Thanks!
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Chicken hearts and eggs, Lebanese style. Dig in with some Lebanese bread, labneh and olive oil on the side. I will manage to steal the recipe from my mom one day!
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INTERESTING.
Sounds rich and delicious. Eat that for breakfast then go chop wood or take part in a pig slaughter in a shack in the snow. Put some color in your cheeks.
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Funny enough, prep like this, it is indeed a breakfast (old school) 
I am kind of having breakfast for dinner in a way.
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None for me, thanks.
Eggs are funny like that. Obviously, they are a great thing to eat anytime as they are so fuckin versatile, quick, and nutritious, and yet they always get associated with breakfast. To my mind, at least…
I saw the picture and my brain said “breakfast dish”
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So interesting!
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i liked getting these little broth boiled chicken hearts from street stands in taipei, yummy little nuggets
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I like cooking chicken hearts.
This was Valentine’s Day special I put up at a restaurant I worked at. Wood fired hearth Spanish influenced stuff.
So hearts pierced with a sherry soaked skewer cooked on a yakitori grill and brushed w a sherry gastrique.
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Hearts for Valentine’s Day, I love it! 
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More like that. Ha ha
They’re super easy to butterfly like that, and they grill over high high heat in seconds.
Crunchy salt, squeeze of lemon, drizzle of smoked Spanish olive oil. Pretty good…
Also… look at that. That shits provocative looking.
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Any recommandation as I will be heading back to Taipei end of Feb to visit the in-laws?
Also in your profile here (I know we tend to forget about those). As someone else using their real name everywhere, solidarity! (Also I am now intimidated about posting my miserable plating on this thread…)
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Me too. My plating and food photography are not up to par. Something for me to work on in 2026. Some of my favorite food comes from hole in the wall joints and shacks in the middle of nowhere, but I also love great cookbook photography. So I think it’s worth it.
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This looks really good to me! Not everybody’s cup of tea, of course. I love chicken hearts. I buy my chicken whole to save money, but a bonus is getting the liver, heart, and gizzard stuffed inside. I’m usually grilling chicken so I put the giblets on a skewer, yakitori style, like ViolentMeals showed. Nice little cook’s bonus!
Man, I might have to get off my lazy ass and make a pilgrimage to the ATL! I’m in GA too. Thank you so much for sharing the websites. Very inspirational stuff!
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Please let me know if you decide to do so! Where in GA are you?
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No, please don’t be intimidated! I am not, and have never been a professional chef. I specialize in spirits, cocktails, wine, & hospitality. I know a lot about food and have much respect for professional chefs, but I’m just making food at home in this thread like everyone else.
I was hesitant to even mention the restaurant stuff, but when @Bwax was asking about opeing a restaurant/starting a food truck, I felt I needed to reveal myself, lol.
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Got a rough recipe in the style of my mother: forget quantities, list of ingredients and times, you will be okay.
- Cut the hearts in half and wash them under clear water. Either path them dry and wait for them to dry.
- In a pan with some neutral oil and let them fry (they will render some water first and you will hear them back to frying and when evaporated again)
- Add some salt, Lebanese seven spices and a bunch of crushed garlic heads (with a mortar)
- When it is cooked and done enough, remove from heat and drop some lemon juice.
- Store in a box in the fridge for later.
When willing to get into breakfast mode, just put back a bunch of heart and fat from the box in a pan, get it warm enough, crack one or two eggs on top and let it cook. Eat straight from the pan with Lebanese bread because it is a pain to plate/scrape into a plate.
Noted here for my own memory and future strangers on the internet I guess 
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im not the best for food rec’s because i was broke and drunk for most of my year in Taipei, but my go-to spot to splurge on food was one of the more popular in door fish markets called Addiction Aquatic Development. they have the best sushi i’ve had, both in terms of quality and price (when compared to prices here in Seattle). ive had a multi-course meal they were serving with some super dank whole roasted fish and a bunch of great nigiri and sashimi. i mostly got their bento boxes. one time some buddies from home were visiting and we got some bento boxes to eat at the stand up communal tables and this Taiwanese lady at our table wanted to let us try the special soy sauce she had just purchased but we had just finished our boxes so she goes in and buys a big box of sashimi to share with us. great spot.
i dont really love taiwanese cuisine, in my experience it was more texture-focused and fairly bland. i wish i could eat wheat because the baked goods always looked delicious. the stinky tofu stalls were my favorite traditional taiwanese affair. also the thai goat curry boxes at 7/11 slap.
on the non-food side, if you like cats, definitely try to make it out to Houtong Cat Village, simple ~40min train ride from Taipei. easily my favorite place i have visited on the island. so many cats.
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