Saturday, September 25, 2010

What We Eat, Part I

Question: What do you eat in Taiwan?
Answer: Anything I frickin' want. 

It is ridiculously easy to eat three-ten square meals a day in Taiwan, not only because all townships like TaoYuan have a person/restaurant ratio rivaled only by New York City, but because it costs peanuts to eat deliciously, to eat well, and to eat diversely. 

 Those who know me are familiar with my obsession with cooking. The best part about being here is I can not only indulge my kitchen love, but also give myself a bit of a rest and let someone else do the cooking (and the dishes) for a change. This is especially handy on most work days, when jumping around for 8-10 hours doesn't leave me with the desire to run home and whip up something creative.

Let's turn to the photos for evidence:

Breakfast of Champion (Teachers)
*at least it prevents a hunger meltdown*
OK, so we're spoiled breakfast eaters.
Breakfast is a long, drawn out affair involving several types of cereal, bananas, a supplementary fruit - in this case, a mango - whole wheat toast (or half wheat, I speculate, because it looks less than grainy), almonds, and a glass of iced oolong tea. Iced tea for breakfast? Are you nuts? No, I'm just sweating like a pig at 8:00 in the morning, thank you very much.

Rou Fan - Something I Can Order In Chinese
 The ubiquitous "肉飯" - meat rice (this particular one is lu rou fan, with stewed pork meat) and a bowl of "it" over white rice costs a whopping 75 cents. Note the red coloring - this is hot sauce - a necessary component of the dish. I could eat this all day, except that I'm probably missing some other key nutrients. This particular one comes from what we like to call "The Ladies," an eatery around the corner run by two ladies who cook, well, homestyle Taiwanese food. You can also get various pig parts fried up, if it so tickles your fancy.

Are you sure you're in Asia, Caitlin?

Sunday Brunch: who knew? We found pancake mix at Carrefour, (with directions completely in Chinese, so I added bananas and winged it. Wung it? Wang it?) bacon, eggs, and an odd Asian fruit called a wax apple. It looks like a red pear covered in crayon wax and tastes like lightly flavored Chapstick. Great thing about the eggs: You can buy eggs in the supermarket, which is lame-o, or your can buy eggs from any of your neighborhood egg vendors, who sell eggs individually out of big crates and give them to you to carry home in plastic bags. The eggs are enormous and still have chicken fuzz attached to them. How cool is that?

 Moon cakes: It's a Moon Festival thing, really, but you can eat them pretty much whenever you want. And for me, since I only understand like two words when I ask "What's in it?", it's always a surprise! This particular moon cake was purchased because I heard the word "meat," and I assumed it was pork because...it's Asia. But to my dining confusion, it was peppered beef, inside a flaky crust, inside a smooshed sweet red been paste. I had another moon cake the other night I could have sworn had a fish inside of it. One of my kids set me straight. It was an egg. Surprise.


 Sometimes I cook dinner, too. In this case, I made a dish I decided to call "Bruschetta Pasta," due to the fact that it a basil, tomato, almond, and garlic mash up. I'm still making pasta sauce in the wok most of the time. I don't know if I'll ever go back. 

A word on tomatoes: they are expensive. The Taiwanese only really use them in a dish we simply call "Tomato eggs," which are tomatoes with scrambled eggs. I'd like to think I could make a killing selling pasta sauces, being as I'm the only one making them.
Skewers of glory. Flavored with cumin and chili, of course, because I just can't help it.
Our Taiwanese barbecue buddies letting me take a turn at the corn.
 On Moon Festival (or as my sometimes lazy students like to spell it, Moom Festival,) you barbecue. On Moon Festival, we barbecued, with some random people who invited us to share their grill. It turns out, everyone loves these tiny grills. Americans would shit themselves to see entire neighborhoods sitting in the street, on the ground, next to a barbecue the size of a microwave dinner tray. The trick is, the food takes so long to cook that you end up eating for hours. We sat down at 6:00 and had to rudely excuse ourselves at 9:00, for the sake of getting some rest for work. And all anyone eats is meat. Thin meat, fat meat, tofu that looks like meat, prawns, more meat, meat on a stick, etc. And corn. I like that.

