THERE IS A LOT OF FOOD IN TAIWAN. A LOT OF IT IS GOOD. WE DIDN'T GET PHOTOS OF EVERYTHING CRAZY WE HAVE EATEN (for example, polenta stuffed deep fried cuttlefish with spicy sauce, or steam buns shaped like hot dog buns and stuffed with pork, sweet pickled cabbage, and peanut PowDER), BUT WE DID SOMETIMES REMEMBER TO STOP SHOVING IT IN OUR MOUTHS IN ORDER TO CAPTURE A GREAT FOOD/FOOD RELATED MOMENT.
Here are some of them:
At a highway stop for Buddha's head fruit (custard apple) - deliciouso!
Tiny Tuna! Crazed Neal.
Some sort of crazy roasted chestnut shaped like a moustache!
Good food at a small town restaurant whose owner claimed a new government would be taking over Taiwan with the help of the American army in December.
We'll see about that - but the food was delicious.
This is where they make all the mochi we buy in the US! Yeah mochi!
This is Neal's spit. It is not blood, but the pigment of your saliva for several minutes after chewing a carcinogenic nut called Betel nut that grows in a very tall and straight tropical tree. Many truck drivers, farmers - whoever - chew this in Taiwan for a quick buzz and hotflash.
Farm stand at the top of some mountain we had to scooter over after the landslide prevented our intended exit from Taroko National Park.
Coffin bread at the Hualien night market.
It is what it looks like: french toast filled with spicy, saucy pork.
Your typical frozen section at the supermarket contains fish balls and other items for hot pot.
An aboriginal classic at Wulai: millet (and stuff) cooked in bamboo
Preserved egg covered in dirt. Neal tried to eat the dirt.
Neal drinking seaweed beer.
It was a little weird and very sweet and didn't taste anything like beer.
Our first meal in Taiwan.
Saggy dumplings filled with SOUP (!), sprout salad, and FRESH soymilk. YUM.
