AJ Burger

Site: http://aj-burger.blogspot.com/

Phone: (06)2095171

Address:台南市成大里育樂街200號1~2F

Price: $$

Time: 11AM to 9PM, Tuesday through Sunday

After not having good burgers for quite awhile, being an expat in Tainan, I found this place through a coworker.

Seriously, the hamburgers here are amazing. They use Australian beef and it is delicious. Seriously, the best hamburger I've had in Tainan. And the size was huge, especially with the combo, I could not finish it. I got the Cheese and Mushroom Burger and I cannot emphasize how amazing the hamburger was. Delish!

Here's a copy of the menu. They have everything in English, which was very convenient!

All pictures from this post are from this blog and the AJ website.

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Sophisca

Site: http://www.sophisca.com.tw/
Phone: 06-221-4933
Address: 台南市中正路286號
Price: $-$$, depends what you buy and how much you buy. It's all by weight.
Time: M-Th: 10:30AM to 10PM
         Fri: 10:30AM to 10:30PM
         Sat: 10AM to 10:30PM
         Sun: 10AM to 10PM

There are many branches of this store, but I went to the one in Tainan on ZhongZhen Street. It's a tiny store, but there's a lot of candy. There are many varieties from gummies to sugar in different colors to hard candies to chocolate. They also have slightly inappropriate types of candy such as chocolate in the shape of breasts or the such. I was quite fond of the sugar candies.

I definitely liked this store and frequented it when I went to this area.

I'm ashamed. I did not take pictures here either.


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Shanghai Dumpling

I apologize in advance for the lack of pictures. I totally forgot to take pictures that day for some reason.

Site: http://www.skm.com.tw/index.asp?s=320
Phone: 06-3031063
Address: (新光三越, B2F), 台南市西门路一段658号 (Ximen Road, Section 1, No. 658 Tainan, Taiwan)
Price: $$$
Time: Closes at 11PM, I think

Located in Shinkong Mistukoshi, the restaurants in the mall are a bit more pricey than eating out normally. However, the food here was pretty good. We mostly got dim sum and noodles, but it was pretty darn good. I definitely recommend going here if you want good dim sum. I'm sure you can find a cheaper dim sum place, but this place is pretty good.


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Robi In House Curry and Eggs

Site: No website

Phone: 06-2981536

Address: 台南市安平區 文平路506號

Price: $$$

Time: 8AM to 10PM

There are actually a couple of these in Tainan, but I prefer the cuter one with rabbits around the store, it's more quaint. I also did not take pictures here for some reason, so the pictures I use in this post are borrowed from this blog.

The food here is more Western. There are rabbit dolls everywhere, so it's pretty cute.

I'm not totally in love with this place, but I did like the atmosphere. Other than that, the food wasn't all that special. They had a lunch deal where you got a three course meal. That was fun, but still more pricey than I would usually pay for food.

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BOG

Site: There doesn't seem to be a site
Phone: 06-213-8078
Address: 700台灣台南市中西區南寧街2號
Price: $
Time: Not sure

This place has the most amazing drinks!

The drink I usually get has pearl boba, large boba, ai yu, and tapioca, all in a lemony drink. It is amazingly good. They also serve food here. I ate here once with a coworker and it was alright. It wasn't too special, so I would stick with getting the drinks here. BOG is all around Tainan, but some are just small stores while some are actually sit down cafes.

I would definitely recommend this place.


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Almond Ice Shavings

Site: http://www.almondice.com.tw/ (apparently the site isn't working anymore..)
Phone: 06-2212795
Address: No. 214 Qingnian Road (Cingnian 青年路), West Central District, Tainan City
Price: Around 30-40NT for almost everything
Time: I went at night around 9PM, so maybe open late. Not positive with time though.

I definitely do not recommend this place. The almond tofu was not very good. The ice clumped together. There was way too much sugary syrup. However, maybe I did not give it a fair chance because I took it to go.

All pictures in this blog post borrowed from this blog.

7-11

Site: http://www.7-11.com.tw/ (English Version: http://www.7-11.com.tw/en/index.htm)
Phone: 886-2-27478711
Address: There are 7-11's everywhere
Price: Varies
Time: 24/7

The most convenient thing about 7-11's are that they are open 24 hours every day. If you need something at 3AM, they will be there and they will probably have it. The prices are pretty reasonable and I go here almost every day just to pick up something or other. There are also hot foods!

Room Cafe

Site: There is no site, but this blog has better pictures of the place.
Phone: 06-2097979
Address: 701台灣台南市東區長榮路一段234巷17號 (A Room)
Price: $$
Time: 1PM-11PM

This is a quaint coffee shop hidden in an alley. It has a really nice interior and exterior. The room is surrounded by bookshelves and it has a homey feeling. At night, the cafe turns its lights down and shows a movie.

This place is a bit more pricey than most coffee shops you can find in Tainan, but the atmosphere makes up for it. The coffee here is also pretty good and not too sweet at all. However, the menu is all in Chinese and they don't have an English menu.

I definitely recommend this place as a quiet area to study or just soak up the atmosphere. It's really a cute cafe.


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Deep Blue Cafe

Site: http://www.deepblue-cafe.com.tw/
Phone: 06-2387722
Address: 55 Fulian East rd. 台南市府連東路55號 Taiwan
Price: $$

The layered cake is what the cafe is known for. Personally, it was not all that special to me. The coffee was quite good though. The area is pretty nice and a good place to study. There's a park right across the street and there are seats outside the cafe for you to enjoy the nice outdoors. The area is also not very crowded. Down the street, there's a bookstore (Eslite), so it's a nice place to walk around as well.


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Elate Pudding

Site: http://www.elate.com.tw/
Phone: 06-2916916
Address: No.442, Anping Rd., Anping Dist., Tainan City 708, Taiwan
Price: 34NT each
Time: 11AM to 9PM

There was always tons of people outside, parking all the way into the street. The pudding itself was pretty good. My favorite one was always the original, you can't go wrong with original flavored puddings!

The pudding was smooth and creamy, not too sweet, but sweet enough for it to be dessert. There are four main ones: Original, Chocolate, Mango, and Almond. There are always two temporary ones that they switch out occasionally.

I would definitely recommend this place!


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