Warm greetings, Richard , it is really heartening to see Taiwan embracing South East Asian Food and i have nothing but admirations for their efforts , i do expect some difference due to certain supplies limitations like blood cockles for laksa and i hope to see more of such attempts replicated all over the world and to quote Andrew Zimmerns ' if it looks good , eat it ' 😂😂
@@AsiaHikelopedia i applaud you , Richard for creating awareness for East Asian Cuisine all over the world and at the same time doing the same for western cuisines especially beloved Britain , Singapore applaud you
Been to both these places, and they are both great. Along the road in front of Hsinchu train station there are more hole in the wall Indonesian places that are quite nice. The downside is that they have karaoke upstairs, and sometimes migrant workers get drunk and start a brawl, which can get a bit awkward because you don't know whether you should leave or just ignore the commotion and finish your food.
I came across your channel by accident and found its filled with good information about places you've lived and your style of presentation is appealing to me - right balance of content as well as the length of your video. Awesome job sir! Thanks for embracing south east asian culture so well. bravo !
LOL "feed the hordes", staring us down seriously as you eat the nasi lemak, "sambal things" - you are too funny, Richard! All the food you reviewed looked so good esp the Filipino food! The price of the currypuffs though.. 😱😱😱 If you can get a hold of curry powder, coconut milk and frozen prata (and potato of course), it's worth trying to make your own currypuff at home! Can search UA-cam for easy recipe, make it vegetarian too! Oven baked is fine! (I do so quite often) Thanks for such an entertaining and tasty video! 😋 Take care in Taiwan!💪🏼
Hi Richard, thank you for tasting on viewers behalf. The way you eat and yr thumb up makes me salivate here in SG. I really don't know where in SG to find all these delicious food from different countries.
Migrants from different SEA countries have their own enclaves in Singapore and that's where you can find their authentic cuisines. Filipino - Lucky Plaza Burmese - Peninsula Plaza Thai - Golden Mile Complex Vietnamese - Joo Chiat (?) Indonesian food like Nasi Padang, Ayam Penyet is literally in most hawker centres, food courts and shopping malls.
Warm greeting from North Hills, CA. Always enjoy your hiking videos, and this time about South East Asian foods and its vendors! Keep up the good works, and let the world knows more about the hiking in Taiwan and local cultures and cuisine!!!!
Hi Richard! Glad to see you have settled well in XinZhu. I noticed the Burmese Noodles that you tried looks a lot like Shah Noodles except that Shah Noodles use rice noodles instead. Thanks again for all your Taiwan videos. And I looked forward to you reaching your goal of 台灣百嶽 soon
Nice for a change. Actually food drew more attention from people. A good 180 degree turn. Enjoy this food introduction as well as your hiking trail scenery because the enthusiasm from you is equal if not more….. 乾杯！
Got to spend one afternoon and one night in Amsterdam back in early March. Went for some Indonesian food for dinner - something hardly offered in Switzerland. Had some Satay chicken sticks as as starter and then Beef Rendang - delicious! And I see you also got a variety of Rendang at the Indonesian eatery.
Come back to Singapore for a short visit ! Hengchun used to have a Singaporean restaurant that also serve the Singapore troops. Not sure if still there.
There used to be a noodle place on huaxinjie that sold 金山面。I don't know the name of the restaurant, but I really recommend that if you go back. It's similar to a Thai dish called khaosoi.
Enjoyed your video. Can try to see if the Taiwan supermarkets have instant laksa paste like the Prima Taste ones. Or next time come back SG and buy some.
@@AsiaHikelopedia Maybe next time you can try the laksa in Costco. Still cannot figure out why they sell laksa there, but it's delicious so non of it matters.
Pempek is a well known food from South Sumatra. Palembang is the capital of South Sumatra province, with its famous Musi river.. Pempek is made from grilled fish. Nice video, thumbs up Richard. And by the way this month is your birthday, is it?
爹爹廚房 in Dongshan, Yilan is the best Malaysian restaurant I had lately. Curry chicken, sotong, bak Kut teh and others……all items on the menu are just authentic.
Warm greetings from Singapore! Loving the content and videos you made! hopefully we both Taiwan and Singapore can open a travel lane soon! would love to travel to Taiwan! ( never been there before but have good friends there! ) Stay safe!