Lastly, ye olde teppanyaki, a dining trend that I know East Bay residents would go nuts for. If only they knew how awesome it was to sit down at a grill and be instantly cooked for by men in bell hop uniforms. Our typical order (from left to right): spicy bean sprouts (they're on the house), scrambled eggs, spicy lamb and onions, and spicy veggies (last night, cabbage). Spicier than Hell, more delicious than your average meal, always hot (because it sits on the hot grill the whole time you're eating), and dinner for two, with a beer, costs under $8 USD. They're also open until 4AM, making them perfect "I just had a freaking long day and don't want to go anywhere how about teppanyaki because I'm starving and it's delicious" food. 

The cooks know us. 


This is only one installment of many.

89 comments:

  1. Hey CPK (and James)...

    Good to hear that the Taiwanese cusine is meeting your approval. Glad I'm getting ready to BBQ right now as your tales have filled me with envy and hunger.

    Thanks for being such a good sport (and role model) for EHS - quite a following you have presently.

    Love you this much (arms stretched to infinity)! Miss you even more.

    Your proud Papi

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  2. Don't you miss Nations!

    Take good care and have fun. Great story.
    Kate's Dad

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  4. Fantastic Food. I want one of those moon cakes, never had anything close to it. Rou Fan bowl, only 75 cents! A bowl of white rice and stewed pork here in America is about $8. It was great reading this, hope you make more pots. - Jeronimo

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  5. Sounds like you had a very good time cooking. I said, "wow!" When I saw that the eggs had feathers in it? I wish I went there to try all the food. I want to try the moon cake because it had the meat inside. Some things sound or look nasty but they are really good. I really wanted to try the pancakes and bacon in the morning. Your cooking looked good. Have a great day!

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  6. Hi,I am a 9th grade student and my name is Hilbert. It's great how the food in Taiwan are similar to the food out here in California;like the eggs,pancakes and the bacon. This makes me really hungry. Its really interesting how there is a fruit in your daily breakfast. This makes me want to go to Taiwan and live there just because of their food. Out of the foods listed I would eat the "Rou Fan" because it looks delicious. Hope you have great time out there in Taiwan.

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  7. If eating good was a crime, please believe you would be going to jail. Take that back I mean prison since you're eating way too good. As much as I don't want to admit it, I am completely jealous of you for having the opportunity to be pleased with mouth watering cusines. This wonderful article is causing a riot in my stomach. I'm so hungry I can eat a cow! I know that was corny but I couldn't help it. Continue with your wonderful time in Taiwan and your wonderful experiences out there.

    Sincerely,
    Treston-Jonah

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  8. Hi my name is Martha I'm a 9th grade student. It's good to know that your taste buds are getting use to the food out there. Also it's really cool that some foods are the same in many different ways. Two of the dishes that are the same from Taiwan and California is the breakfast they both have egg's pancakes and bacon, that's really cool, Also another similar dish is the BBQ which has corn and meat kabobs. I wish you luck have a great time out there.

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  9. Hello, this is Meng again from your mother's computer class reading your recent blog entry. It really is interesting to hear about all the different food you're eating. I have heard about the amazingly cheap cost of food in Taiwan and I would love to visit there one day. Have you ever tried other snacks or restaurants? They are really famous for their food, so you should take some time and go around! I'm sure there would be some that will definitely fit your taste! Good luck in the future and take care! I'm looking forward to your future entries. :)

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  10. Hi! I'm Nori from your mom's computer class.
    I simply love food as much as you do. I really want to learn how to cook but it's not going so great. The Rou Fan and the pasta that you made looks delicious. What really fascinated me was the teppanyaki. It must be really fun to watch them cook right in front of you while you're waiting. (I was just assuming, is that really want they do?)

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  11. Hello! I am in your mom's computer class at second period. You made me hungry and I want to eat some food from these pictures. It looks so delicious. Also, the moon cake makes me want to taste it. I cannot wait until lunchtime. But I think after I read your blog, I will not be happy to eat my lunch! Because I want to eat the food above. Thank for making me hungry! Also, I liked the pictures of the delicious food.
    Selenge

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  12. Wow, that's a lot of good food for just a few cents. I wish I was there right now, I'm starving. I wish I could have a Moon cake, they look really good especially with the peppered beef. Looking forward to lunch.

    --Marciello

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  13. 75 Cents a bowl of white rice?!
    I wish we could have that low price here in America too.
    I love reading your stories, and I'm glad you're having fun, cooking and watching the Taiwanese people.

