Monday, October 5, 2009

More food adventures in Taiwan! This time, Ma La Guo, Mango Shaved Ice, and much more!

I love how Taiwan's food come in cute boxes like these.

Look at the deliciousness that was inside! More Dan Bing (Egg Pancake) 蛋餅 with Pork Sung 肉鬆

I had breakfast with my mom and she had this clear noodle soup with these yummy side dishes. It was seaweed and this marinated sliced pork dish with ginger. And hot sauce to dip in, of course.

My mom's cousin owns this cute little bistro with fusion food.

It's alfredo pasta! With a side of corn soup.

This one had salmon in it. What you see on top is nicely melted cheese. YUM

This one had beef in it. Too bad it's under the cheese so you can't see it.

Zhong He Ye Si 中和夜市, a night market near where my grandma lives.

One of my FAVORITE things at night markets!! I ate 3 while I was in Taiwan. Candied Tomatoes. YUM. I think it's called Bing Tang Hu Lu 冰糖葫蘆

Strolling through the night market... I dislike mopeds at night markets. Lazy bums. They should just walk. Plus it makes it smell like engine exhaust. -___-

They even had a Halal style street stand!

Adorable puppies in the store, also at the night market. I'm sad I only got a picture of their backs. :(

There's a bunch of fried food/chicken stands in the area too. They offer different seasonings for the chicken and they are all sooooooooooo good!

The Taiwan Metro (Jie Yun) 捷運 Coin to get in.

My sister and I on the Metro (Jie Yun) 捷運. Gosh, I wish SF had a better metro system.

This is probably my FAVORITE thing EVER in Taiwan!! It's called Egg cakes (Ji Dan Gao) 雞蛋糕 I wish I could make them here, but they have those special metal grill things to shape it like that. I've seen animal shaped ones but these egg shaped ones are the BEST!

The street stand I purchased it for. A mere 30NT! ~$1.

臭豆腐 Stinky Tofu. We stopped at a street stand and got something that you absolutely have to try in Taiwan! It was nice and crispy on the outside and hot and steamy on the inside. Served with hot sauce of course.

My cousin and his gf took my sister and I to a yummy Ma La Guo restaurant. These were the veggies and miscellaneous goodies that came with my Ma La Guo (Hot and Numbing Hot Pot) 麻辣鍋.

The sauce I made to dip my cooked veggies and meat in. Green Onion, Chinese BBQ Sauce (Sa Cha Jiang) , raw egg yolk, minced garlic, cilantro, and soy paste.

My Ma La Guo Pot. Look how spicy my soup was! My stomach burned a whole day after I ate this!

My meat that came with the Ma La Guo.

The little area where you make your sauce to dip the veggies and meat in.

My Cousin and I, with our table full of food!

The aftermath of a 4 person Ma La Guo session. Everyone else got regular Huo Guo (Hot Pot) 火鍋, I was the only one who got the Ma La Guo!

For dessert, my uncle and auntie took my sister and I to the night market near our apartment for some shaved ice!

This is their favorite dish there! Mango ice cream with mango shaved ice 刨冰 Bao bing in Mandarin, Cua Bing in Taiwanese! It was soooo delicious on a hot and humid Taiwan night.

My sister really wanted taro so she got this shaved ice with taro, boba, and boiled peanuts in a brown sugar sauce. It was good, but not quite as good as the mango shaved ice!

My sister and the shaved ice stand.

Til next time! May your days be delighted with many delectable dishes.