Yummy! Not too bad really ! You stiil can get SEA food in Taiwan. It is understandable that the food needs to be localised as most patrons are still Taiwanese. Yes, the food featured are really costly, perhaps comparable to those offered in restaurants in SG. Thanks 4 sharing
You can get okra in the laksa version of YongTauFu in Singapore where you pick all the ingredients you like and just select laksa sauce instead of clear soup. But mussels in laksa soup is weird. Never had such a combo before.
Hi Richard, Laksa don’t use okra. If u miss Sg / SE Asian food and wanna cook the easy way, try source for Prima Brand’s curry paste, laksa paste, rendang etc it’s one of the best and save the hassle of pounding of chili etc.
I never seen an okra (lady's finger) in Singapore's laksa before. The usual ingredients will be sliced fishcake, deep-fried tofu, beansprouts, cockles. And one most important key spice is laksa leaves, the taste will be missing if you don't put the leaves. To further make it more luxurious, I know some will add boiled egg, shredded chicken meat, prawns, and other seafood. There were story that the old version will add "earthworm" for the extra umami. I never seen or ate that version before, so I have no idea how true... I believe Mr Chee Kopitiam is quite famous in Taipei, as I do recall hearing this name multiple times on youtube by Taiwanese who stayed in Singapore before and looking for Singapore/Malaysia food back in Taipei. I guess there will be those who want to argue which cuisine belongs to which country. But really, food is food, which will vary and evolve as human move from region to region. No need to claim complete ownership, as long as the food is tasty. 🙏
You ever wondered the "burmese" in taiwan are of more chinese than burmese origin, but they are muslims? well the story goes at WW2, Chiang Kai Sek sends a troop to help fight the japanese in Burma, and the regiment was from Yunan, only from other side of the sino-burmese border, and some of them are muslims. after the war some are patrioted back into ROC-taiwan and some choose to stay, thats why you will find descendants of the KMT troops in some places in Myanmar and northern thailand today. As a matter of fact you go to Chiangrai thailand today you will find a lot of them stil speaks yunan dialet and some are muslims also.
One of the hallmarks of our Singapore Laksa is - COCKLES 😂🤣😂😁 Didn't see much/any of them in the video.... Mussels and other kinds of oyster-y substitutes just isn't quite the same... 😁 At least you thought the laksa was good tho 👍
I think it's impossible to get 100% authentic Singapore Laksa here. The one I had was maybe 7/10, but I'm sure there are better ones out there. But you can only eat so much laksa!!!
I think it's not easy to find good SE Asian food in Taiwan, historically Taiwanese cuisine connects more with northern Asia, that tends to be the favor and you might notice, Taiwanese don't really like southern pacific style spice, pretty much only Philippine and Vietnamese took off in Taiwan , but the rest are rare ....by the way did you check Taoyuan city? Taoyuan city could get you more choice especially around Jhongli
It's funny how you say you feel too lazy to head out and decide to cook at home, because in Singapore when you feel lazy you just had to head to the coffeeshop downstairs for a quick meal!
Yeah, but where we live there are no shops. So it involves driving somewhere, finding a parking space, waiting, etc. Easier and quicker to cook. Suppose I could order in, but I don't really like eating out of boxes.
Yup I get it Richard. I guess in Singapore we really are a spoilt lot because we take these little things for granted! Hope Taiwan travel opens up soon!
Thats yong Tau Fu style laksa and not the authentic Singapore style laksa style which consists of only noodles, taupok , cockles(optional), fish cake slices and taugeh(soyabean). and a big dollop of Sambal
When Richard introduces Burmese foods he says they’re “underrepresented”, and the Chinese subtitles translation shows “代表性不足”, which is wrong and actually gives a reverse interpretation. “代表性不足” means “not quite representing”. People say so when they feel something is over-emphasized.
Richard, greetings from Bali indonesia. Empek empek is from the town of Palembang in Sumatra, the story goes since Palembang is a big fishing town and they have an excess of fish thus they made it into a dough, traditionally more fish than flour, and fired it to make the fish cake you tasted here.
My wife is from Malaysia. She told me the food in Singapore is indeed Malaysian food （well, less authentic according to most of my Malaysian relatives）.
Its no surprise since Singapore used to be part of Malaya. Of course the food is similar but over the years they developed distinctive taste of their own. Im a malaysian living in Singapore.