    I hope one day, you can cook some Taiwanese food for us! ;D

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  14. Hi! I'm Hayley from your mom's computer class. You made me hungry when I saw your "lu rou fan". I never ate the meat in the moon cake. This was very surprising to me. Also another similar one that I like was the BBQ it seems delicious. I hope you eat more food delicious food in Taiwan.

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  15. Hi, I am Kyna, a 11th grade in your mom's computer class. All the pictures of food in the website makes me hungry. The moon cake looks a bit weird though, it looks like those buns and not like the regular kind you buy at Chinatown during Moon Festival time. I never knew that they have Corn Flakes in Taiwan. You should send us some of the delicious food from Taiwan.

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  16. Its good to hear your eating well in Taiwan. They have the best food over in Asia! Reading your blog, made me extremely hungry. It's amazing how cheap the "rou fan" is! Maybe someday if I go to Taiwan you can take me out for lunch! :D

    -Eunice

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  17. Hi, this is Mercedes again, from your mom's computer class. I love to cook dishes too, and I want to be a chef someday so I'm doing random recipe for myself sometimes. The pictures make me hungry, now I want to eat lunch :)."No, I'm just sweating like a pig at 8:00 in the morning, thank you very much."< this made me laugh! :D The moon cakes looks delicious. I might read the part 2 of your blog soon. And I saw all kinds of moon cakes. I'm really hungry right now!

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  18. Hi, this is Chris from your moms computer class. The food looks great, it’s making me hungry! The BBQ looks very good you should bring me back some food. You’re so lucky that there is so much good food in Taiwan and it’s so cheap.HAVE FUN!:]

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  19. This is Jonathan from your mom's computer class again. I like this blog entry because it reminds me of all the foods I left behind in China. I like how cheap the meat over rice is over there. I would eat that everyday until I get tired of it. The mooncake with the meat seems kind of weird. I have never seen one with meat only the normal one with egg yolks inside. Hope you don't get sick from the food you're eatting. Have fun over there.

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  20. Dang! That is a very good price for food. All the food looks SO good because I'm SO hungry. OH! I have 75 cents in my pocket right now, maybe I'll head to Taiwan for lunch today. I wonder if they have a Nations over there.

    - Daniel :)

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  21. Hi, I am a 9th grader in your mother's computer class. It's amazing how Rou Fan cost only 75 cents! In California something like that would be maybe 3-8 dollars. I don't think that the eggs still having chicken fuzz attached to them is cool, it sounds pretty weird. I didn't know Moon cake was made of meat! I thought it was a cake.. like a sweet. The pictures look very good, they make the food look very appetizing. I find it funny that you guys have barbecue pits the size of a microwave dinner tray, that's pretty small.

    -Angel

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  22. Hello, this is Kennet Liu once again I read your blog. My computer class is in third period, you know what your blog make me feel extremely hungry. Specially the Lu rou fan! But I still have one more class before the lunch. I almost can’t wait for it! And the surprise one is the moon cake include meet, I never hear that before. I hope I can read more blog about you at Taiwan experience. 卤肉饭很好吃!
    --Kennet

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  23. Hey, it's Jess again. You're blogs are so interesting, it makes me want to go to Taiwan! I can NOT believe how cheap that food is and they look amazingly good! I might try to make some, if I have enough ingredients at home. Love the pictures and we're still waiting on those moon cakes ;) lol.

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  24. Wow that look like some really good cooking. I think that its crazy for a place to open at 4Am to cook and make food. Restaurant in California opens at 9AM.I wonder if they are cranky in the morning. Well I hope the best for you.

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  25. Hello again, this is Lindsay from your mom's 5th period computer class. I have never been a fan of Asian food but the way you described it didn't make it seem all that bad. But I am not an adventurous eater and I don't like trying new foods so I am probably not going to eat Taiwanese food in the near future. Anyway this blog, just like all the other ones I have read is very interesting and I like that you added pictures because it makes it come alive. Once again I look forward to your next blog because they are all really good.

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  26. Hello! It's Joan again. I have your mom's class 5th period. Even though I just had lunch I'm kind of hungry again just looking at all the great foods you have on this blog. I think it's wonderful that you can actually cook but you always have the option of just grabbing a snack around your area. It sounds fun being able to try all the great dishes and snack foods over there. Hopefully I can read more of your wonderful blogs soon!

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  27. The "lu rou fan" looks really delicious! But for the moon cake, I never heard of one that includes meat. The Taiwanese BBQ reminds me of hot pot.
    I would love to visit Taiwan, just for the food!

