Colorful Edibles

Green = vegetable dumplings
Yellow = pork dumplings
Dumplings = yummy


These are flavored croissants! Some of the flavors they had at this bakery were strawberry, coffee crumble, milk & sugar, sesame... and many more. They're more bready than flaky but still light enough that you can easily eat two, or three..


These are so funny and cool. It's ice cream in a bagel cone! Taiwanese desserts generally aren't super sweet like in the western world and I really liked this sesame-croissanty-bagel ice cream combination. in fact, I would fill these cones with anything... peanut butter, gummies, kimchee & rice...


Ahh... the Amazing croissanty-ice cream cone!

I'm eating stuff in Korea now...

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Last Night in Taiwan - BOOHOOOOOO!!!

Oyster dumplings!!! Okay, it's hard to choose what the best thing is in these night markets, but this is the best thing. How to describe...? All of the textures in this dish are super soft and kind of slippery but the taste is yummy beyond belief. They add these little happy button mushrooms that combine so well with the fresh oysters, and it's always yummy when they add egg to anything, and of course they pile on some delicious greens that can only be found locally. And that sauce is so amazing, it has a sweet salty delicious yummy flavor. How will I live without this?


Here's the making of the oyster dumplings. I need to buy one of these grills - but how to bring it on the plane?

Here's the deep-fried taro ball that we waited in line for and it was soooooo yummy. The outer coating is really light and crispy, the taro mash is slightly sweet and the shredded dry pork filling adds another fun texture with a bit of saltiness. This thing is the best thing. I want more.



Night Market Food Video\

Innards Anyone?

Stuffed intestines? Deep-fried hearts? Or perhaps some curious balls on a stick?


Fermented liver? Bony legs with chewy skin? Maybe some mystery squares?


Innards wrapped in sweet tofu skins? Vegetables that have been touching innards?


Okay.. these aren't innards but they look weird enough. This dish is called sweet something and it's very popular. The stir-fried veggie thing has a sweet and spicy flavor.

Evening Snacks - Wagon Wheels & Bubble Tea

They call these 'wagon wheels' and they're filled with red bean, dry radish, or 'milk' which is a custard, and they are beyond good. Night food in Taipei is unbelievable.


Here some delicious sauce is added to the dry radish. It's fun to watch the assembly line and it's amazing how the vendor can keep track of which flavor goes to each customer. I was having daydreams of moving to Taiwan and owning my own wagon wheel snack cart.


Here a special little tool helps pop out the finished product.


Hello. I am the wagon wheel spokesperson.


Okay here's the inside of the dry radish wheel. They're best eaten warm cuz if you wait too long then the dough part gets soft... here it was nice and crisp - YUM!


Now I'm trying the milk one.


And here's what it looks like. Biting into warm custard through the crisp outer layer is pretty amazing.


Oh bubble tea... I had the milky green tea with extra chewy gelatin balls, and Katrina had the grapefruit with clear & fruity gelatin slivers.

Apres-snack activity... checking out computer cams.

Fruity Tea and Tasty Waffles - Teatime in Taipei

I'm going to start making this when I get back home... except we don't have the same variety of fruits, or the same freshness, or the unforgettable bursts of flavor. Well, at least I can find Lipton tea bags. Sigh.


I don't know how to convey just how delicious all the beverages are over here. I want this pot of tea every morning, every afternoon, and every night - everyday! The longer this steeped, the fruitier it got, and it was just perfectly sweet.


This is a pot of rose and berry tea served with a little shot of cranberry concentrate. I like the pink teacup. Pink is good.


So delightful! This tea had a very smooth and delicate rose flavor and the cranberry added a nice touch of tartness.


Waffles with red bean, whipped cream topped with a chewy fruity thing, and green tea ice cream. Super yum.


Waffles with tuna, spicy relish, cucumbers, mayo and green tomatoes. Delish.

Last Day in Taipei :(

Last morning video\

Check back later... I'm off roaming the streets now...