DINNER WITH RICHIE LIN OF MUME

“My go-to local dinner spot is Xianjin Haichan ( 5 Yanji St. Lane 23), a humble seafood joint in Taipei’s Songshan district. I usually order tons of seafood from their daily selection; it’s fresh, affordable, and can be prepared in any way you like. The steamed fish is particularly good, as they use a special seasoning and add some Chinese wine into the soy sauce. Best of all, after you finish they take the leftover sauce back into the kitchen and make an amazing scrambled egg with it. Xiaozhang’s Seafood ( 73 Liaoning St.) in Zhongshan is another favorite; the seafood there is as fresh as it gets.”