    -Peter, 9th grade student

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  28. Hi,I am Ming,the one in your mother computer class,when I read your blog,and see those food, I feel hungry again.I hope you can share more foods picture. 卤肉饭的确好吃 呵呵 同意上面讲法

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  29. Hi! I'm Helen. Food in Taiwan seems so good!! I didn't know that you can put meat in moon cakes. All the moon cakes I eat in America are sweet. The 肉飯 seems really good. Reading your blog makes me hungry even though I just ate lunch. Your blog is really interesting!

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  30. Hello, Fiona again from your mom's Digital Citizenship class!
    The food that you're having out there sounds so painfully mouth-watering. I'm just sitting here chewing my sad piece of gum, with an angry stomach reading your post...on food. Yummy, taste-bud fulfilling food...
    It's clear that you absolutely love it there, as well. I would also have to say that I too love, love, LOVE moon festivals! It is THE number-one reason to move out there, aside from the FOOD!
    On another note, I personally find "miniature" grills perfect; not just for "personal" use. my family has one laying around somewhere, and every once in a while we just cook a bunch of tiny delectable slices of meat & what-not.
    Anyway, good to know that you're eating bountifully, and having fun!

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  31. Hi I am A 9th grader in your mother's class.I liked how you said you can eat all the food you want.The reason for that is, it's actually true.My family and I take our vacation at the Philippines. Like what you said, food over there costs peanuts.

    -Jonathan E.

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  32. Hi Caitlin. All the pictures of the foods you eat made me so hungry! You're pretty lucky to be around a place with such wonderful kinds of food, and for a cheap price. It's interesting reading your blogs and discovering how different Taiwan can be from America. Glad to see you're still having a wonderful time! :)
    -Allison from Mrs. Kenney's class.

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  33. Hey Caitlin! It's Leslie again from your mom's Digital Citizenship class. It's amazing that you're able to eat all those Taiwanese dishes. I bet you probably miss American food at times though. All those pictures of the scrumptious food you posted made me hungry. The prices are ridiculous aren't they? When I was younger, I went to Vietnam and with five dollars I could buy up to ten meals a day. Like a bowl of noodles would be only a couple cents. I love to eat and someday I hope I can travel to Taiwan and try all their amazing food. Until next time, take care. ;)

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  34. Wow that meat rice looks good. I Would eat it everyday for lunch for 75 cents! Wow that is not much it looks like your living the good life. The moon cake looks amazing. Looking at these pictures just make me wanna eat the computer screen. It must of been difficult to make pancakes with Chinese directions.Anyways I'm glad your living the good life getting that meat rice for 75 cents.

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  35. Hello, I'm Giordano.
    I'm an exchange student from Italy and I'll be here in Alameda for one year. I was a little worried about the food, because I knew it would have been totally different.
    Fortunately my host family is cooking well, and despite the fact that they eat a lot of meat (and after having watched a PETA video I find it really difficult to eat meat), the food is delicious.
    I believe we are both having an amazing opportunity that will open our minds.

    Giordano

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  36. Hi this is Eric this is the 2nd blog of yours i read., anyways i think that rice bowl is heck of cheap & its probably delicious also that moon cake looks so good and i never heard of fur on my eggs okay well i liked your blog and i hope to read the next one bye.

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  37. Wow, very interesting. I wish food is that cheap over here in the U.S. That moon cake looks very different from the one's that my family buys, but it looks a lot tastier. Well, I hope you continue to experience new and good food for cheap.
    -Mike

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  38. Every Friday, in your mom's class, we're given a list of websites to blog about and your blog is always among the list. I always choose your blog posts because I know I'm guaranteed a thrilling tale and you have yet to disappoint me, haha.
    I've never had any of these foods before. This made me want to call up a Taiwanese friend and ask her to cook for me. :) I really want to try the mooncakes because I have a sweet tooth and I love meat.
    Like a lot of the people that have already commented, I wish food was as cheap in the U.S. as it is in Taiwan. You're a lucky duck, haha.
    Please keep writing! I love reading about your adventures.
    - Steph.

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  39. Hello, I am in your mom's class.Your blog make me feel excited and want to read more. That make me feel hungry and the moon cake look so good. The first time I know they have meat moon cake.The food really good but cheaper in here.I am in sixth period, I hope class will end soon, so I can go home and eat.I am hungry right now. however,I love to read for blog and I hope you can post new blog often.
    Ky.

