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So glad to finally see some exclamation marks after the disappointing food on the ship. Hopefully that makes the cruise somewhat worthwhile.

First of all I feel glad that STJ-san enjoyed Japanese chain restaurants in our country. As a physician at a nearby hospital I have spent many-a-day diggin into these establishments for 10+ years now. I've also traveled to Japan for 10+ times and spent an unhealthy amount of time at these eateries, so here are some commnets: - Matsuya being the newest of the three gyudon chains to enter Taiwan their restaurants are mostly newly refurbished (the location STJ-san went was originally a 7-11), however the taste was a little bit off compared with the original, as the curries are too salty, the beef is on the drier side, and the consistentcy of the rice is not good. - Sukiya on the other hand was pretty authentic on their original recipies, and heck even the "garlicy" vegetables are not bad either, while definitely tastes more Taiwanese to me. (Side note: don't ever go to Yoshinoyas in Taiwan, just... don't) - Katsuya was a pleasant surprise for Taiwanese Japanophiles when they first came. The sauce, the tonkatsu and the rice are all identical to the original taste, and all at a very affordable price! - Ueshino coffee was pretty authentic, although the site from this video was snuck in the basement of underground Taipei station, which made the air a little bit stale when I stayed. Also it was often crowded. - Ootoya has fallen so far food quality side these years in Taiwan. It used to pack Koshihikari rice (越光米) from Niigata, Japan and was the only chain restaurant cooking rice the Japanese way (Taiwanese dishes generally pair better with wetter, softer rice than the glistening indiviual grains found in Japanese rice cookers). Now it's been "Taiwanesized" to become an abomination, to the point that some of the fish dishes were cooked in Taiwanese style. What a shame. - Komeda also translated its cusines and atmosphere very well to Taiwan, many of my buddies were shocked when they ordered a Tonkatsu sandwich and saw the portion sizes. It's my favorite coffee chain now. - Saizeria in Taiwan was OK, but heaven and earth compared with Japan. The thing is most Taiwanese were more accustomed to the "Italian" Italian cusine than the "Japanese" Italian cusine, so when Saizeria presented us with a "Japanese" Italian cusine with a Taiwanese twist, many were put off. As for the others: Kura Sushi - a little bit subpar, Sushiro - generally identical to Japan, Watami - fairly good although I haven't visit for years now.

" I'm ready to eat". Lol. Don't change anything, you're hilarious.

I missed seeing those two little exclamation marks while you were on the cruise! Im glad you found an oasis of tasty

lol, this must have been such a relief after that AWFUL cruise slop they served and called food.

I'm so glad there was a high point to your cruise trip! These all looked SO good.

That food looked 1000x better than what they were serving on that cruise! You should’ve carried on some of the food on the ship 😊

I take medication every day that makes my appetite disappear as an unfortunate side effect. But when I watch your food videos, I feel like I can eat because I get hungry at seeing what you show us. It really helps me, plus I just enjoy seeing the places you go, so thank you for sharing your videos with us.

I'm always looking forward to the exclamation marks!! I'm glad you managed to eat good food when you disembarked in the city, since you're back to mediocre food on the cruise now.

Your mood is so much better off the ship. I do glad that you enjoyed you meals in Taipei😁😁

KATSUYA ichiban! It looked SO good and I smiled when I saw "!!" 😊 Beef curry didn't look great but everything else was well presented,looked delicious and was reasonably priced,thank you for another super episode.

I really should know better than to watch these videos when I'm hungry... 😂

I'm glad you enjoyed the food in Taipei. You seemed so sad on the cruise episodes with ships food

Here’s the only place to find his !! for the whole cruise! So glad he took this detour!

These videos have been helping me so much through some recent stuff. These all looked so good, thank you for sharing your travels with us all.

I love your commentary 😂😂 My boyfriend only watches a little when I’m watching but he knows you love curry and ALWAYS finish your plate 😂❤

I'm feeling a little sick and this video is what I needed to help me relax! Thank you!

All meals were excellent and reasonable prices!

Wow, that WiFi password at the coffee shop is a tough one to crack!. Sorry, STJ-san, that people are confusing you with other channels. I do watch them sometimes, but you are the best!

This was a really fun treat, especially after that cruise! 😂Taipei looks so nice and clean! I think my favorite dish was the fried pork cutlet, but that's a hard decision because everything looks so good! Great video as always STJ, thanks! 🙂

I love watching your videos. Thank you for your content on both your channels 😍😍😍

Was really looking forward to this video, glad to see it was as delightful as the short cut between the cruise from hell segments seemed to imply. Something about the chill vibe makes me relax massively so hoping this'll...help me break my insomnia curse thats been going strong all day. 3/4ths through the video already lol.

Gorgeous food ❤

Wow yummy

Too bad you couldn't smuggle some food back to the ship. That Katsudon looks delicious.

Delicious food

I love that you went all the way to Taiwan and ate Japanese food

Yes, I did enjoy it thank you. It was good to see you fed properly! When my partner who's 205 cm tall, 6" 9 he said he would have almost starved to death with those portions 😂 I don't eat very much and even I wouldn't have been satisfied! I have loads of good allergies, but good typically from Asia is better because it's often rice based, no potato, pasta or bread and I'll eat what I can off a plate. But they were pitiful meals. We have a lot of very tall friends, 6" 11 211 cm, is the tallest, he sent the videos to friends and they all weren't impressed. Even the buffets were pitiful! Not to provide free water was also inconvenient for most passengers. I have to drink 3-4 litres a day if need to go for a bank loan to buy just that 😂 I assume you weren't happy with it because you didn't post the rest. I was quite annoyed for you that you paid good hard earned money for what you got.

