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2 fifteen kitchen is located beside an outdoor terrace on level 2 of The Rochester Mall. A very cosy restaurants that sits 45 pax serving French & European cuisine. You can opt to order from their ala carte menu or one of their degustation menu.

For our dinner, we ordered their 3 course degustation menu and 2 other main course for sharing.

Here is the menu for their 3 course meal

they surprise me with warm bread for i usually had cold ones in some restaurants =(. Pretty good for the start of the meal.

chef pot of the day

for the main course, we can choose either crab meant, spicy tomato with angel hair pasta & arugula leave or grilled beef flank steak with chunky potato, black pepper sauce. I took steak for the first time and so far i quite like it. the only thing i dont like is, i feel the salt is not evenly spread as there are some part of the beef that taste slightly salty than other

we also ordered seafood pasta and grill chicken for sharing.

our wine for pairing ( from our friend..)

for desert, we are supposed to have brownie but the manager is super kind to give us ice cream as we are too stuffed for cakes. =P

food : ***1/2
customer service : ***1/2
price : *** ( on average is about 60 plus per pax)

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like many of my post, i always wanted to try new food but need kakis la. so on the very faithful thursday, i got 2 kakis to go jpot with me haha. Jpot (opened by jumbo) is located at Vivo city #01-53. always packed but lucky for us, we did not need to wait very long.

there are various soup based to choose from ( about 4-5). you can choose 2 pots for sharing or 1 pot for each pax. however, we took 2 pots for sharing (jpot special broth and tom yam soup based ~ refillable). The ingredients is ala carte based and each plate cost about 0.5 ( for egg) until  X amount ( cos they sell fresh seafood so it depends on the weight ). The ingredients comes in small plates which i find the quantity is very small so we ended up ordering repeated ingredients or double the quantity for each order ( imagine chicken hotdog comes in 2 pieces only lol per 1 order).

You also need to mix your own sauce for the food which i feel it will taste a little weird with sesame sauce + chilli paste + soya sauce + x sauce lol. so i insist on sesame sauce only lol

Overall
Food : *** ( Tom yam is not as spicy. Jpot special broth is good,)
Price : **** (slightly steep)
Customer service : ** ( we asked for refill but it took them ages to do it. We had to ask multiple staff to refill and only 1 managed to do it in the end.)

some of the must try ingredient i feel : fried bean curb, prawn noodles, meat balls

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on this day, we did our last minute shopping at Jiu fen before returning to Taipei city to pick up our wedding photos. we did a quick shopping and lunch before we rush down to the train station to go bk to taipei. we found this small restaurant at the old street of jiu fen selling very good beef noodles!

we reach taipei at approx 4pm and check in back to sunroute hotel before heading down to the bridal studio to pick up our wedding photo. wanted to do a little shopping until my mum called me to tell me Ronnie passed away and left me crying non stop at the train station. we both cried cos Ronnie is very dear to us and i couldnt believe that he is gone like that. although i m mentally prepared but still i couldnt take it. LL seeing that i cried so badly that he tries to comfort me by bringing me to eat shabu shabu for the last time in taiwan. cos he knows that i love shabu in taiwan but sadly, although i was sitting infront of premium beef i dont hav the appetite to eat ..the food just taste bitter to me although LL keeps telling me it is good. but anyway, i still managed to take some pictures of the food.

after dinner, we headed bk to hotel and then i broke down again the whole night until the next day. until today, i still cannot understand y Ronnie choose to leave me or is it because i told him not to hang on anymore.but nevertheless, i m thankful that LL is with me during this period of time and been giving in to my nonsense when my emotion is at rock bottom.

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This is the first time we explored out of Taipei city and into Jiu Fen and Ping Xi. We heard alot of nice sceneries at Jiu Fen and Ping Xi. Ping Xi is very famouns for Tian Teng ( sky lantern) when u reach there, you can see alot of people flying their Tian Teng. Just for experience, we also bought one ourselves. we wrote our wishes on the lantern itself and send it flying into the sky.

and yes, it is all bullshit. my wish did not come true. cos i wrote for Ronnie to get well but Fuck. he passed away the next day. What the hell. it only teaches me one thing. all these are bullshit. and to cheat money !@#@#$%%$#%

we made a mistake for buying tickets to ping xi only. should have gotten the day pass but we only have limited time to go to Ping Xi so…

the train is always fully packed with people.

our tian deng (sky lantern) with our wishes..ok. mine for Ronine doesnt come true but i hope the rest will..damm. else i will b cursing the shop until no day no night. we got one with different colors on each side and each color represent individual meaning like health, wealth, career, happiness
there are 4 sides and you can write your so call wishes on each side

after they lit up the lantern, you got some time to camwhore with your master piece before letting it fly high up to the sky.

and then up it go!