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  40. When I first clicked on the link to this blog I thought it would be full of all kinds of bizarre and exotic foods that I could never even imagine. To my surprise, I had already eaten most of the food listed here. However, almost every meal had some twist to it. For instance, the wax apple included in the Sunday brunch was interesting. Based on the description given, I would probably prefer it American style, but if the opportunity presented itself I would give it a try. The moon cake also looked strangely appealing. The peppered beef sounded amazing, and while the fishy tasting egg was a little off-putting, I hope I can one day, have the pleasure of consuming this seemingly delicious treat. I would love to talk about food more, but I am extremely hungry, probably because I missed my lunch, and I might go berserk if I spend another moment on this blog.
    - A junior at Encinal High

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  41. Hi! This is Vicki again from your mom's 6th period class. Reading about all the different kinds of food that you get to eat is making me hungry! I've always wanted to go to Taiwan to try their food and I especially want to try the food from the street vendors which I hear is super good!The BBQ looks so good that I wish I could just want to reach into the computer screen and grab it! I LOVE tempanyaki! I ate it China and it was delicious! =) I hope to read more about food from you.=D

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  42. Hi, this is Janna again, and well, you make me want to fly to Taiwan right now and buy some food. The pictures and the descriptions of the food are pretty interesting, and as of right now, I just want to fly around the world and try the food, because there isn't nearly as many choices over here in the East Bay. Also, I'd like to say a little something about those grills. I seriously think I would die from hunger just waiting for the food to cook. If small grills are used, each person at the party should have their own! :P

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  43. Hi, this is Alexa from your mother's 6th period class. That food looks so delicious! I am incredibly hungry now, all because of your blog. Actually, I don't believe I've ever tried Taiwanese food. My favorite food from Asia is actually Vietnamese food, I am crazy for it. After seeing these dishes, though, I feel like I should definitely try this Taiwanese food.. I think it's also so amazing how restaurants there are open at 4 AM. Sometimes, on weekends, I am up until that late! It would be just great to be able to go and get some delicious food at a time like that.

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  44. Hi my name is Isidro. I really like the idea of skewers of glory because it would make people make that recipe for their own family members.

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  45. Hi,I'm Raymond from your mom's Digital Citizenship class. Your pictures of food makes me really hungry, when I already ate lunch. That Rou Fan looks really good and really cheap. Also I have never seen a moon cake that had meat in it before. I hope you enjoy your time in Taiwan and eating all of those delicious food.

    -Raymond

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  46. Hi my name is Kidus. I really like your blog. The pictures made me kind of hungry. The Rou Fan and the pasta that you made looks delicious. I also wished food was cheaper here too.

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  47. Hi my name is Julian, the moon cake sounds good but at the same time I don't like the surprise of the egg they have you put in the moon cake.The peppered beef and flaky crust sound really good and it will make people want to cook it.

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  48. Hi, this is Ali from your mom's 6th period class. It seems like your having a good time in Taiwan, and some of those food looks great to eat. I hope you enjoy your time in Taiwan.

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  49. Hey Caitlin! first time commenting your blog.I'm a 11th grader in your mother's class by what I have read it's really interesting the kind of foods your experiencing and the cost of them are mind blowing.I agree with Treston-Jonah I was getting a little jealous reading about the moon cakes.Keep up the good work.
    - Daryon

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  50. Sorry I'm blogging again, but every time I look at all the food you ate for so cheap it makes my mouth water. Even though you probably won't read this, it is still fun to practice my writing.

    --Marciello

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  51. Wow this look very delicious and cheap, the Sunday Brunch looks very good and interesting. I would love to eat one of those moon cakes, Everything looks good. This is making me hungry just by seeing it, I would love to eat this.

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  52. Hello, this is Marquise reading your blog entry again. I'm in your mother's 3rd period computer class and it really is interesting to hear about all the different foods you're eating.

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  53. Hi, my name is Lorenzo and i am in your mother's Digital Citizen class and I like reading your articles because you don't just say what you have to say, you actually give out information and expand one simple thing to a couple sentences. Anyway continue having fun out there and it's always nice to read your articles.
    -Sophomore at EHS

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  54. Hey Caitlin it's Miss Kathy (Chelsae's, Alexander's, Caroline's and Max's mom in case u forgot me}Just kidding:} I'm typing for one of my students he wants to say:The food looks very good.The lu rou fan looks real tasty with all that meat and hot sauce on it.
    Miss Kathy again: Are you having fun???? It looks like you are. Life in The Taylor house is the same Chelsea and Caroline fighting, Max chilling on the couch with his girlfriend, Jay's comes home today from the hospital with his other knee replacement. Alexander can't wait til he turns 21 in {2 weeks}, so when you come home you can all go out for a drink... You be good.... Can you get me a doggie bag???? Kathy and Reggie H.

