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Crawlers, this is the recommended menu for #TimeForTaiwan #ChinatownCrawl event at Tainan Bistro. Sunday, August 13, 2017 Everything on the menu is single serving, not family style dining. But feel free to share with other Crawlers. I have carefully selected dishes for those people who is: Vegetarian - steam buns and dumpling may contain eggs Pescetarian - can be vegetarian contain eggs Gluten intolerance or sensitivity Restricted on the consumption of pork Allergic to shell fish - see below, but skip fish and seafood on the name Vegan - Not on the menu, but it can be prepared from the kitchen Vegetarian and Pescetarian: 凉麵 $5.25 - Cold Noodles (dry) - tell kitchen to hold the shredded chicken 炸醬麵 $5.95 - Bean Paste with minced pork Dry Noodles - tell kitchen to hold the pork 素炒麵 $5.75 - Vegetarian Chow Mein 酥炸魚排飯 - $7.75 - Fried fish steak over rice 綜合素炒飯 $6.00 - Vegetarian fried rice 鮮蝦炒飯 $6.50 - Prawn fried rice 三鮮水餃 (15) $7.00 - Three Seafood dumplings 煎素餃...

Tainan Bistro serves lots of delicious Taiwanese food. Unless you read Chinese, you can't understand what's on the menu hanging on the wall. So, let me break it down for you. There are 5 panels: Side Dishes (check the cooler for availability) Noodles Dumplings Pot Stickers Rice Dishes Beverage & New Items Noodles (2nd Panel) Noodles Panel 牛肉麵 $6.95 - Beef Soup Noodles 牛肉蓋澆陽春麵 $6.95 - Beef Topped Noodles 榨菜肉絲湯麵 $6.00 - Preserved mustard with pork strips soup noodles 雪菜肉絲湯麵 $6.00 - Preserved vegetable with pork strips soup noodles 番茄雞蛋麵 $6.00 - Tomato scramble eggs over noodles 鮮蝦小餛飩麵 $6.75 - Shrimp won ton soup noodles 豬排麵 $6.95 - Pork chop soup noodles 雞排麵 $6.95 - Chicken Steak soup noodles 魚排麵 $7.75 - Fish Steak soup noodles 切仔麵/米粉 $5.50 - Minced Pork Plain Noodles /Rice Noodles 凉麵 $5.25 - Cold Noodles (dry) 全家福 - Family Portrait - Fish, pork 砂鍋牛肉粉絲湯 - Clay pot beef strips rice noodle soup 蝦炒麵 $6.75 - Shrimp Chow Mein 雞炒麵 $6.50 - Chicken...

Here is a collection of all of my Time for Taiwan experiences in 2016. In order to appreciate Time for Taiwan Restaurant Month, I created events on Yelp in Houston and Dallas . I carefully edited out incorrect information and add what I know to post. Making it easier for Yelpers to simply click on the restaurant link and proceed to check-in or whatever they want. This is my 2nd year promoting Time for Taiwan on Yelp.  I didn't have enough time to recruit my Yelper friends to do the same in their cities. It's a very time consuming process and organizer made the announcement so late. They used last year's date to be the special promo day. It should be July 17, not July 11. There are so many restaurants in Houston, but not many serve Taiwanese food. Every weekend I visit one restaurant: 7/16 - Boba Lounge  - I tried Guaboa 割包 and Oden 關東煮. 7/23 -  Star Snow Ice & Teriyaki - I tried tofu soup 豆花 and braised pork over rice 滷肉飯. 7/29 -...

Here is a snapshot of the Taiwanese menu at Lai Lai Dumpling House. Since there isn't any translation nor explanation, I'd like to offer my knowledge to my guests at my Time for Taiwan UYE. 1. 三杯雞 "Three cup chicken" is seasoned with one cup sugar, one cup soy sauce, one cup sesame seed oil. ( Photo ) 2. 五更腸旺 "Spicy Pot" is a stewed pig intestine and pig blood cake seasoned with 5 stems: leeks, pepper, garlic, ginger and chives. 3. 蚵仔煎 "Oyster Omelet" is made of corn starch, scrambled eggs and fresh oysters. Topped with savory red sweet sauce. ( Photo ) 4. 螞蟻上樹 "Ants on the Tree" is a gluten-free dish. Its main ingredients are minced pork (looks like ants) and rice or bean threads (looks like tree surface). ( Photo ) 5. 皮蛋豆腐 "1000-year-old egg over tofu" is a cured preserved egg on top of tofu. ( Photo ) 6. 魚香茄子 "Sichuan Braised Eggplant" does not contain fish, but the shape looks like one. It might be a l...

My recent Time for Taiwan UYE was filled with lots of fun, energy and conversations. I love it. That's how an UYE should be. This UYE was created with helps from many Yelpers. The UYE idea came from Jamie A . as I posted an event on  2015 Time For Taiwan-Restaurant Month in Houston (I also posted one in Dallas ). Then, I solicited on the Talk thread. Chris C recommended Cafe 101 because alcohol beverages are available. I was a little discouraged to proceed after many obstacles: can't modify the time, low RSVP turnout and scorching Houston's 101°F+ heat. But I was craving for some Taiwanese food. It actually went very well. Que N & Sarah Y; Lou & Depp; Sarah Y & Matt S I have so many ties with Taiwan. Yelp added Taiwan as 5th market in Asia this April. I made contact with CM Roxanne L . I have plans to visit my birthplace in October 2016. My recent review on the 2nd Annual Taiwan Yes Taiwan Way Festival. I saw an ad on local newspaper about th...