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Last weekend, Mrs. Expatriate and I decided to take a trip to the Gukeng Coffee Festival. It’s a small gathering of people selling coffee, food, handicrafts, and other such things. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and there were quite a few people out and about. If you get a chance, I recommend you go. Our Continue reading The Gukeng Coffee Festival In Taiwan, it is common to eat sweet foods on and after your wedding day. It is thought that eating sweet food will help the newlywed couple have a baby boy. The reason is a Taiwanese proverb: 吃甜甜，生兒子。 (chī tiántián, shēng érzì) It doesn’t sound as good in Mandarin, but it rhymes in Taiwanese (jia didi, sei Continue reading Someone wants us to have kids Miss Expatriate and I decided to spend the day in Taichung and had quite a bit of fun. For once, we actually did something and I got the photos organized and am blogging about it (I’m usually too busy to put the photos up until months later when it’s too late). We started off with lunch. Continue reading A day in Taichung Many foods in Taiwan are seasonal. That is, you can only get them during a certain time of year. One of my favorites is only available during the winter months: 燒仙草 (shāoxiāncǎo). Literally, Hot Immortal Grass. In English, it’s commonly known as Hot Grass Jelly. This is one of those foods that just looks so wrong; Continue reading Taiwanese Winter dessert Well, it was a pretty uneventful Thanksgiving, as Thanksgiving is wont to be in Taiwan. It isn’t particularly celebrated, although the Taiwanese do have a name for it: 感恩节 (gǎnēnjié). If you have been reading the Taipei Times, you may know that the Kaohsiung Ambassador Hotel, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, was holding an American Food Continue reading Thanksgiving Dinner Another little gem from some restaurant. King’s Soce Ketchup. It was, apparently, supposed to be “King’s Sauce” but either through bad spelling, bad luck, or bad software, it ended up as “Soce.” These pictures were taken with a cellphone in the grocery store, so pardon the blurriness and general craptastic quality. Best tasty chips It’s hard to read, but it says “Best Tasty. Excellent dose of delicious food adds onions. Crispy crispy good flavour.” This last one, also, has an “Excellent dose of onions.” I have a new favorite snack food: 大腸包小腸 (Da chang bau shiao chang), what is known as “Big sausage wrapped around a small sausage.” Yeah. How could you go wrong with 2 sausages? Here’s a picture:You may have noticed that the “big Sausage” is white. This is because the big sausage is made from rice. Continue reading Snack Food So Miss Expatriate and I went out to dinner the other night. We chose one of our favorite budget restaurants, which happens to specialize in Turkey Rice, sat down and were engrossed in our food when we had a visitor. A mother had come in with her son, approximately 7 years old. He immediately came up Continue reading An interesting encounter | |||||
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