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Dining in Boston 3: Chung Shin Yuan

Posted in food on October 1st, 2006

Address: 183 California St, Newton, MA
Tel: 617-964-0111
Style: Northern Chinese and Taiwanese style brunch.
$: Two are able to have a nice brunch for less than $20.
Environment: small
Service: ok.
Rating (only for food): 4/5
Note: Minimum credit card purchase is $20. Brunch is only served on Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. Since the seats are limited and the business is very good during the brunch time, you need to arrive the restaurant before 11:15 am or after 1:30 pm if you don’t want to wait in line for too long.
My favorite dishes: Shao-Bing with Five Spice Beef Sandwich ($3.25), Fried Chitlens ($5.50).

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Dining in Boston 2: May’s Cafe

Posted in food on September 30th, 2006

Address: 95 Glenville Ave, Allston, MA 02134
Tel: 617-782-1688
Style: Taiwan
$$: Two are able to have a nice dinner for about $30.
Environment: small, quite and clean.
Service: nice
Rating (only for food): 3.8/5
Note: Cash only. Closed on Monday. Limited parking for non-residents. Better call in advance to check if the cafe is open (the owners have vacations in summer and winter time).
My favorite dishes and drinks: Shredded Pork with Bamboo Shoots and Bean Curd (Plate $7.95), Cabbage with Pork (Plate $7.95), Milk Tea and Coffee with Pearl ($3.25), and Red Bean Smoothie ($3.50).

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A frog’s life in Taiwan

Posted in about Taiwan on July 31st, 2005

A frog’s life in Taiwan:
http://itsafrogslife.net/taiwan/

It is a very interesting web site by Graham. I really appreciate his hard work for introducing the beauty of Taiwan (when I say beauty, it means food, food and food).

Here are the soft drinks that we can buy in stores:
http://itsafrogslife.net/taiwan/drink.htm

If you want to know how convenient living in Taiwan is, go to:
http://itsafrogslife.net/taiwan/convenience.htm

Also the notorious traffic in Taiwan can be seen:
http://itsafrogslife.net/taiwan/transport.htm

Dining in Boston 1: Shanghai Gate

Posted in food on July 25th, 2005

Address: 204 Harvard Ave, Allston, MA 02134
Tel: 617-566-7344
Style: Shanghai
$: two are able to have a nice dinner for less than $25.
Environment: small, noisy but stylish and clean.
Service: ok
Rating (only for food): 4/5
Note: closed on Tuesday. better dine after rush hour. minimum charge on credit card is $20.
My favorite dishes: Fried rice ($6.25), Wild vegetable and bean curd ($4.50)

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Dining in Boston 0: Introduction

Posted in food on July 18th, 2005

Food is a very important aspect in Taiwanese culture. It is not only because we inherited the Chinese taste buds, but also because the majority of Taiwanese ancestors came from different provinces of China and they brought various recipes with them (allow me to talk about the history in the future). After people living together in this tiny island “Formosa” for more than fifty years (or more than two hundred years in another point of view), the mixer and recombination of these Chinese recipes, along with our own traditional food as well as Japanese style, South Asian style, and western style food make Taiwan a heaven for the gourmand.

Since I am not in Taiwan now but luckily in Boston, I would like to introduce some good restaurants in Boston area under my food category.

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A beginning

Posted in LYS's news on July 10th, 2005

This is my first blog and hopefully I will keep writing. I will try to write both in English and Chinese. Writing in English is a good practice for me and is a better way to communicate with more people. If you find any mistake in my writing or you think there is a better way to write it, please feel free to leave comments. I will appreciate your correction.

I used to keep selected photos and legends under
http://verywed.com/album/fmyAlbum.php?a=28759
as my informal diary. Most of the photos were taken by CCLo; the legends are in Chinese though.

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