For backpackers, find cheap and good places to sleep and eat is part of the traveling experience. Sometimes it feels great to lose our minds and try some good restaurants. One of the chosen restaurants in Taipei, near the Elephant Mountain Trail, was Nola’s Kitchen.
In Taiwan, you will find the most different and great food in the night markets. The food is so cheap that locals prefer to eat on the streets than cooking at home.
A backpacker in Taiwan tends to eat all the times in the street. It’s in our DNA. Not only because of the cheap food but to have the experience of being close to local people and local culture.
Sometimes is nice to experience something different and, maybe, a bit more expensive. It normal to pay around $3 or $4 for good and incredible food in Asia. But sometimes feels good to go to a cool restaurant, even if you have to pay more.
In Taipei, the Elephant Mountain Trail is a place that you should not miss it. When you go there, first, make a pit stop in the Nola Kitchen restaurant and try the Jambalaya and their craft beer.
The price was a bit higher than normal: NT$360 for the Jambalaya + NT$220 for a glass of beer (around $18.70). If you order a second drink, the price will be 50℅ cheaper.
Jambalaya is made with some big shrimp, cramps, squid, some pork sausage, together with tomato rice, and some local spices.
It is served this with some sweet corn, turnip greens, and tomato.
The craft beer is served with pieces of lemon. Before drinking the beer, bite the lemon. Or just squeeze it into the beer.
If you need to get some energy before hiking on the Elephant Mountain Trail, make a stop in Nola’s Kitchen and try the Jambalaya plus and their craft beer.
In the end, don’t forget to pay for the second beer (50% off discount). But drink it only when you return from the hike.
You will need it.