LL took a picture of me at the railway track lol. realize  i wear the same thing yrs when i travel to Taipei lol. except now is dr Mart shoes haha. the trusty old jacket has been with me for a long long time! and it still exist! bought it when me n hazyham working in singtel le. at esprit lo.

the weather was very bad that day. drizzling the whole day. and we are lucky that we both had hood on our jackets lol.

queuing for their sausage again…

every single shop also sell their iconic souvenirs ~ Sky lanterns. very cute but i din buy any cos i already got one in wofy which got me really pissed after Ronnie’s death that i feel like throwing the damm thing away

 taiwan sausage

picture of LL pointing to where we were

we also tried their local soft drink. kinda weird as they got a marble inside the glass bottle. for wat i also dont know haha

artistic picture of the sky lantern hanging at the rail way station on our way back

cute auntie selling pineapple tarts that shaped like kittens. very cute!

ending the day with Ta- bao dinner from the night market at Rui Fang food centre haha

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we woke up late in the morning with breakfast hanging on our door. lol. i think this trip is the most nua trip i ever had. sleeping to make up to the sleepless nights i had previously but rest seems to be not enough. until today i still feel so sleepy and tired which i dont understand y. =(

bag of breakfast…

supposed these are the daily breakfast in taiwan lol. pancakes with egg, bread with egg and harsh brown  very local delights. and we love it.

after a quick brekkie, we nua again for awhile before we ask Tim to pick us up for lunch haha. super nua ~ the two of us. but i am glad as we can get to spend some US time together away from work and meanies from work ( for me la)

Tim took us to Kee Lung Seafood market where we can select our own seafood. Very similar to Zhu hai style where u select your own seafood and then look for the restaurant to prepare the food for u. Seafood in Kee lung is really cheap and super fresh!. we had crab ( female crab), fish (grouper), sashimi ~ Salmon belly (treat from Tim), lobsters! the owner is so nice that she gave us free oysters! total about 100 ++ bucks only which i dont think we can get anything in Singapore or even Zhu hai now!

fresh n good salmon belly!!!

so Tim brought us to this restaurant for lunch and each dish i think is cost us about 50 NT to prepare. The total cost of the seafood alone is about 60 bucks SGD.

the salmon belly! look at the clear lines of fats! i love it!

we also had some local dishes of veges ( local veges) and dumplings! very yummy!

oyster with wasabi sauce only. Tim told us that the oysters are so fresh that u can hardly taste the fishy smell and it is true!

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Tim drove us to Kee lung night market for dinner on our first night in Jiu Fen, it is about 45 mins drive from Jiu fen (our mingshu). The night market is very different from those we had in taipei and is packed with alot of good and yummy food. the food at Kee lung night market is also much better than in taipei. according to tim, those in taipei is too commercialized and you dont get to eat traditional taiwan food there anymore! so, guess we are in luck to meet Tim who brought us around for alot of yummy food!

there are so many variety of food to eat and we got a hard time on what to eat lol. with our limited time in Jiu fen, these are the only food we managed to try. =(.

crispy chicken. we ate this almost everyday! so fattening..lol

some deep fried prawn ..not really nice..

fruit juice. mine is papaya milk, his is water melon milk. super good!

glutinous rice and their crab thick soup

famous taiwan sausage

oyster mee sua

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I always wanted to try skinny pizza as i heard much raves about it from my friends and food blog reviews but sadly, din really have the chance to try it. Why? Cos no buddy lo. Finally last friday, got buddy to accompany me to try it leh! so happy lor.

so Friday, here i m, meet up with my food buddy WJ for lunch @ Plaza Sing. Skinny Pizza Located at the new extension of Plaza Sing. the place is rather small so when we are there, it is packed with alot of people. Food serving becomes really slow too as we waited for more than 30 mins for our food to arrive. =(
Pizza wise, i still prefer Mozza @ MBS ( also thin crust). The Skinny pizza crust is too crispy for my liking. =(. but i do recommend their truffle fries!

We took their set lunch special for 45 bucks. you get to choose 1 pizza, 1 main , 1 side dish and 2 drinks which i think is super value for money for us ( cos the food can serve 3 pax lo). to make it super value for money, we ordered their super expensive items in the menu hahaha. anyway, this is what we had.

the elegant black pepper prawn linguine – 25 bucks
smoke turkey swiss – 25 bucks
truffle fries – 7 bucks
drinks – approx 10 bucks??

in total, the food we ordered is worth more htan 45 bucks muahahaha.

our pizza. we took their smoked turkey swiss. the combination of blueberry jam and ham and cheese is really good. i love their pizza except for their over crispy crust.

