Author: Rochelle Sy Chua

周師傅
台北縣永和保平路123號
886 0800-523999

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Before my mom & I head for the night market.  I accompanied her to dinner first.  Since I just ate my meal at Gate One cafe, I ended up watching mom eat a super yummy meal (Of course, do you have to ask?  I took pictures).

A lot of people frequent this restaurant and upon observing for quite some time, I saw that this place started way back in 1968.  Wow!  They are famous for their chicken w/ rice.

Guess what my mom ordered?  Ofcourse their specialty: 燒雞腿飯 Chicken Leg Rice.
For just 70NT, we were able to have the chicken leg, rice, fishball soup & vegetable side dish.

Such a treat right?  Overly affordable & delicious!  I just hope we have this place here in Manila.  Oh well…

More pictures here.

Farsi Famous Persian Grill
117 Scout Lozano Street, Quezon City
(02) 929-9574

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Late last night, a friend of mine accompanied me for dinner at Farsi.  It was already 11pm as I had a conference call that ended 10pm.  I was too hungry that I wanted to eat something that I like.  Since I’m fond of Persian food, I tried this.

The restaurant was well-hidden hahaha!  We had to look for it.  For those who wanted to try this out, Farsi is located at the back of Alba Resturant (along Tomas Morato).

The design of the restaurant is unique.  There were paintings related to the theme.  There was also television available for guests to watch.  There was also free wifi provided as well (just need to ask for the password) 😛

We ordered the ff.:

• Fish Tehran (Php 140)

A twist to the usual fish fillet, this dish had two marinated breaded fish fillet topped with honey mustard sauce.  The fish was good even though I felt that it was peppery.  The dish was served with biryani rice that made it an authentic Persian food.

• Bottled Mountain Dew (Php 25)

Okay, I’m sorry, I can’t help it!  It has been such a long time since I last saw a bottle of mountain dew hehehehe 😛  This used to be my favorite when I was little 😛

• Ripe Mango Shake (Php 50)

This was your typical mango shake but I felt that too much ice was put in.
I had brain freeze!!!

• Beef Roadway Footlong (Php 135)

This is Farsi’s version of the famous footlong hotdogs. hahahaha.  Of course, theirs is a kebab!  A 12-incher chelo kebab served with biryani rice.

You can choose either beef or chicken.  Chicken is five pesos cheaper.  I ordered beef of course, as I have always loved beef kebabs.

It was a bit hard to bite, but I found it was still juicy inside and delicious.  I just wish it wasn’t so hard to bite though.

Another that stuck to my mind was their excellent service.  The waiter waited for me to take pictures then when we were about to leave, he came out and assisted us as our car was backing out of the parking area.

After eating, I realized how much I missed Hossein & Arya Persian Restaurants.  I will definitely go there very soon.

一號出口 Gate One Cafe Shop
台北縣中和市捷運路111號
886 (02) 8668-0855

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I spent practically the whole day at this coffee shop during one of those days I was in Taiwan.  My mom wasn’t in the mood to go out and just wanted to rest that day.  I didn’t want to tour around alone so I decided to just go online.  Good thing, ä¸€è™Ÿå‡ºå£ Gate One Cafe Shop has free internet available for all their guests.

I entered around 11AM, the server was still arranging the table & stuff hahaha!  She let me in and apologized as she need to finish setting up the place.

I browsed through their menu and noticed the sign that they have.

The set menu was 170NT.  It included the ff.:

• Soup
• Side Dishes (Vegetables & Tofu)
• Main Dish w/ Rice (Choice of Pork, Beef, Fish)
• Drink (Choice of Green or Red Tea, Add 20NT for Coffee)

For brunch, I ordered their sweet and sour pork set menu.  I must say that i was impressed!  The beef was just so tender and the sauce!!!  It was perfect!!   I truly enjoyed my meal and was able to finish some task online.  The serving was pretty generous too!!

People frequent this place even though it isn’t really located at the city proper.  The coffee shop has this welcoming effect.  Their Internet is free but plugging in your device will cost you 10NT per hour.  I spent around 7 hours in this place but I was charged only 50NT.

At around 4-5PM, I started to get hungry (again).  The owner offered to cook my food herself and offered their fried rice.  It wasn’t on the menu but she recommended it.  It was 150NT w/ soup & drink.  I chose beef this time.  I felt there was too much pepper in the dish but it was good.  I liked the sweet & sour pork though.  😛

The rest of the pictures can be found here.