You can still find food in S'pore that u can't find in M'sia. To say S'pore food is from Malaysia is not totally true because S'pore used to be a British colony in the 1920s, many mainland Chinese migrated to South East Asia , some people settled down in Thailand, Indonesia,Malaysia ( known as malaya during that period) and some came directly from their hometown and settled down in S'pore. During that period before independence, the Chinese still considered themselves as Chinese (not Malaysian or S'porean) and had always wanted to return to mainland once they had earned enough money. Their descendants who didn't make it home ,settled down here and the food they ate were similar to those who live in other parts of SEA, since they were from the same origins. Many Chinese food we have today in fact originated in Southern part of China. The fact that the food we eat today are very similar in M'sia and S'pore is because we are so close geographically and many people (including migrants from India and Indonesia) have relatives on both sides. It was common for people to visit one another and they could have shared and exchanged recipes during their visits. S'pore was a free and busy port, and if I am not wrong,during the colonial period, the mainland Chinese had to land in S'pore port before travelling to Malaysia mainland. I am sure people who settled down in S'pore had the ability to create new dishes using local ingredients too. To say that all S'pore food are from Malaysia is not totally true and fair just because we were once part of Malaysia but the fact is we only joined Malaysia from 1963 to 1965 for less than 2 years.
@@kaiserlow652 Trying so hard to dismiss that Malaysia is indeed related to Singapore way beyond whatever names they used back then, huh. Making it seems like Singapore just happened to pop up overnight, and the Malays there were nothing but immigrants with same significance to the land with the Chinese and Indians. Don't forget when the Japanese landed, whose blood was being shed for DEFENDING their home? The Japanese targeted the Chinese due to them being migrated FROM a particular place, whereas the Malays died because Singapura is their HOME and of course they will be defending it to their last blood drop, literally men and women alike. The British literally drafted Malay men all over Tanah Melayu to defend Singapura, since it is of the same status with Melaka, Perak, Kedah, Penang, etc in that they are part of the same place. Leftenan Adnan himself is from Kajang, and dying for Singapura won't be of any difference from dying for Kedah back then, because it is still the HOME OF THE MALAYS. And that was way before the independence of both Malaysia and Singapore. To say the history of the two countries counts only during those two years is totally a Chinese thing to say to diminish the Malay's significance to the land. SONS OF THE SOIL. Just because Singapore erases the label, doesn't mean the rest of us will forget and bow to the Chinese-washing thing you people love doing, like exactly at this context. One of your country's folklore is "Singapura dilanggar todak", literally about a Malay king as a villain and Malay boy as a protagonist. Does Singapore ever have any king of their own ever since the Chinese set foot on it? Of course not, so obviously from the folklore alone it shows who exactly has the tie with the land the longest, thus making your claim that Malaysia (see the word MALAY, there? need a clue why it is being called so?) doesn't have a tie to Singapore but for those 2 years a total bs. Stop erasing the Malays from Singapore history ffs.
If you like Singapore laksa, you should try Malaysian laksa. It is one level up. Don't just dismiss it as nationalism and friendly rivalry. Hahaha. Yes, in Malaysia we have okra in laksa but we use cockles (lots of it) instead of mussels, unless it's specialty laksa.
Just a head's up, you might wanna tone down the comparison of Malaysian food with that in Singapore next time. i'm a Malaysian & i don't care about the so-called 'war' between Malaysian food & Singaporean food (one fact though, there's hardly any local food found in Singapore that ain't of Malaysian origin to begin with) all that much, but from what i tell from having watched so many food videos with 'Malaysia' & 'Singapore' in them, what you did in the Malaysian restaurant is a surefire way of getting a war in the comment section between the hardcores from both sides, if there ain't at least one going on already XD
Thanks. I am fully aware of the online Singapore-Malaysia food wars. My commentary was completely innocent and not intended to provoke, but people gonna find something to fight about no matter what!
No need to get all hung up on it. Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, all three places have their own varieties of laksa, & he's not talking about origins to begin with. the guy just happened to remember the one from Singapore best.
***PLEASE NOTE：There is a mistake with the price of the Nasi Lemak. It actually cost NT$240 or S$11.30***
wow S$11.30 for nasi lemak is expensive but it depends on the serving & also the garnishings !