overall
Food : ***
Customer Service : ***
Price : *** ( if you order their set meal)

for more information about Skinny pizza, do visit their website 

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this day we got a little more adventurous and checked out of our hotel and got our arse to Jiu Fen. the place where everyone is talking about! Getting Jiu fen is pretty easy, just need to buy a train ticket at Taipei Main station and take their railway train, alight at Rui Fang and take a cab up to Jiu Fen. We booked our accomdation with Shi Xia Xiang . The owner of the MinShu is very nice and offer to pick us up at Rui Fang train station. this is also my first time taking train lol.

our first meal in Rui Fang food centre! Food in Jiu Fen is very different from Taipei and apparently it is much cheaper too!

we also tried some of their local street food! yummy!

and this is LL and his Or AH Mee Sua lol

our Minshu is located at Jiu Fen. very near to the old town ( within walking distance). it cost about 120 per night which comes with breakfast and the Mingshu owner is very nice, he brought us around Jiu Fen for sight visiting too! u can contact him at

Shi Xia Xiang B&B
http://www.travel-jiufen.com/
resevration hotline: +886-925-533-168

Look for Tim Wong!

anyway here are some of the pictures of the room we stayed in! it is facing the sea! very nice scenery and i am glad that we made this trip to Jiu Fen cos i love the place here. Super fresh air everyday ( at least for the days i m there lol)

the scenary outside our room!

we tried their yam and tapioca deserts! very good and we love it!

we see dogs everywhere…and i miss Ronnie again while i m typing this post cos during this time, he is still alive except barking..and i know his illness has worsen despite i try not to think about it too much

some interesting stuff we find at Jiu Fen

black peanut!

high grade Bubble tea!

scenary @ Jiu Fen is simply breathe taking lo

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I actually planned this trip and buffered 2 days in case of bad weather but we were blessed with a good weather for our photoshoot so this day is kinda spare day for us. we did nothing as well except going to Taipei Zhong Shan area to shop. We tried exploring other areas for food ( not like those usual ones we go). this time round, we went to some “:industry” area for lunch. the food there is quite good too!

think these are the places where local goes. so here we are, we do what local do lol
we ordered a few of their local dishes to try and they are really good and cheap!

shopping becomes like boring for us when we got nothing to buy haha. so we head bk to hotel for a quick power nap before heading out for dinner. This is the first time i travel to a country where i got no place to go, nothing to do and just want to rest. perhaps, Ronnie is always on my mind that time that i cant keep thinking of him.

for dinner, we tried to explore the surrounding nearby our hotel as we were told there is a small night market where sell alot of food. we walk aimlessly searching for it and finally we found it! it is at a small alley n if you ask me how to get there now, i seriously cant remember already lol.

this is the stall where we had our dinner. Taiwanese style of fried noodles. something different from what we usually hav and it is like a zhi char stall. hmm. only comment, price is kinda expensive for street food like this but the quantity is huge!

reminds me of Ronnie. In taiwan, there are alot of dog owners and they even bring their dog for dinner like this. so cute. i wish i can do the same now =(. i do miss him. #ronnie

our dinner

the noodles looks the same but actually is different. lol. one is beef noodle and one is seafood but it all taste the same except the ingredient is different. hahaha

we saw this and wanted to try! it is really good! grilled chicken wrap!

last but not least, ending the dinner with the atas bubble tea lol.

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the BS are very efficient as we are already able to select the pictures we wanted the very next day. we need to select a total of 36 pictures ( but we upgraded to total of 60 + 10 soft copies). 2 for blow up ( 1 canvas type and 1 poster).

We woke up quite late in the morning cos we were super tired from the photoshoot. We went exploring the area around our hotel and i got drew to the sesame + chinese wine smell from far! and we discovered this gem located at one of the small corner of the street.

very good for a rainy and cold day like this. the temperature drop to almost like 14 degrees after a heavy rain.

we ordered a few dishes and omg, the food is really good! i love their sesame chicken mee sua! very gd!

our food

we ordered their sesame chicken which is super strong in the chinese wine ( i love it) and their ginseng chicken! i love it too!! i love drinking hot soup on a wet day!

after that , my cravings for the chong you bing starts lol. so after much begging, LL give in to my pleas lo..lol. we bought 1 for sharing. super good!

after our photo selections, we went bk to hotel to rest before heading out for dinner. lol. this trip is more like a sleeping trip for us. we were both super super tired.

for dinner, we went to Shi Lin Night market for some street food. the thing about taiwan that we love most is their night market where we can find alot of nice yummy food. we dont have this in Singapore =( except Geylang lol.

our favorite food!
super big chicken chop

Shi Lin Night Market Street is always filled with alot of stalls like this selling very yummy food lo

now they also hav BBQ mushrooms! i love this…this is very nice and yummy!

bbq lamb meat…LL say is very nice..but i dont like lamb ..so lol..he is the only one who finish it

then we saw this funny thing. is supposed to be a cake that is shaped of a dick. too bad.we are too full to stuff into our stomach liao haha

lol. ending the day with the pictures of dicks lol.