Taipei Foodtrip, Taipei, Taiwan

As soon as we arrived in rainy Taipei, our first goal was to stuff our face with hot pot. To the nearest Mala Hot Pot we went (there are two branches in Ximending, and more around Taipei).

Mala Hot Pot serves all you can eat hot pot. Choose from 11 choices of meat, and dozens and dozens of hot pot ingredients: seafood balls, tofu, vegetables, mushrooms, noodles, etc. Dump it all in your soup base of choice (choose two out of five soup base options). Don't forget to make your own dipping sauce from more than a dozen condiments. Start eating, but leave room for drinks (juice, soda, beer, wine, tea, milk tea), desserts (cakes, pastries, jellies, fruits), and ice cream (Haagen-Dazs and Movenpick ice cream!!!)

Eating at Mala Hot Pot costs 598 NTD for lunch / 698 NTD for dinner, plus 10% service charge. The all you can eat hot pot is good for two hours only. Before the two hours is up, I am sure you will be bursting at the seams...so be sure to wear loose clothes when eating here!

We loved Mala Hot Pot so much-the best parts for me were the hot pot and the Movenpick ice cream (Movenpick ice cream in Cebu is so expensive!)-that we ate here twice!

Din Tai Fung, a Michelin star restaurant, originated in Taiwan. And a visit to Taiwan would never be complete without dining there (a warning, Din Tai Fung is a bit on the expensive side). Not to miss is their xiao long bao. But everything else is also worth every New Taiwan Dollar. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).