Now where can I find some decent luncheon meat. You know… roast beef, turkey, smoked chicken breast, etc. I like to make my own subs now and then.
Thanks!
The hard part is finding decent bread. :s As for meat and cheese, everyone talks about the basement of the Breeze center, and that’s good but too far away for me.
For me, I was thrilled when the Welcom store behind the Formosa Plastic building, at the intersection of Tunhwa and Minshen E Rd, was remodeled in the past couple of months and they added a deli selection of meats and cheeses that is at least equal to the Breeze center and would look right at home in a deli back home.
I live in the ShiDa area. There’s a small bakery that makes decent french bread I think. I have yet to try it for lack of materials to make the sandwich.
Breeze center huh? I’ll have to look it up next trip. At least there’s a bus that runs from ShiDa to Breeze center (74) and back.
The Wellcomes down here bite. Cheese is ok. Lunch meat bites.
Definitely look it up (Breeze center). They also have a great selection of beers, including many from Belgium, which Tigerman first brought to our collective attention. 
grayson, if you do not mind the “traveling” in Tienmu there is a Deli called G and G. They are on Chung Shan N. Rd. Sec.7, lane 14, no. 6. They have all kind of cold cuts (salami, ham, turkey,…) and cheeses! 
Hmm. Well how about we make this thread really valuable. For those of us who aren’t able to travel freely. The next time y’all go to these “deli’s” can ya copy down a list of the meats and prices? Save others the trip time if they dont have it or too much compared to another place. I’ll try to make a trip to breeze this week if I can.
What do ya think?
Grayson. Go to Breeze. Buy some strong mustard, pickles and a few slices of roast ham carved straight off the bone in front of you. Then go to We Care bakery on Roosevelt Rd close to the intersection with Hsinsheng S. Rd. and get a couple of ciabattas. Best ham sarnie you’ll find anywhere in this town.
Or get a bag of Haas avocados from Costco and smoosh them up with some hot sauce and lime juice, spread thickly on We Care ciabatta, add a few strips of crispy bacon…
AGH! Stop! You’re making me hungry… I’ve just realised how long it’s been since I had an avocado… ham off the bone… bacon…
In an attempt to sound useful, I love the BBQ chicken at Jason’s 101. NT$250 each, but we get a couple of days out of each one. Yum.
Jason’s also have a variety of cold cuts, but I haven’t bought any yet. They either didn’t look good, or didn’t look worth it. Yet.
The bakery at Jason’s has some of the best bread for my money; the baguettes are goooood! Costco has recently started carrying some lunch meats. The ham and such are fair, but the winner is the greasy Genoa Salami. Anyone know if Uli’s is still around; cried the day they closed their concession in the Welcome off the Ren-Ai circle.
Hungrily,
CK
I don’t agree. I feel that since you’re already paying over the odds for this kind of food, you might as well go the whole hog and pay the premium for really prime, thick-sliced meat, and the carvery ham at Breeze is just that – Tigerman served this at his first beer tasting and it was absolutely fantastic, melt-in-the-mouth deliciousness.
Jason’s baguettes are OK, IMO, no more than that. Not a patch on We Care’s ciabatta, French country, etc.
The Costco salami is a bit too greasy for my taste, but not bad. I just wish you could get slightly smaller portions. Their Black Forest ham is also good but again, you have to buy like 5kg of the stuff at a time, which usually puts me off.
Yeah, what ever happened to Uli’s Deli? I remember going there a couple of times (in Shihlin??) years ago when visiting Taipei and now, having moved up to el capitale, I haven’t heard about it anymore … anybody knows what happened to our german meat-meister? 謝謝, Xpet.
That all sounds good but I prefer the good ole…
Soft crust french bread loaf (though hell if I can find that here). Slice it down the middle. Remove the middle just a tad (will need the space). Spread a generous portion of a dijon mustard. Cheese (for those who love the stuff, provolone is recommended). Lettuce, tomatoes (overlapping since I love them). Roast beef, turkey, honey ham, smoked chicken breast in as many layers as possible depending on how thick the cut. Be sure both sides are symmetrically created.