😢🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
I am happy with Nasi Lemak Changi
haha.. thats a angmoh tourist price i think
@@sadizm Afraid not. That's the price on the menu for everyone!
Warm greetings, Richard , it is really heartening to see Taiwan embracing South East Asian Food and i have nothing but admirations for their efforts , i do expect some difference due to certain supplies limitations like blood cockles for laksa and i hope to see more of such attempts replicated all over the world and to quote Andrew Zimmerns ' if it looks good , eat it ' 😂😂
True!
@@AsiaHikelopedia i applaud you , Richard for creating awareness for East Asian Cuisine all over the world and at the same time doing the same for western cuisines especially beloved Britain , Singapore applaud you
@@Potomacstud 👌👍🏻
Been to both these places, and they are both great. Along the road in front of Hsinchu train station there are more hole in the wall Indonesian places that are quite nice. The downside is that they have karaoke upstairs, and sometimes migrant workers get drunk and start a brawl, which can get a bit awkward because you don't know whether you should leave or just ignore the commotion and finish your food.
Wow, you even found the lechon place. I used to visit these places all the time prior to the pandemic.
I came across your channel by accident and found its filled with good information about places you've lived and your style of presentation is appealing to me - right balance of content as well as the length of your video. Awesome job sir! Thanks for embracing south east asian culture so well. bravo !
Hello? Happy Sunday 😃 Thank you for nice and delicious sharing 😋. Enjoyed watching. Have a good day 😊👏🏻👏🏻
8:00 畫面左邊那家阿薇，據說是很道地的口味，小小又不起眼的店面，在用餐時間常會擠滿緬僑。
8:09 那家李園，是以烤餅與奶茶著名，現在是從對面遷移過來的，舊店面比較開闊，以前常去吃下午茶。
謝謝
LOL "feed the hordes", staring us down seriously as you eat the nasi lemak, "sambal things" - you are too funny, Richard! All the food you reviewed looked so good esp the Filipino food! The price of the currypuffs though.. 😱😱😱
If you can get a hold of curry powder, coconut milk and frozen prata (and potato of course), it's worth trying to make your own currypuff at home! Can search UA-cam for easy recipe, make it vegetarian too! Oven baked is fine! (I do so quite often)
Thanks for such an entertaining and tasty video! 😋 Take care in Taiwan!💪🏼
Thanks. All of it was good. I probably could make curry puffs, but i'm just too lazy!
Another Saturday, another enjoyable video🍜🍛. Thanks Richard.
Glad you enjoyed it
First time watching your video since you move to Taiwan. Miss your days in Singapore.
Welcome back!
Hi Richard, thank you for tasting on viewers behalf. The way you eat and yr thumb up makes me salivate here in SG. I really don't know where in SG to find all these delicious food from different countries.
It's easier in Singapore than in Taiwan. Hawkers Centers have lots of good food. Just gotta look online for the best!
Migrants from different SEA countries have their own enclaves in Singapore and that's where you can find their authentic cuisines.
Filipino - Lucky Plaza
Burmese - Peninsula Plaza
Thai - Golden Mile Complex
Vietnamese - Joo Chiat (?)
Indonesian food like Nasi Padang, Ayam Penyet is literally in most hawker centres, food courts and shopping malls.
Gday Richard yr taste buds hv become “ international “ glad u enjoy SE Asian cuisines ✋👌. Interesting food video , Excellent !👏
Thanks! 😃
I’m really glad you did this video. Now I know there’s authentic SEAsian food in Taiwan. 👍 Thank you. Stay safe. 😄
Thank you! You too!
Warm greeting from North Hills, CA. Always enjoy your hiking videos, and this time about South East Asian foods and its vendors! Keep up the good works, and let the world knows more about the hiking in Taiwan and local cultures and cuisine!!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
I always like your style of reportage. Good ones, thumbs up
Thank you very much!
Hi Richard! Glad to see you have settled well in XinZhu.
I noticed the Burmese Noodles that you tried looks a lot like Shah Noodles except that Shah Noodles use rice noodles instead.
Thanks again for all your Taiwan videos. And I looked forward to you reaching your goal of 台灣百嶽 soon
Thanks, but it may take me a few years! Haha!
40年前我在中和華新街讀書，那時只有一家緬甸小吃店，如今是滿街的緬甸餐館。
Richard, I remember you are a curry puff expert, having tasted quite a few of them in your very early video in Singapore. So your rating is legit 😁
Not an expert, just like to eat them. The one I had was exactly like A1 back in Singapore, which is a pretty good one.
