Uncle Tetsu ...
... apparently, he's rather famous in Taiwan, with people lining up for nearly an hour at times, for one of his Japanese-style cheesecakes. Again, we didn't get far in our search for soy milk, as we somehow ended up with an entire cheesecake - though we did save half for later. It had a fantastic texture, more like a light eggy souffle than a cheesecake, but the flavor was lacking - in typical Asian dessert fashion, it wasn't very sweet and didn't have any real flavoring. With even a little bit of added lemon zest, this could have been an amazing cheesecake.
DTF
October 6th 2016 Geo: 25.02, 121.45Little known fact - while the acronym DTF may have been popularized by Jersey Shore, it actually originated nearly 50 years ago, in Taiwan. For the Taiwanese, it's always about DTF, and it's something they do every chance that they get. For those not in the know, who aren't aware of what DTF stands for, it's Din Tai Fung, representing a cultural mo
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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more 
