cuisine is suppose to be its local street-eats. But wife doesn't particularly like the spicing of Indonesian cuisine, and random food stalls are no-go with the fetus to worry about. Weren't particularly impressed with the... 967@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ European 2011-02-13T19:30:00+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000966.php By booking via Taiwan passports we got a detached villa for the rack rate of a in-building suite. Each villa features it's own deck and plunge pool. Despite the tightly packed villas, privacy is protected by the lush surrounding vegetation.... 966@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Others 2011-02-13T07:26:00+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000965.php Our two-night stay at the Four Seasons Sayan resort included an on-resort dinner in the package. After the five-hour flight and fighting through the crowded airport then crawling through Denpasar traffic, a quiet dinner on arrival seems just the thing.... 965@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Other Asian 2011-02-12T19:45:53+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000964.php All the fancy restaurants now stay open during Chinese New Years vacation days hoping to capture business from the families all-together during the long holiday but nobody willing to cook. Mitsui Dunhua would be nominally more convenient for us, but... 964@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Other Asian 2011-02-03T12:00:12+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000963.php Have had some bad experiences when I've let the wife pick places to eat. But she was determined to redeem herself this time, and she had a slow day at work, so she scoured the foodie blogs to find this... 963@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Other Asian 2011-01-19T19:00:47+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000956.php People were lined up out the door waiting for an hour or more for their waffles. Accompanied by lots of fresh fruit, ice cream, whipped cream, syrup, and jam. The fruit tea was stuffed full of fresh fruit, too,... 956@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ American 2010-12-11T19:00:05+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000955.php Our tour bus wound its way up mountain roads to the Appi mountain resort, where we were staying at the Appi Grand Annex for the evening. The air was getting chilly and there were signs of the snow on... 955@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Other Asian 2010-11-19T19:00:54+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000954.php To break up the monotony of the long bus ride across Iwate we stopped in at a workshop for some hands-on kiritanbo-making and souvenir shopping. To make kiritanbo, first mash the cooked rice to extract the starch and make... 954@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Other Asian 2010-11-19T15:30:00+08:00 http://www.personaldork.com/eat/archives/000952.php This was the first time I've traveled to Japan with a tour group and stayed at a large vacation resort instead of a business hotel or traditional ryokan. Tour groups try to put the nicest meal/hotel at the start,... 952@http://www.personaldork.com/eat/ Other Asian 2010-11-18T19:00:00+08:00