Nice for a change. Actually food drew more attention from people. A good 180 degree turn. Enjoy this food introduction as well as your hiking trail scenery because the enthusiasm from you is equal if not more….. 乾杯！
Got to spend one afternoon and one night in Amsterdam back in early March.
Went for some Indonesian food for dinner - something hardly offered in Switzerland.
Had some Satay chicken sticks as as starter and then Beef Rendang - delicious! And I see you also got a variety of Rendang at the Indonesian eatery.
有機會每家都要去試試
很棒的推薦
謝謝
Singapore is open for business and tourists...welcome back Richard.
Would love to, but would have to quarantine when I come back!!!!
池先生最大的缺點就是貴一些，除此之外沒甚麼好挑剔的，但是在台北已經開了3家店，每家生意都很好.
It's 10am when I watched this and now I am all hungry after seeing all the nice food!
Sorry, Kira!
Come back to Singapore for a short visit ! Hengchun used to have a Singaporean restaurant that also serve the Singapore troops. Not sure if still there.
Would love to, but don't want to quarantine upon return!
@@AsiaHikelopedia No quarantine anymore for all vac pax.
@@edwinkwan4343 Still need to quarantine when back to Taiwan.
Haha interesting topic to watch hiya hilarious
There used to be a noodle place on huaxinjie that sold 金山面。I don't know the name of the restaurant, but I really recommend that if you go back. It's similar to a Thai dish called khaosoi.
OK. Thanks
man, you should come to Malaysia, Penang... you will fall in love with the food here!
I have been to Penang once. The food was great. Would love to go back one day!
Enjoyed your video. Can try to see if the Taiwan supermarkets have instant laksa paste like the Prima Taste ones. Or next time come back SG and buy some.
Thanks. They do have it at a few places.
@@AsiaHikelopedia Maybe next time you can try the laksa in Costco. Still cannot figure out why they sell laksa there, but it's delicious so non of it matters.
All look nice and make me want to try each and every of these dishes.
You should!
Pempek is a well known food from South Sumatra. Palembang is the capital of South Sumatra province, with its famous Musi river.. Pempek is made from grilled fish.
Nice video, thumbs up Richard. And by the way this month is your birthday, is it?
Thanks for the info! How did you manage to remember?
@@AsiaHikelopedia Google Calendar helps :) Happy birthday Richard.
alll look delicious thanks for your recommendation
My pleasure 😊
There are several nice Singapore restaurants in Zhu pei and Hsinchu. However, some of them are nice thought, yet expensive .
I'm finding them gradually.
爹爹廚房 in Dongshan, Yilan is the best Malaysian restaurant I had lately. Curry chicken, sotong, bak Kut teh and others……all items on the menu are just authentic.
I'll have to check it out next time I'm through the tunnel!
台中有個地方整棟樓都是東南亞的餐廳 商店 以前叫第一廣場現在好像改名為東協廣場 周遭附近友都是東南亞餐廳
謝謝。下次去台中我會找找看
Warm greetings from Singapore! Loving the content and videos you made! hopefully we both Taiwan and Singapore can open a travel lane soon! would love to travel to Taiwan! ( never been there before but have good friends there! ) Stay safe!
That would be cool!
Yummy! Not too bad really ! You stiil can get SEA food in Taiwan. It is understandable that the food needs to be localised as most patrons are still Taiwanese. Yes, the food featured are really costly, perhaps comparable to those offered in restaurants in SG. Thanks 4 sharing
Thanks
對中文字幕翻譯的一些意見，5:06，Tempeh 天貝和豆豉差很多吧！雖然都是發酵的豆類製品！10:00 拉茶應該是馬莎拉茶 Masala Chai 吧？
No okras in laksa for me but it kinda of resemables curry yong tau foo too.
Yeah. It does.
Looks like a solid meal.
The curry puff n nasi lemak looks good!
It was pretty good!
Wish you were here, now our borders to johor baru are open hence the influx of cycling trips to there for good malaysia food is rising this few weeks
You can get okra in the laksa version of YongTauFu in Singapore where you pick all the ingredients you like and just select laksa sauce instead of clear soup. But mussels in laksa soup is weird. Never had such a combo before.