Put that all together with some fruit slices or pickles as preferred on the side and Im back home watching a game (sans the game… damn time difference).
A good summer picnic on my rooftop (instead of BBQ). I’ll definitely be swinging by Breeze this weekend. I’ll write down the prices for everything and post it up.
I’ll try to do the same for We Care since I’m close by. Didn’t like Jason’s when I visited 101. It seemed the quality wasn’t on par for what I’d be paying.
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Grayson, trust me on this. Try a ciabatta from We Care before you rush to any conclusions. Just try it. Its a mere NT$40 investment and it might just change the way you think. 
Well Sandman,
I’m going to have to get myself to a “We Care” and investigate this Ciabatta; you sound pretty passionate about it. Thanks in advance for the tip.
Hungrily,
CK
Incidentally, I don’t think it was mentioned that in addition to selling great bread and good meals at reasonable prices, We Care (I think I’m thinking of the right place) also hires only. . . what’s the correct term. . . mentally handicapped people, except for the supervisor who at the location I frequent is a very nice, apparently unhandicapped woman who handles her charges with great kindness, patience and skill.
Anyway, their employees are one of the enjoyable things about dining at We Care. They are all well-trained and perform far better as waitpersons than many purportedly unhandicapped waitpersons I have encountered in other restaurants. And, while one doesn’t want to laugh openly at them, it is often amusing watching their performance: such as the intense thought they will sometimes put into laying down the silverware in exactly the right place, or the one time one of them asked if I wanted, “more coffee. . . more coffee. . . more coffee. . . more coffee. . .”
So, in addition to buying bread at We Care, I definitely recommend that you have dinner there first and buy the bread to go when you pay for your meal.
MT, you’re thinking of another place, I think. The We Care’s that I’m aware of are retail outlets only, not restaurants, and I don’t think the staff are mentally challenged.
You’re right, Sandman, the place I was thinking of isn’t the We Care bakery, it’s a place called Children Are Us (lame case of trademark infringement, but so what, it’s for a good cause).
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As I said, not only are the meals good there, but one can also buy good bread to go.
Where is “We Care”?
I am in Fushing N.
Don’t say I’ve got to go to Tien Mu. :fume:
At Costco, they sell various kinds of Futong brand unsliced luncheon meat. I think it is a Taiwan brand. Surprisingly good actually. I tried most of them and the Futong boneless ham and Futong Australian beef, both sold at Costco at about NT$200 for 1 KG!! Very affordable prices.
You will need your own meat slicer though. I purchased one the last time I was home. I think you can get some seriously nice ones here that are for restaurant use, but they are kind of big.
I saved a lot of money with this meat slicer. The prices for luncheon meat at the delis of G&G (Tien Mu), Breeze or Jason’s is too much.
Finally, does anyone know where I can find big Virginia style Hams in Taiwan? Maybe I can call this Futong company. I want to purchase something like that humongous ham hock that you see them carving up at Breeze at the regular price, not their inflated price.
I have to also recommend Far Eastern Hotel’s new supermarket. SuperCity I think is the name. They lay out everything really well, including their meats. Also, everything is labelled in english. When I asked if I could write down their prices and what meats they had currently available, not a problem unlike Jason’s. I pretty much avoid Jason’s for that idiocy. If not for the fact that Jason’s carries IBC rootbeer, I’d never set foot in there again.
Small footnote, if you buy $3000NT of meat you can have it delivered for free to your place in Taipei.
So now I have Breeze, Jason, and Far Eastern in my deli meats file. 
One thing I have noticed is that none of the above carry a good roast beef. Argh!
Hobart, probably your best bet is to call Futong or another company. You could order through one of these “super” markets, but you’d definitely pay a premium.