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  55. Hi, my name is Arman Khan and I am a 9th grade student in your mom's Digital Citizenship class. It is really interesting reading about all the different types of foods that there are, especially the Sunday Brunch. It looks really delicious. Well, that's all for me today. Bye and have fun.

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  56. hi I'm in your moms computer class. I love the food you cooked it looked so delicious. I want to learn how to cook but is not working out. It looks like you have fun cooking. Bye it was nice reading your blog.

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  57. Wow,Taiwan has many different types of delicious foods. They are cheap compared to food here in America. I didn't know there was meat in moon cakes. Well, I really like reading about your adventures in Taiwan.

    -Nghia

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  58. Hey, I'm in your mom's class. I love food in the morning and the breakfast that you guys eat sounds better than what we eat over here. The regular greasy fattening food. It was nice reading your blog. Hope to read more of your blogs.

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  59. Hi this is Jonathan E. from your moms digital citizenship class. Teppanyaki looks delicious.I hope I get to try it one day.讓吃

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  60. Hi, I'm Davis and I'm in your mom's digital education (computers) class. All the food there looks really good. I just ate lunch and I'm already feeling hungry again. I can't believe that the food is so cheap. In the US the food are like 6 dollars for Asian food. Too expensive.

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  61. hello, I am in your mom's class. Whenever I read your blog I feel hungry due to the pictures, they look so delicious. It's the first time I heard about moon cakes having fish inside, I hope I can try it. The food are so much cheaper than in America. The food make me miss my country ,Vietnam, so much. The culture in Taiwan look almost the same as my country. I hope I can go there one day.
    Take care,
    Ky.

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  62. I think the Sunday brunch is a great plate. People would like to make that recipe for themselves.

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  63. hi my name is jamari. i think that the food looks good i love Asian food. wish that the pictures could have been pictures of the food when it's fresh and not half eaten.

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  64. Sounds so yummy! I really want to go to Taiwan because my auntie, who just came back from their trip, said it is like food heaven! I love to eat and cook, so Taiwan seems like the perfect place for me to go someday. I've had the "wax apple" before but I never knew it was called that. My sister and I call it a "pear-ple" because it looks like a mix of a pear and an apple. I love that fruit, its so yummy and it's a really great thirst quencher too. I'm not sure why it might taste like chapstick to you but maybe it's because I tried mine in Hong Kong. However it was "lighly flavored" as you said but I came to like it. Well, have fun and I hope you encounter more delicious new food!
    -Winnie

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  66. hi my name is markel the food look so good i wont to eat it i naiver taste Asian food but i will like to is i had a mom that can cook Asina food I will be so happy.

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  67. I don't know what I would do if I had to eat a lot of fish. Hahaha you must have a stomach of steel!

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  68. Hi, my name is Sunny and I am in your mom's 6th period class. I think that what you are doing here is really awesome; you are able to experience some things that other people may never be able to do. You get to see new places, experience new things and try new food. The food looks delicious.

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  69. HI, my name is Kidus.The food looks very delicious. Even though I dont like asian food, I felt hungry when seeing the pictures. I like how food is inexpensive there. I wish I visit the Philippines.

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  70. Hi, my name is Angela. I came from China! :D
    Looking at your food makes me hungry, especially when I only just ate porridge for breakfast. I like your 肉飯 and it looks good too! You should try the noodles too! Looking at your blog, I want to eat the moon cake too....but it looks more like a regular barbecue pork bun to me though..

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  71. hello my name is Tamba,I am a blogger and also in your mothers class i really enjoy the pictures they make me hungry just by viewing them.If the food in Taiwan is really that good I hope to one day make it out that way.Good luck with your cooking!

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  72. Hello, my name is David and I really like what I'm seeing in your blog. The food looks great and I would love to have some of what you cook. I have never had any Taiwanese food in my life, but I am surely interested in trying some.

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  73. Hi, my name is Matt. It sure does look like a whole lot of fun out there in Taiwan, but all the food looks too familiar. I eat similar food every Sunday when I go out to eat after church. The moon cakes on the other hand look very Delicious.