Haha.. can understand your sentiments..
Noted. From Spore. Can't wait to move to Taiwan.
I think you could try to visit one Singaporean restaurant in Hsinchu city.
"新加坡美食" at "學府路" in Hsinchu city, near the NYCU's Bo-Ai area
Ponggol Nasi Lemak in capitol, Cityhall area should be the best one for me (SGD $6.5).
I feel hungry after watching your video.
Sorry!
U really miss Singapore so much...
Hi Richard, Laksa don’t use okra. If u miss Sg / SE Asian food and wanna cook the easy way, try source for Prima Brand’s curry paste, laksa paste, rendang etc it’s one of the best and save the hassle of pounding of chili etc.
I have some Prima at home right now. But I like pounding also!
I never seen an okra (lady's finger) in Singapore's laksa before. The usual ingredients will be sliced fishcake, deep-fried tofu, beansprouts, cockles. And one most important key spice is laksa leaves, the taste will be missing if you don't put the leaves. To further make it more luxurious, I know some will add boiled egg, shredded chicken meat, prawns, and other seafood.
There were story that the old version will add "earthworm" for the extra umami. I never seen or ate that version before, so I have no idea how true...
I believe Mr Chee Kopitiam is quite famous in Taipei, as I do recall hearing this name multiple times on youtube by Taiwanese who stayed in Singapore before and looking for Singapore/Malaysia food back in Taipei.
I guess there will be those who want to argue which cuisine belongs to which country. But really, food is food, which will vary and evolve as human move from region to region. No need to claim complete ownership, as long as the food is tasty. 🙏
Would love to try worm laksa. LOL!
MAN... im still upset yall up and left Singapore, but hey looks like you are doing well in TW ... i wish you well
Thanks. I still miss Sing. Hope to visit soon!
在臺灣飲食文化多元，異國料理隨處可見，幸福！
Guess the Laksa is more towards Malaysian style. They do have fish head curry with Ladies Fingers, but normally go with rice.
It’s 1am in Singapore and I’m salivating ! Ugh !
Your nasi kuning is yummy !
looks awesome
It was good!
@@AsiaHikelopedia I bet!!! Gotta get my arse to Taiwan one day. Always wanted to go there.
No okra in laksa. Can find in curry fish head. Maybe they do fusion lol.
新竹市公園附近南大路52號艷麗南洋料理可以去試看看哦
我去過。還不錯
你可以試試去台北車站印尼街、台北地下街Y區尾巴、台中東協廣場，應該也會有些收獲。
Nice selection of SE Asian food Richard but i like a good curry puff :-)
Me too. That's why I was prepared to pay big money for them! Haha
Nvr judge a laksa by its cover🤣😂. Thats a good one Richard. Love fm Singapore🇸🇬
我覺得Costco 的Laksa非常好，可以試試看
我吃過。他們自己賣的Laksa OK，但裡面的料比較台灣式. Costco 有時候賣 Prima Deli laksa包. 那個你想放什麼就可以放什麼！比較好
No okra in Singapore Laksa. Is the laksa gravy full of coconut milk? Enjoy!
You ever wondered the "burmese" in taiwan are of more chinese than burmese origin, but they are muslims? well the story goes at WW2, Chiang Kai Sek sends a troop to help fight the japanese in Burma, and the regiment was from Yunan, only from other side of the sino-burmese border, and some of them are muslims. after the war some are patrioted back into ROC-taiwan and some choose to stay, thats why you will find descendants of the KMT troops in some places in Myanmar and northern thailand today. As a matter of fact you go to Chiangrai thailand today you will find a lot of them stil speaks yunan dialet and some are muslims also.
池先生 is always the best choice in Taiwan.
想看你爬五寮尖和筆架山和鳶嘴山
一定會！
thumbs up for the "hai yah" 🤣
One of the hallmarks of our Singapore Laksa is - COCKLES 😂🤣😂😁 Didn't see much/any of them in the video.... Mussels and other kinds of oyster-y substitutes just isn't quite the same... 😁
At least you thought the laksa was good tho 👍
I think it's impossible to get 100% authentic Singapore Laksa here. The one I had was maybe 7/10, but I'm sure there are better ones out there. But you can only eat so much laksa!!!
