Chao doufu 臭豆腐

Yes, "stinky tofu" is well stinky but so very tasty. This is the deep fried kind, which I bought from the back of a little open-back trucks that comes and goes during the day near my home. This box of fried-to-order tofu, a pile of lightly pickled cabbage and carrots, all covered in a nice spicy sauce cost me about NT$65 about US $2.

Spring has sprung

Star fruit and Wax apples.

Kengding 墾丁

After a long blog-o-break, I am back. Here are some images from Southern Taiwan taken at Kending National Park

Luobo si bing 蘿蔔絲餅 and cong you dan bing 蔥油蛋餅

Yes, another food post, this is just indicative of what I am doing...other than my main task, all there is is food. These babies come from a little stand some distance from my place. They have four items:
Luobo si bing (shredded radish filled fried bread)(pictured)
Hongdou bing 紅豆餅 (red bean filled fried bread)
Cong you bing (diced onion flavored fried bread)
Cong you dan bing (diced onion flavored fried bread with a fried egg added)(pictured)

This place always has a huge line, it takes about 20 minuted to make it to the front but it is worth it. This palace is particularly good, the filling is well composed, the bread is airy, and it is nearly deep fried so it is very crispy on the out side but steamy bready underneath! Not to be eaten everyday but from time to time.

Sausages

Suddenly across the street from my door a sausage "shop" has opened. It is actually just in the garage of the building across from my door in the alley way. I am not sure if it is here for the long term or just especially for the up coming New Year in late January. I suspect the latter is the case.

Yangrou chaomian 羊肉炒麵 (mutton fried noodles)

This is another favorite from my local noodle shop. I have been enjoying being able to regularly eat mutton, it is such a wonderfully flavorful meat! As noted in past posts I have enjoyed this same shops lamb meat fried rice, but I have decided these fried noodles are really notable. The combination of green onions, onions, large strips of ginger, large chunks of garlic, all infused with cumin powder.

Where the hell?

For the few of you who have been following this blog and were wondering what happened to my fairly regular posts, well I think this picture will explain a lot. I have pushed through some five hundred years of literary history in this gap of nearly three weeks. I hope, with the ending of this chapter, I will see more than the space here pictured and my regular food stops!