The Best Food We’ve Had on A Trip: Part 1

Sometimes, we bring home the memory of the taste and the experience of being lucky enough to have had our little pieces of umami heaven.
by Desiree Pore | July 12, 2017

I first tasted the beauty that is Tainan’s chicken curry just over a week ago. Needless to say, it was unexpected and a wondrous surprise. The dish was served to me from one of Taiwan’s equivalent of the Filipinos’ carenderia. I did not know what to expect at all.

But alas, the curry’s rich aroma got me hooked from the moment it came out of the kitchen. The curry sauce was consistently thick and beautifully laden with potatoes, carrots, and onion.  To top it all off was the fried chicken, which was gloriously golden, and the matching taste to go along with it was yum! What made it more unique however was the presence of seaweed in the dish! It was then that I gathered from my ever-reliable local guides that the Japanese culture had tremendously influenced most Taiwanese cuisines we know today and this was no exception. When learning meets dining, there is no such thing as loss.

In terms of dessert, I’d say the best I’ve had so far is Tainan’s latte ice cream.  I found mine inside a tree house (yes, a tree house) in Anping. It cost me around 80 New Taiwan Dollars, which roughly equates to around one hundred and twenty pesos. It was bloody expensive for an ice cream but luckily; its winning taste far outweighed its price. Now I know why the locals call this the most popular ice cream in Tainan. It definitely left me craving for more. In fact, I just scheduled a trip to Anping tomorrow as I was writing this paragraph. —Sunshine, 23

What’s the best food you’ve had on a trip? Tell us in the comments, and stay tuned for part 2!