All About the Food!

Hey! So from the title you probably got that this post is going to be about food.  Food that I thought tasted good, because I really do not like taking pictures of food that tastes revolting.  

So first up is the Bacon Danbing.  It is one of my favourite things to eat for breakfast.  One way to describe it is like a Taiwanese omelet.  First you break the egg and swish it around, adding bacon and cheese right away.  Next, before the egg cooks, you add a really thin crepe-like tortilla on top of the egg mixture.  Once the egg is cooked you can flip it over, then roll it up like a crepe and cut it into slices.  Then you can eat it :)  And let me tell you, it tastes amazing!

Bacon Danbing

 Next up is actually a fried chicken burger.  Now, you might think, what is so special about that?  I am mentioning it because it tastes ten times better than American chicken burgers.  The chicken was fresh and juicy.  The only complaint I had was probably the same some of my family would have-wheres the ketchup!

Double Chicken Burger

 Now this next dish, I honestly have no idea what it is called.  It is actually considered a Thailand dish.  It is a soup dish with pork, green onions, other green rabbit food, and noodles.  It does taste pretty good.

I'll call it pork soup :)

 The next item is not food, so the title is deceiving.  It's actually this really amazing drink called Santa Cruz Dark Coco.  I tried this at a drink stand, and let me tell you, the chocolate flavor is better than anything I've tried in the states!  Basically it's chocolate with fresh milk; as for the other ingredients, I'm not sure on.

Santa Cruz Dark Coco

 This next meal is actually considered Japanese.  I had this for my Birthday last Sunday.  They bring out the meat (raw) you ordered- we had beef, pork, chicken, steak, and different times of fish.  Although, I did not eat the fish, especially the shrimp.  For some reason seeing a shrimp with its tail and eyes still in it's head looks very unappetizing.  Anyway, then you cook the meat on a grill then dip it in a lite vinaigrette sauce.  You also get rice and noodles on the side.  Really delicious meal!

Japanese Grill House

 Next is a desert dish.  I am pretty sure its called a rice square.  You grill it, and then when it puffs up, you dip it in a condensed creamy milk sauce then roll it in sugary crumbs.  I was indeed impressed!

Rice Square

 The next dish is well known, Potstickers, or what we know them as fried dumplings.  I had a curry one, which tastes like Indian food, and then the normal pork leak Potstickers.

Potstickers

 Steak and noodles.  I bought this at the night market in Yulin County.  It's basically exactly what its called, steak and noodles fried and a gravy like sauce.

Steak and Noodles

 Next is a Chicken Crepe.  I bought this at the night market in Taipei.  Its a crepe with lettuce, chicken cheese, and corn inside.  Now, corn in a crepe is kind of strange, but for some reason corn is in a lot of American food here.  I think its because the Taiwanese believe that in American most food has corn in it.  At least that is what I have come to the conclusion of.

Chicken Crepe

 Now this was really good! It is cheese bread with cream cheese chunks throughout the inside of the bread.  It was about two American dollars.  Basically really cheap and great tasting, two combinations I try to always have when buying food.

Cream Cheese Bread

 Last, is my first school lunch here in Hualien.  Fried pork with onions, white rice, egg with shaved carrots, fried rabbit food :) and fish soup.  Everything, except the fish soup tasted amazing, which is surprising considering most school lunches in American are not that appetizing.

School Lunch