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  74. Hi my name is Ahmo. I have your moms digital citizenship class in which I learn new things everyday. All the food looks really good, but the cake is kinda weird. I have never heard of a cake having meat and eggs in it before. Other then that you are eating some great food at very low prices. Wish we had food like that in America with the same price because I'm getting tired of the same old American food.

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  75. I found it interesting that you posted various different types of food in Taiwan that sound familiar in America. For example, the "Rou Fan" meal which is something like what we have but is basically just rice and pork together but they just add their style to it. I'm in your mom's second period class and I technically just ate breakfast and you made me even more hungry.

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  76. Hello there, my name is Kyle and I am a student of your mother. The food that you posted and talked about looked delicious. The way you described it with sensory detail made me want to go to Taiwan just to eat the food. I'm glad you're having a good time out there by eating all of the food in Taiwan.

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  77. I'm a great cook & I'm a fan of good creative food . I have been cooking ever since I could reach the stove & I already know how to prepare food well and serve it with style .After awhile That got boring so I decided to start creating my own dishes and cooking food I never cooked before. I admire how you took it to the next step and created a blog with pictures of the dishes you like and a picture of the dish you made.Thumbs up

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  78. Hi Caitlin, I have Kenny's class for 2nd period. I can't even imagine the taste of a salty moon cake with meat in it. Are you sure that is a moon cake? Anyway, I wish I can visit Taiwan one day just to see the enormous eggs with chicken fuzz.

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  79. Hi, my name is Cuong.Being able to travel to different countries and learning about their cultures is great, and it's a brand new experience . I'm planning that maybe someday I'll also get the chance of traveling to different countries and learn different cultures, just like you.

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  80. Hi, my name is Alex. The food looks very yummy. I miss Asian food, it's very tasty. I looked at the pancakes and I think I've never eaten that before, I really want to eat that pancake. It looks very delicious and I think the moon cake is different , I remember when I ate the moon cake, it was sweet, but this moon cake has pepper inside of it.

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  81. Hi, my name is Kaijie. The Taiwan foods are delicious. I like moon festival,but I'm not sure the moon cake like that. It has a lot of delicious special foods. I like "lu rou fan",the good smell and taste also attracted me. "卤肉饭真的很好吃,台湾美食之一,不要错过哦".

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  82. Hi, my name is Brian and I am in your Mom's 2nd period computer class. The food looks very good. I am Chinese from Mainland China, except I was born in the US, so the food looks very good to me.I wish American food in the US was cheap, including the fast food.You can get cheap food in Chinatown.I wish I could visit Taiwan.

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  83. Hi, my name is Nick and I am a student in Ms. Kenney's Digital Citizenship class. I think it is really cool that you are currently living in a nice country like Taiwan. A lot of the food on this page looks really good and I would like to try some one day. It has been a pleasure to read your blog.

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  84. ni-hao, my name is Johnny Parker I am a freshman at EHS, and I have your mom's Digital Citizenship class. The food you made looks very delicious. I am a cook to. I know how to make different kinds of pasta, soups, chowders. My favorite dish to make is Angel Hair Pasta, with shrimp, scallops, and Garlic Bread. I also enjoy making Gumbo the process is long but the final product is delicious. I also bake. I can make brownies, cookies, cakes, and pies all from scratch. Maybe one day we can have a cook-off. Jai-jan

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  85. Yes! This foods made me hungry, I'm drooling right now. Good food makes my tummy happy. This is marvin, i eat a lot but I'm not fat cause i got high metabolism, im pronage. your blog is delicious, makes me wanna digest these blogs.

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  87. Ralph said...

    Hello, My name is Ralph Dayrit-Atencion. The food that you mad looks very delicious. I'm also a cook and i want to know how to cook your amazing food.I think cooking is very interesting and very important in life.Asian food is very good. BBQ is the best.

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  88. Hi, my name is Katrese White. I am a Freshmen at EHS. The food looks very good. I want to learn how to cook food that looks that good. My favorite dish was Sunday Brunch, it looks really good.

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  89. Mmmm! This sounds so yummy! It's awesome that you get to go to Taiwan and try so many different kinds of foods. I want to try the Lu Rou Fan because it sounds and looks really good; meat and rice together? Delicious! The Moon festival also sounds exciting! Maybe one day I can go to one and try a moon cake. :)

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