Taste of Taiwan - Gourmet Trip

Taiwan a melting pot of all the great cuisine from all the different regions of China. Traditional Chinese food such as Hakka style dishes/ Guangdong dishes and Shanghai dishes are common and available in any town or city of the island.

Fry Stinky Taufu - must try ! Famous Taiwanese food

Taiwanese Sausage - Is sweet
(another famous food)

Tu Hsiao Yueh - Origins........

Tu Hsiao Yueh
now the most famous noodle shop in Taiwan



Yummy!! Tu Hsiao Yueh Tan Tan noodles
The noodles had a great consistency, and the soup was excellent!!



Beef rolls - beef was tender, excellent flovour with sauce

Oyster Omelet - this taste very different from our Ohjian.
Tasty!! goes well with sauce

Fishpaste Porridge : delicious......

Xiao Long Bao - juicy, decilious ........ !!

Black Gluttonous Rice Dumpling

Fresh Saletd Crispy Prawns

Fantastic flavour : Hakka Salted Chicken

Hakka Dish - braised pork ribs with
chinese cabbage, winter melon & bitter gourds

Prawns baked with salt, garlic & raddish

Combination of Sweet Fish & Salty Prawns

Salted Crispy Pork Leg - fantastic flavour

Taiwanese meatroll - similar to our Lobak

========================================================= Shilin Night Market is the largest and most famous night market, where street vendors sells vatrety of different tasty food, drinks, clothes, handicrafts, souveniors and others. Just name it , you will get it there. It is one of Taiwan must see destination.

Crows of people in Shilin Night Market

Queuing up to buy - Taiwanese Sausage

Cooked!! look good - I have not tried

Will you try it when is cooked??

Variety of tasty food at Shilin Night Market
(must try: duck's tongue/ chicken feet/ pig's blood)

A collection of ice-cream with different flavour

Variety of dumplings at Shinlin Night Market

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Taichung> Sun Cake> DIY - Taichung has been famous for being the 'Home of Pastries' . Sun cakes and pineapple cakes are so famous that people come from all over Taiwan to try these specialties. There are many flavors for you to try. Each cake has its own beautiful story to share with you.

Chef for the day....

Ready, Getset Go DIY- Sun Cake !!

Final Result
"Excellent" - Packed to take home

Some yummy cake for sale

Shan, Xiu, Du

Can you read these 3 Chinese character? I snapped it from Nanshan Cultural Park in Hainan Island. I think these words will serve as reference material and provide guidance for parents and children.
Currently, we live in a tumultuous world where the relationships among people; between people and their environment; parents and children; husbands and wives; employers and employees, are disintegrating. We are fearful for our futures and the futures of our children.
Chinese characters have extensive and profound meanings. Let's bear these words in mind. Our society and our world will be at peace.

'Shan'

If you direct your maids or workers, you should be respectable and
dignified. Treat them kind and generously.

'Xiu'
Something we can all acheive in time - to be a person of high ideals, moral standards and virtue. Remember - neither be harsh on yourself, nor give up yourself.

'Du'
If you are a very capable person, use your capabilities for the benefit of others.

Traditional Chinese Cakes

'Qing Ming' falls on 5th day of April yearly. This is an important festival for most chinese families, to visit and clean up the ancestors' graves and perform ancestral worship. This year I Specially prepared some 'Fatt Koh' and some 'Ang Ku' 0r we call it 'Red Tortoise' cake for this occation.

'Fatt Koh' is a Chinese Smiling Steam Cup Cake. Among Malaysian Chinese culinary, 'Fatt' could mean 'prosper' or 'expanding in volume' . To me the fun of making 'Fatt 'Koh' is to see them 'Smiling' !! which is rewarding.


'Ang Ku' bean paste fillings

'Ang Ku' coconut with gula Malacca fillings

'Ang ku' or 'Red Tortoise' cake is another traditional chinese cake made from glutinous rice flour. I have choosen the coconut and bean paste for fillings, it was cast out of the mold which looks like the shell of the tortoise. Traditionally 'Ang Ku' or 'Red Tortoise is coloured red to signify prosperity. To avoid artificial colouring I have choosen sweet pototoes for the dough.

"Kakak" our maid

She is Arliani our 10 yrs maid, went back Indonesia today 6th April 2010 for good. A special card was specially designed for her. I like the card very much. Thanks to Ting !!





We gave her a farewell dinner at "East of Highway" She preferred chinese food. I can see that she was not happy leaving us after 10 yrs.

Look at her face!!

Bye Malaysia!
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