Friday, April 8, 2016

T2014 Zhu Ji


 3 plates of ready prepared dishes called 小菜(literal translation: 小 small 菜vegetable).  These dishes were placed on the counter and customers would just take whichever dish that they fancy to their own table. Here is the full list of the 小菜 that are available. Most of the 小菜 are cold dishes (not ice cold but just cool enough to be called cold). Many restaurants and small eateries would have a few dishes of 小菜for their customers to select.

In the above photo, we have selected:
干絲(素) - Strips of dried tofu (cold) - TWD40 (2014 price) about MYR5  This is one of our favourite dishes so we would often choose this.
花椰菜 -  Broccoli (cold) - TWD40
醬燜苦瓜(素) - White Bitter Gourd Braised in a special sauce - TWD60 about MYR7.50

This is a small bowl of millet porridge (小米粥) - TWD25 (MYR3). I think some would say this bowl of millet porridge is tasteless or bland because it is just plain millet porridge without any seasoning because one is supposed to eat this porridge with the 小菜dishes. I have not seen this millet porridge being served here, not even in Taiwanese restaurants in KL.

 牛肉捲餅 (Niú ròu juàn bǐng) - beef wrap - TWD120 (about MYR15). I like to eat this beef wrap but in some eateries, the wrap skin is too tough for me to chew properly.

Beef slices and cucumber are the fillings in this beef wrap.

 花素蒸餃(非素) - steamed vegetable dumplings but is not a vegetarian dish. - TWD120

 It is not a vegetarian dish because it has bits of eggs and garlic in it along with glass noodles and vegetables.

 Zhu Ji (朱記餡餅粥店 - Zhū jì xiàn bǐng zhōu diàn) has many branches. We went to the branch located within a food court in a departmental store opposite our inn in Ximending, Taipei. Their website is  http://www.zhuji.com.tw/

Please click on the above photo for a larger view of our order chit. There are la mian (noodle), soup, chinese style pork chop and fried rice in the order form too which we did not order because what we have ordered above is enough for the 3 of us.

20 comments:

  1. Interesting. I would love to try the beef wrap.

    Help yourself, eh? Here, at the Korean restaurants, the moment you're seated, they will serve a whole lot of these "cold" starters, mostly pickles...and they're refillable.

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    1. Those korean Banchan (small side dishes) are usually included foc in the main meal that one orders but for these siao chai, need to pay for each dish so don't go overboard helping yourself, hehehe. :)

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  2. I love that vegetarian dumpling but I have not tried that beef wrap yet. I am surprised they have this millet porridge too. They eat almost everything like the Japanese besides adopting some culture after being under their rules for sometime. Just like the Osmanthus which has been in the diet of China, Japan & Korea since ancient times but just surfaced in our local menus recently.

    The photos really brought back nice memories of my happy days in Taipei. I enjoyed eating their unique, exotic and lovely food for a change.

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    1. You must have had some very good times in Taipei, eh? ;p

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  3. I will like the beef wrap. And like you, I would be concerned if the wrap would be hard to eat.

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    1. We ate this beef wrap many times at different eateries because it is delicious!

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  4. I prefer the porridge to be thicker, your orders are mostly vegetable, looks healthier.

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    1. That means you love Cantonese style porridge as they are thick and smooth.

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  5. I like the 牛肉捲餅, it looks like bo piah, hmmm...I long time didn't have bo piah already.

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    1. Time to go and eat some bo piah for you?

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  6. I would love to try a bit of everything, Mun!

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  7. Ha ha, I too would love to try everything including the millet porridge. The dumplings and beef wraps must not be missed out because they look very delicious.

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  8. I have seen millet porridge served in Malaysia before. In fact I eat it quite frequently, almost every morning for breakfast when I go home in KL. >.<

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    1. Your mother cooks millet porridge for you, you mean?

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    2. I am referring to being sold in eateries lah. Not those cooked with love by mothers. >.<

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  9. Gosh you must know Mandarin. I wouldn't know how to order.

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    1. Just look at the photos or use google translate, hehehe.

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