Another great episode! The food looked delicious, especially the curry. Too bad you couldn’t smuggle some good food back to the ship! Loved this video ❤

Solo, it's quite unexplainable that a Japanese travels to a foreign country to eat of all things Japanese food

During your visit, were you able to sample the culinary traditions of Taiwan?

I'm so glad you actually got to eat decent food! I would have absolutely gorged myself on the food in Taiwan too to wipe away the memories of how bad the food on the ship was.

It's fascinating to me that you can get an entire meal (the tonkatsu rice bowl) for 6$ and then just a coffee for almost the same price! Either Japan (or in this case Taiwan) is importing some really exclusive beans, or you somehow manage to grow and raise ridiculously cheap food. Considering the amount of pesticides used and the lack of animal welfare (compared to my country), it's probably the latter, but while the coffee is cheaper over here, that pork bowl would definitely cost almost the double (with our average monthly income being roughly 2,5 times lower), so can't really argue with that outcome, lol.

Beautiful ❤

So glad STJ, that you are recuperating after your not so great cruise. I am embarrassed that it was a European Line. Even I would have baulked at that food. I hope you make a complaint to MSC for the food and ghe dirty bedding. I am sure that any European or American travellers would not have stood for it. You should send your videos to them. All your subs will pass it on I am sure. Hope you are building your strength now. 💓👵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹🌹🌹

Cripsy... STJ you're the best!!!😄

Those are some decent chains. And I now know the secret to how you survived the "meh"-lissima's awful food. At least their deserts were okay.

Love it

The restaurant food all looked amazing, but even a White Castle belly bomb would have been better than the abysmal food on that ship. I want to try red bean paste on toast, now. 😊

Finally some food you like ;) I think the MSC Bellissima was a mistake. But this might make it up for you ;) ^_^

10:58 No meat? Can this really be Solo? 😂

Katsuya was awesome!!! OOtoya administered your yearly supply of veg, and it looked tempting. I wish I could eat like you do! I shall continue to live vicariously, I guess...... and I'll kiss you despite the garlic. ✌🤟 Now get back on that damned boat and go home!!!!

When you’ve eaten & gone shopping I’m hoping you bought water & at least snacks for the ship and it’s crazy pricing! Compared to the ferries it’s a scam

Grande Naka! Se que la idea es no hablar, pero metele algun subtítulo en algunas parte, siento que queres decirnos algo y no podes

Hemm yummy

I wonder if how bad the food was on your cruise made the food in this video taste better

I'm at timeline 1:16, so 4 Japanese Chains. One I recognize is Kura.

Is the mystery green vegetable "swiss chard"?

I’m happy you did this video off the ship. And had some good food. The food on the cruise was awful.

Hemm Umai!!!!

The price for the set meals is inexpensive to me. Are the prices equivalent in Japan? Was there something unusual about the Ootoya meal? Japanese Italian restaurant does not click in my mind. Lastly, I just have to say it is so adorable when you say you are hungry. And I like watching for the "!!". Hope to see four some day.

The food in Taipei compensated from the cruise ship food.

I got it right!!! I suppose when you left the ship the first time, you realized you had to fill up on good food before returning to the "floating Prison!" Just looking at a simple meal offered on shore to the "abominable" stuff the ship offered made me sad.

You are always hungry 😂😂

Did you eat any local food while you were in taiwan?

Solo travel ordering vegetables? 😳 Do you on fever?

You must have been happy to eat some good food since the cruise food wasn’t good

Do you ever take food requests? Example of food request: can you eat konjac and describe to us, non-Japanese people what that taste like and how to eat it? I hope to travel there to eat it in person, but until then, I want to hear a Japanese person's perspective.

🧧Taiwan Japanese food👍

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Doria? Is it really Italian? I've been to Italy several times and I don't recall ever seeing it there.

I hope you bought snack when you went shopping.

Well ,at least you had beef curry , week's worth of vegetables! Bet you ran from that horrid ship !!

Your lunch on Day 2 was quivering with excitement. 😂

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I knew you were gonna answer Curry lol. Was good to know your finally happy with the food. It all looked amazing. God Bless andd Be safe.

Hopefully that good food helped you through that dismally awful food on that cruise.🎉

When you wrote you had to go back to that awful cruise ship, I envishioned the ship's anchor wrapped around your ankle, weighing you down. Anyways, that food looked so good AND affordable. Especially, Komeda's "coffee service." I love anko! Btw, you should try honey in your coffee. It's delicious. But, I don't know how you resisted Kura. Sushi's the best.

When I don't see "!!", I know it's not special.

Hmm... I have to admit... I wouldn't mind a garlic kiss at all. Garlic doesn't bother me. ONION on the other hand... I have actually refused to kiss my ex (my then boyfriend) cause his breath smelled too much of raw onion lol.

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This is like when Americans go to Europe and just eat McDonald’s

Good that you enjoyed the Japanese chain restaurants in Taipei made up for the miserable culinary service you had on board

TAIWAN NUMBA ONE! CHINA NUMBA FOUA!

I'm a bit saddened you didn't go and buy the pepper buns and pork thick soup set in the area even though I know what the theme of the video was about. I mean, you're already in the area and not being able to throw in a couple of my pocket lists on time is a bit frustrating.