Cong You Bing

I’ve been eating at this place for years and, as far as I know, it hasn’t got a name. It’s quite literally a 6′ X 6′ corner store, with just about enough room for the 3 workers to stand and cook. The door is held together with cardboard and it looks as ramshackle as it … Read more

The pressure is on, Diana

This made the news as far away as Pakistan. As we returned from dinner the other day, Taipei 101, still the world’s tallest building, was lit up with the marriage (or is that “mappiage”) proposal. No word on if Diana said, “yes” or, for that matter, even saw it. Update: I’ve seen some indication that … Read more

Day 2 – What I ate

How exciting is a list of my meals, day-by-day!? I know! I can hardy stand the excitement. Still, I’m doing this for science. There are just some things that I either can’t get at home or they suck back home. This morning I went back for Shao Bing You Tiao just so I could get … Read more

Day 1 – What I ate

Had three meals today, for breakfast, on the way “home” from the airport, we stopped at some “famous” place that makes shao bing you tiao (燒餅油條). I forgot to get pictures and will try to get some later, but it is basically several pieces of deep fried batter in long stick shapes, wrapped by another … Read more

Taiwan 2007 – Day One – Arrival

We’re in Taipei. I’m very proud of my kids, their behavior was almost flawless over the long haul to Taiwan. The flight was tedious, but I managed to sleep for about 2/3 of it. I was amused by Singapore Air’s choice of TV shows. While I appreciate their choice of Doctor Who as one of … Read more

The In-Laws and the Toilet Paper

I’m quite looking forward to our rapidly approaching trip to Taiwan to visit my wife’s parents, but there’s just one area that really bothers me… but things are looking up this time.

That area? The Toilet Paper dilemma.

The details may not be for everyone. Only read on if you dare…

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Love Those Dumplings

Foo(d) Bar Blog => Din Tai Fung There’s a funny thing about doing food and restaurant reviews. Even though I know fully well that each person has their own taste and that you can’t hope to agree with anyone except perhaps yourself, there’s a certain weird self-affirmation when you run across someone who records a … Read more

Roasted Turkey Doritos

The Taiwan Kid => Turkey-Flavored Doritos Somewhere Dr. Evil has a lab where they cook up these products: I’ll give you something to Ho!, Ho!, Ho! about–how about Doritos Roasted Turkey flavored chips? And the chips are even shaped like Christmas trees! It would be easy to think that this is some sort of art … Read more

Reader’s Digest fails to digest the Whole Picture…

My wife brought the Reader’s Digest article to my attention the other day. Apparently Taipei came out at or near the bottom in terms of the Digest’s rudeness scale for cities. The article she was reading was in Chinese, so there wasn’t much point in my blogging it – and naturally, I haven’t read it.