Sunny’s Sunday Brunch Series 3:Waiting for Time

BY SUNNY LIN FEBRUARY 26 , 2018

Waiting for Time is a brunch restaurant located in Taitung City close to the Taitung Bus Station. The meals they serve are very diverse.

“I ordered a pork focaccia and a cup of milk tea,” said Amy, a grade 11 student who studies in Taitung. “I love the taste of the special bread, focaccia, with the pork.”

The restaurant is usually full of customers, music, and conversations.

“The taste of the bread, polo, is really special,” said Doris, also a high school student who went to have brunch with her friends. "They use the the polo bread as the hamburger bun."

Waiting for Time is an open store just beside the street. It is decorated to look just like an old train station; the front gate looks just like the ticket window in the train station.

The meals there are really diverse. They serve many kinds of bread, from toast, to polo, to focaccia, to croissant, to soft baguette, as well as many kinds of tea, milk and coffee. Especially their milk tea is well-reviewed on the internet.

The sandwiches and burgers cost between 60 and 100 dollars.

Address: No. 408, Zhongshan Rd., Taitung City, Taitung County 950, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Sunny’s Sunday Brunch Series 2: Good Day Breakfast

BY SUNNY LIN FEBRUARY 22 , 2019

Good Day Breakfast is located in Taitung City close to National Taitung Senior Commercial Vocational School.

It is a simple breakfast shop, just beside the road－simple seats and simple decoration.

“I’ve spent lots of my Saturday mornings here,” said Janice, a senior high school student who studies in grade 12. “This is really my type of breakfast and I’ll never get tired of it.”

They serve sandwiches and toast with different kinds of flavors. Hamburgers and bagels are also popular there.

The interior decor of Good Day Breakfast is mostly blue and white. Lots of customers wrote comments on the internet saying that it is more like a “Northern Europe Style.” There are no complex decorations. There are lots of comments on the internet saying that it is simple and clean, but the most important thing is their delicious breakfast.

“They serve customers fast,” said Stacie, a housemaker who lives with her family besides the Good Day Breakfast. "I don't usually go there to sit for breakfast, but I can always get my orders in a quick time and also have a delicious meal".

Address: No. 313, Xinsheng Rd., Taitung City, Taitung County 950, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Mahi-Mahi Today: The First Mahi-mahi Rest Area in Taiwan

BY SHAWN TENG JANUARY 26, 2019

Instead of operating a restaurant in Taitung, Mr. Liao, the founder/owner of Mahi-Mahi Today, has another ideal. “We defined our place as a ‘rest area’ which specializes in cooking cuisine that is related to Mahi-mahi only,” said Mr. Liao. “Plus, we aim to serve our cuisine to travelers and tourists in a short amount of time.”

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Mahi-Mahi Today is a 10 to 15-minute drive from downtown Taitung (2 to 3 minutes from Hou's Pig's Blood Soup in Beinan). It is located at No. 993, Gengsheng Rd.

On the menu of Mahi-Mahi Today are a Mahi-mahi fish hamburger, Mahi-mahi burrito, Mahi-mahi fish soup, and other options that all include Mahi-mahi.

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Before opening Mahi-Mahi Today, Liao and his staff offered Italian cuisine to customers at a restaurant called Fall in Love with Taitung. Later, they discovered an ingredient that could be used in order to stand out from the current market.

“Two years ago, my staff and I went to Chenggong Fishing Port for sightseeing, and we saw so many piles of Mahi-mahi at the port,” said Liao. “That’s when I decided to design and to cook Mahi-mahi cuisine; it is part of Taitung.”

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Apart from the cooking aspect of Mahi-Mahi Today, Liao also mentioned some challenges they faced. Firstly, the number of tourists has decreased, and the lifestyles of young people have changed. Furthermore, Liao said that today, restaurants that offer brunches to customers are more popular. It is also difficult to compete with chain stores.

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Mahi-Mahi Today is open from 11:30A.M. to 8 P.M.

“This makes our workflow more efficient so that staff has more holiday time,” said Liao. “Although it is quite exhausting during days.”

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Liao said he and his staff truly hope that they can share everything about Taitung, especially Mahi-mahi, to everyone.

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