Eating Out: La Mei Zi

This is a recent favorite – been here about 5 times but just haven’t gotten around to writing about it until now!  La Mei Zi is a new(er) addition to the (severely lacking) Taiwanese food scene in Atlanta.  It’s a sit-down restaurant with table service and it great for groups, since you’ll want to order…

Cookbook Review – The Food of Taiwan

I was initially very excited to come across a copy of The Food of Taiwan by Cathy Erway.  I really wanted to like it, but in the end I decided not to keep it because I was quite disappointed.  Here’s why. This beautifully photographed book contains plenty of history in the introduction, and is very…

Taiwanese-Style Beef Noodle Soup

  Mmmm… this is my all-time favorite comfort food, rainy day food, wintry-weather-stay-indoors food.  It reminds me of home, since my dad makes a fabulous version that’s a combination of several recipes and many years of tweaking it to perfection.  It’s always the thing I ask my family to bring when they come visit from…

Eating Out: TJ House

I took my family to eat at a new restaurant in the area, TJ House.  I think the “T” and “J” stand for “Taiwanese” and “Japanese”.  For any locals, this place has the same owner as Bobo Garden, and the chef is Taiwanese (per our server).  This was by far the best Taiwanese food we’ve…