Hòmee Kitchen 好饗廚房 (Kaohsiung, TAIWAN) ★★☆☆☆

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Hòmee Kitchen 好饗廚房 (Kaohsiung, TAIWAN) ★★☆☆☆

We were supposed to wrap up our 2-week vacation in Italy and Switzerland today but it ended on a sour note thanks to typhoon Pakhar. Our flight from Zurich was turned back a number of times by the guys at the Hong Kong airport traffic control and citing poor weather conditions under typhoon 8 signal, our pilot was finally instructed to make a temporary stop in Kaohsiung until the weather clears up.

So, this leads to an unexpected extension of our journey.....to Taiwan! Well, Kaohsiung International Airport to be exact.

We were later told that five other flights were re-routed to Kaohsiung along with ours. As always, someone's loss is another's gain. With an unexpected influx of travelers today, Hòmee Kitchen (好饗廚房), a small cafe at Kaohsiung International Airport has seen a sudden boost in their income. Yours truly also ended up camping here for more than seven hours waiting to catch our flight back home.

Rice vermicelli with fish balls has never tasted so good. Same goes for the iced milk tea with pearls. Thirst quenching!

Taiwanese-style braised beef was finished up in a couple of minutes.

This unfortunate incident has given me a chance to explore Kaohsiung International Airport in great details and I have to say, I was more than impressed with what it has to offer (except food options). Child care facility, mini chapel, massage parlor and mobile charging station are just a few of the many facilities that you won't expect from a small airport of such capacity. Too bad I won't be flying here anytime soon.

An ocean theme kids' playground