Dave Chen and the Muddy Basin Ramblers played at Bobwundaye 31 January at around 9:00. Bobwundaye is located at No. 26 Lane 38 Chongde St. near the Liuzhangli MRT station (
Be there or be square. Are there still cans of Murphy’s? If so, you might be treated to the sight of someone attempting to play sax, smoke a cigarette and slurp from a can all the the same time.
Well I’m the damned square then aint I.
Actually I would’ve definitely been there barring a friend’s wedding in Taichung.
Caught this from Winopete’s latest. Nice mention of Bobwundaye’s right at the end.
HG
The 2003 Punters’ Cup (Taipei Pubs in 2003)
Welcome everyone to the 2003 Punters’ Cup. The weather is rather wet and windy which should slow down many horses’ performance today. Last year’s winner, Carnegie’s, is the favourite, but there are some unknown nags in the race that could produce a boil-over. Brass Monkey, entering its first major race, comes from the stodgy Windy City stable, but is being ridden by a maverick jockey from Queensland, so anything could happen.
OK, everything is ready. Bang! The gates open and the horses are away and running in the 2003 Punters’ Cup! Carnegie’s is off to a good start,
followed by Roxy 99, then Tavern and MOP neck and neck, then back a length to 45, DV8, Malibu, Salsa Latina and Dan’s, then followed by Voice, GET and Sean’s, with Combat Zone in last spot. The horses round the first bend and … begorrah! Sean’s has collapsed! It had reportedely been suffering from a severe case of Irish measles, so to let the horse run was obviously a mistake. … Carnegie’s continues strongly, pulling away from Tavern, much to the delight of the Carnegie’s cheer squad led by a bonnie lass named Wednesday. Shannon is moving up on the outside, overtaking MOP but a length off Roxy 99. That’s strange, Shannon’s jockey has a picture of Bob Marley on his shirt…Never mind, on with the race. Brass Monkey is boxed in, but what’s this? The jockey has pulled out an English dictionary! And I thought I’d seen everything on the race track! Anyway, word from our sources who were down at the stables before the race is that Brass Monkey had eaten some bad food before the race, so it may not be up to the task today.
Holy Hyena! A sand storm has appeared from nowhere! Most of the crowd are leaving their seats and reaching for hankies or brollies to cover their
mouths and faces. The sand has thrown the horses off track, and a few are down. Hollywood Underground looks in particularly bad shape. As the horses turn the second-last bend, the severity of the sand storm seems to have lessened. What on earth? The Brass Jockey has now pulled out a volume of Encyclopaedia Britannica! You’d think this were quiz night! Anyway, Brass Monkey has surged forward, overtaking Tavern who stumbles after the jockey gets distracted by a TV screen on the other side of the race ground. A few lengths back, Shannon is putting in the strides - rather noisily I might add, but that’ll be music to the ears of Shannon’s owners.
Carnegie’s pounds down the home straight, but suddenly some mud is flung up into the jockey’s face and the horse slows momentarily, but Carnegie’s is over the line by a nose and a half, with Brass Monkey 2nd and Tavern 3rd! A sterling effort there from Carnegie’s, which recently had omelette added to its diet, and good late runs from Tavern and Shannon. At the back, Bobnwundaye performed admirably, despite being the youngest horse in the race. It’ll be one to watch in the years to come. OK, that’s all from here, now it’s time for a beer.
Bobwundaye, mentioned in other threads already, is becoming a haunt for mods and ex-mods, and lots of other Forumosans, they have free WIRELESS and great coffee, if you need to work somewhere kinda near TWTC.
Cathy opens her doors at 2pm, and closes when the last bar fly stumbles out. Um, Sandman?
Bobwundaye (also known as Bob and Dave’s)
Chongde Street
Lane 38, No 26
Tel 2377-1772
PS: Wireless
REALLY FAST!
The new meat pies are pretty good. They’re also serving up the monster-sized Hoegaaaaarrrdens on the tap, which makes for a nice way to clear one’s palate. Very convenient from Liu Zhang Li station, and not out of stumbling distance from An-He Road’s other bars.
shouldn’t it be called Bo Bun Tay?
Good to see a plug for Bob ands. Feeling homesick . … love to all.
Can’t check the site from work and I’m stuck in a Wan Chai bar where the staff keep shorting my change. I miss Taiwan!
But you know, when I’m back in Taiwan you can always find me at Bob’s.
HG
I’m there right now having a few pints of Murphy’s and a chat with Cathy. Cathy has told me to point out that I have two beautiful girls with me. I mean beside me. I mean @another pint please@ (bloody american keyboards!)
Oh, Conor’s here. Best fucj off.
Bob’n’Dave’s, is easier for us rhinotically (?) over-endowed types, I think you’ll find. Aussie meat pies, sausages, decent whisky (and whiskey). And a loft. Right,more tea vicar.
Well, I’m fresh meat here in TW, been here about a week, and I finally found Bobwundaye after reading this thread. I went in today just as Cathy was opening up so I could catch the rugby (bloody Blues 
) and loved the place. Cathy’s a real friendly sort, and even though I was the only other person there for the 2 hours or so I was there, I still loved it. Can’t wait to see what it’s like at night now.
Great little place, a hotspot with charm making it possible for me to send this message to you now. Reminds of the old Roxy (RIP). Similar feeeling about it… cozy, great music, int’l, intelligent, bohemian crowd… and possibly, though I don’t know, more than a few love affiars in the making.
Chou
A
massive
round of thanks and applause for Cathy, Katrina, Iris, Paul, Conor, Jez, Zoe, Dave, Will, Tim, the hepcat singing cop with the crocodile skin bootswho channeled Stevie Ray Vaughn, the guy with the pretty snake, the cute baby, and everybody else who helped make Sunday afternoon’s musical barbie at Bobwundaye into an all-day, all evening festival of good food, good music and wonderful craic!
12 pints of Murphy’s, 3 Hoegaartens and still blowin’ the sax. 
I be gettin’ too damn old for this shit!
Let’s hope there’s another one soon.
. . . and I missed it again. Doh!
HG
You really missed out this time. Great way to begin the warm weather. The hepcat singing cop is Aguan. He’s a Paiwan from Pingtung.
Come to Bobwundaye to try our two new beers, Abbot Ale & Old Speckled Hen. Discount prices from 11-12pm on 29th May!!!
Sounds fantastic, Cathy!
Oh c’mon! Knock it off. I was just boasting to Conman about how I could get a pie and Old Speckled Hen at the pier for my ferry ride back to Mui Wo and now Bob’s has both. You’ll never get a ferry from anywhere near there though.
I’ll be back soon enough, save some for me!
HG
[quote=“Huang Guang Chen”]Oh c’mon! Knock it off. I was just boasting to Conman about how I could get a pie and Old Speckled Hen at the pier for my ferry ride back to Mui Wo and now Bob’s has both. You’ll never get a ferry from anywhere near there though.
I’ll be back soon enough, save some for me!
HG[/quote]
HGC, call me when you come over. I’ll set you up a minture ferry model that you can take out of there…and some “Old Speckeld Cigarettes” Wink, wink,nudge, nudge. And don’t worry theres more Hen where that came from, Abbots on June 6th.
Chou
Hey Cathy,
What’s your price for Old Speckled Hen?
hi,
speckled Hen is $180 so far, i hope the price is reasonable
for people.
Cheers,
Cathy