Taipei Food

Hi there,

Flip asked me to talk about the food...here is what I have seen/learned thus far...

I never ceased to be amazed at the kinds of food I see served at the Night Market!!!!

I can see why when there were some vegetarians in the group last year they lost some weight. Just yesterday I went to the open market in the morning and I saw lots of fruits, vegetables and greens I have never seen before.

I have been terrible about blogging during the past week I have been here in Taiwan and in order to make sure you all know what I have been doing I will post some pictures...

On the very top of the page, there is a picture of me with a green drink in my hand...you probably have an idea as to what I am eating...It's bamboo juice. The guy who was selling it was very nice, which is not uncommon here. As

a matter of fact, I have not met anyone who was not extremely nice and willing to help. It is amazing how friendly Taiwanese people are!

The bowl of soup you see was actually filled with lots of things I do not remember- I do however remember that is had strings of pork blood. I had a little bit of it, it was not bad. The main problem I had with it was knowing what I was eating, which is silly but hey it was pork blood okay!

The dumplings that are on the round container were delicious. But I found out today in my Mandarin Survival course they are not actually dumplings... and I forgot their proper name. Three hours of class was tough, I am not sure I remember much of anything! Kudos to anyone trying to learn Chinese... So far I can say, hello, good bye, thank you and if I concentrate where is the restroom.

Of course the other picture is of an octopus which you can find very easily at the night market. It was tasty and they actually cut it into small pieces to serve it to you since you mainly eat standing up and without utensils at the Market.

I will be back to write more about what I did this weekend! Right now I am off to TAIPEI 101!!!!!!!

ps- I found chicken hearts on a skewer at the Market I plan on trying it soon :)