Sunday, October 26, 2008

Gastronomical Tour of Taiwan Part III

Our meal in Hualien was the first proper meal we had since touching down in Taiwan, and a hearty one too! We had Chinese dinner...beginning with small bowls of cold dishes...

This is crab rice, which tasted somewhat like pumpkin rice....didn't like this personally..

This is Taiwan's favourite i suppose, the 3-layer meat.... there is even a rock in the National Palace Museum in Taipei that resembles this type of 3-layer meat...uncanny but true!

The Taiwanese also love this kind of soupy dishes. I wouldn't call it soup, but it doesn't look like gravy either. It's not salty so it's fine to drink it from your bowl...and goes really well with white rice.

This is the Milk Hotpot we had from JJ Farm near Hualien.... you either like it or you hate it...i really like the rich milky taste, but Kenny doesn't like it at all...

Some vegetables, mushrooms, beehoon and other stuff to be added to the hotpot. I must give it to the Taiwanese though, their food are always very fresh.

And their rice is more similar to Japanese pearl rice, than the dry, coarse type we normally have here.

Here we go....a big meal. I was so full, i almost slept the entire journey to Kaohsiung!

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