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
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æ¢). 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
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
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…
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
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
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.
I just happened to stumble across 5 Takes this evening on TV.It’s a program I’ve never watched before, but was fascinated by the concept: 5 people are given a bit of money, a laptop and a camera (crew, perhaps) and sent on trips.
This was just too priceless not to take a picture of. Incidentally, despite the awful name, Dr. Milker is the most normal tasting milk I found in Taiwan. I’m not an expert on pasteurization, but I couldn’t help noticing that the description of the process on Taiwanese milk usually involved phrases like, “Ultra high temperature … Read more
We’ve been awfully busy/sick lately and just haven’t had much time to post… besides, when you’re sick/busy, there’s nothing much really to tell. I offloaded my cellphone photos tonight and discovered I had a few leftovers from Taiwan. This was one of my favorites. As we were waiting in the airport terminal, in the food … Read more