@@AsiaHikelopedia wonder if that laksa u had was spicy & hot? Richard
Hi Richard, how is the situation about your pull a muscle? Hope you will get better soon!
It's better. Thanks
Man, this is really a "torture" watching all the tasty foods being enjoyed. 👍
I miss SG Laksa very much while I was in TW. I found some Malaysian restaurant but their Laksa was so so. Luckily I am back to SG now.
An English missing Singapore food in Taiwan...awesome!
Haha. I know right.
I think it's not easy to find good SE Asian food in Taiwan, historically Taiwanese cuisine connects more with northern Asia, that tends to be the favor and you might notice, Taiwanese don't really like southern pacific style spice, pretty much only Philippine and Vietnamese took off in Taiwan , but the rest are rare ....by the way did you check Taoyuan city? Taoyuan city could get you more choice especially around Jhongli
I am not at all familiar with Taoyuan, but if they have good SE Asian food then maybe I should get acquainted!
It's funny how you say you feel too lazy to head out and decide to cook at home, because in Singapore when you feel lazy you just had to head to the coffeeshop downstairs for a quick meal!
Yeah, but where we live there are no shops. So it involves driving somewhere, finding a parking space, waiting, etc. Easier and quicker to cook. Suppose I could order in, but I don't really like eating out of boxes.
Yup I get it Richard. I guess in Singapore we really are a spoilt lot because we take these little things for granted! Hope Taiwan travel opens up soon!
Thats yong Tau Fu style laksa and not the authentic Singapore style laksa style which consists of only noodles, taupok , cockles(optional), fish cake slices and taugeh(soyabean). and a big dollop of Sambal
Yep, big dollop of sambal also missing.
When I heard that the Nasi Lemak was S$11, I almost fell off my chair. omg!
Haha!
通常主力客群是該國顧客的話
味道應該不會差太遠
如果裡面很多台灣人去吃的話
通常味道應該做了些調整
說得對！印尼餐廳裡面都是印尼人！
When Richard introduces Burmese foods he says they’re “underrepresented”, and the Chinese subtitles translation shows “代表性不足”, which is wrong and actually gives a reverse interpretation.
“代表性不足” means “not quite representing”. People say so when they feel something is over-emphasized.
Blame Google for that one!
what do u need to buy from Singapore? There should be some Laksa paste available. Let me know if u need some sent over. =D
I'm OK thanks. I've found places where I can buy most SE Asian stuff
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Tw also refer philippines as Pinoy?? Just like sg
I think the boss is Filipino, so that's what he calls himself!!
Why am I watching this at 3am ,I'm hungry now 😅
Sorry!
Richard, greetings from Bali indonesia. Empek empek is from the town of Palembang in Sumatra, the story goes since Palembang is a big fishing town and they have an excess of fish thus they made it into a dough, traditionally more fish than flour, and fired it to make the fish cake you tasted here.
Thanks for the info!
You should try Vietnamese food next time
I eat it often (and love it), but most people in Taiwan and overseas are already familiar with it!
no chicken rice?
Not this time!
It's not easy to find Nasi Lemak outside of Singapore and Malaysia... and I'm almost always disappointed...
This one was pretty good. IMO
@@AsiaHikelopedia Oh good!
ah.. funny uncle roger (Mr Nigel Ng) haiyaa sigh!
South East Asian food was my every weekend reward when i studying in Taipei many years ago. Taiwanese food are too light and tasteless for my tougue.
is there a law to wear mask outdoors?
你住的新竹是美食沙漠阿～～
You really missed your SEA food, especially your curry puffs :)
Oh yes!
HAIYAAA😅
You must be on a SEE food diet! You eat everything you see! 🤣
Pretty much!
Okra should not be in Laksa. LOL!. There are exceptions thou, like Laksa Yong Tau Foo.
You are willing to pay S$6 for 2 curry puffs??? That's way overcharged!!!😆
Not really. But I don't have any choice here.
food options in SGP are okay but options and food quality in Taiwan is next level
Hmmm. I think both are pretty good!
disagree
My wife is from Malaysia. She told me the food in Singapore is indeed Malaysian food （well, less authentic according to most of my Malaysian relatives）.
Haha! I don't want to open that can of worms!
Its no surprise since Singapore used to be part of Malaya. Of course the food is similar but over the years they developed distinctive taste of their own. Im a malaysian living in Singapore.
