Busy and crowded streets, cafés and bakeries everywhere … a month ago, when I first arrived in Keelung (also known as Jilong), I never expected to find this. Because of the poor images found on the internet and lackluster comments … Read More
Out and about in the middle of the Keelung night, my friends gave me weird looks when I drove across the road to the deserted part of the port at 3AM, looking for a fish soup shop. “Where are you … Read More
If you find yourself waking up in Keelung one fine morning, where would you go to quell your rumbling belly? Perhaps a typical breakfast store a few doors down, or the famed Zhou Jia Soy Milk where lines snake out … Read More
Tucked away in the unlikeliest of places, Eddie’s Cafe is located where the old Chenggong Market used to stand before it moved to its new location. My mother used to take me shopping with her there and on Saturday evenings … Read More
Apart from buying fish at the Kanziding fish market in the middle of the night, there are many bustling “snappers” floating out of Yi 2nd Rd “Keelung Ginza” in the afternoon. From the beginning of junior high school, I went … Read More
Being a Keelung “ke-á kid” when I was a child (Ke-á means “street” in Taiwanese, and Keelungers refer to it as the downtown area covering the Keelung Train Station, the Miaokou area, the No. 31 Bridge, and the area surrounding … Read More
Shalom Café is located on a small hillside called “Little Beitou” in Keelung. Little Beitou, according to chief of village Wen-An Mr. Lee, used to be a place for public departments, not houses, in the early days. As for the … Read More
Keelungers love strong flavors, and breakfast is no exception. A typical breakfast combines dry noodles, pancakes, and wonton soup. There are many well-known scallion pancake restaurants in Keelung, but the approach of making scallion pancakes differs in each. Typically, the … Read More
To glimpse a version of Keelungers’ life hidden to most, take a stroll into the alleys. Take a chance on some side roads off the beaten path and follow your intuition (and your nose!). It’s here in these alleyways and … Read More
In Taiwan, there are thousands of bubble tea stores. Some are a part of major franchises and have standards for flavor and technique. However, to experience something new and outside the usual boba-sphere, visiting the independent store called “Liao Mama廖媽媽” … Read More