@@yatishafii4976 I've been to a restaurant in Singapore. They are famous for softshell turtle soup. And, that was pretty good.
You can still find food in S'pore that u can't find in M'sia. To say S'pore food is from Malaysia is not totally true because S'pore used to be a British colony in the 1920s, many mainland Chinese migrated to South East Asia , some people settled down in Thailand, Indonesia,Malaysia ( known as malaya during that period) and some came directly from their hometown and settled down in S'pore. During that period before independence, the Chinese still considered themselves as Chinese (not Malaysian or S'porean) and had always wanted to return to mainland once they had earned enough money. Their descendants who didn't make it home ,settled down here and the food they ate were similar to those who live in other parts of SEA, since they were from the same origins. Many Chinese food we have today in fact originated in Southern part of China. The fact that the food we eat today are very similar in M'sia and S'pore is because we are so close geographically and many people (including migrants from India and Indonesia) have relatives on both sides. It was common for people to visit one another and they could have shared and exchanged recipes during their visits. S'pore was a free and busy port, and if I am not wrong,during the colonial period, the mainland Chinese had to land in S'pore port before travelling to Malaysia mainland. I am sure people who settled down in S'pore had the ability to create new dishes using local ingredients too. To say that all S'pore food are from Malaysia is not totally true and fair just because we were once part of Malaysia but the fact is we only joined Malaysia from 1963 to 1965 for less than 2 years.
@@kaiserlow652 Trying so hard to dismiss that Malaysia is indeed related to Singapore way beyond whatever names they used back then, huh. Making it seems like Singapore just happened to pop up overnight, and the Malays there were nothing but immigrants with same significance to the land with the Chinese and Indians. Don't forget when the Japanese landed, whose blood was being shed for DEFENDING their home? The Japanese targeted the Chinese due to them being migrated FROM a particular place, whereas the Malays died because Singapura is their HOME and of course they will be defending it to their last blood drop, literally men and women alike.
The British literally drafted Malay men all over Tanah Melayu to defend Singapura, since it is of the same status with Melaka, Perak, Kedah, Penang, etc in that they are part of the same place. Leftenan Adnan himself is from Kajang, and dying for Singapura won't be of any difference from dying for Kedah back then, because it is still the HOME OF THE MALAYS. And that was way before the independence of both Malaysia and Singapore. To say the history of the two countries counts only during those two years is totally a Chinese thing to say to diminish the Malay's significance to the land. SONS OF THE SOIL. Just because Singapore erases the label, doesn't mean the rest of us will forget and bow to the Chinese-washing thing you people love doing, like exactly at this context. One of your country's folklore is "Singapura dilanggar todak", literally about a Malay king as a villain and Malay boy as a protagonist. Does Singapore ever have any king of their own ever since the Chinese set foot on it? Of course not, so obviously from the folklore alone it shows who exactly has the tie with the land the longest, thus making your claim that Malaysia (see the word MALAY, there? need a clue why it is being called so?) doesn't have a tie to Singapore but for those 2 years a total bs. Stop erasing the Malays from Singapore history ffs.
If you like Singapore laksa, you should try Malaysian laksa. It is one level up. Don't just dismiss it as nationalism and friendly rivalry. Hahaha. Yes, in Malaysia we have okra in laksa but we use cockles (lots of it) instead of mussels, unless it's specialty laksa.
Actually, Penang laksa is my favourite.
I'm tagging Uncle Nigel on this! You gonna be roasted!
Please don't! LOL
Just a head's up, you might wanna tone down the comparison of Malaysian food with that in Singapore next time. i'm a Malaysian & i don't care about the so-called 'war' between Malaysian food & Singaporean food (one fact though, there's hardly any local food found in Singapore that ain't of Malaysian origin to begin with) all that much, but from what i tell from having watched so many food videos with 'Malaysia' & 'Singapore' in them, what you did in the Malaysian restaurant is a surefire way of getting a war in the comment section between the hardcores from both sides, if there ain't at least one going on already XD
Thanks. I am fully aware of the online Singapore-Malaysia food wars. My commentary was completely innocent and not intended to provoke, but people gonna find something to fight about no matter what!
Laksa origin is from malaysia not Singapore
No need to get all hung up on it. Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, all three places have their own varieties of laksa, & he's not talking about origins to begin with. the guy just happened to remember the one from Singapore best.