Taiwan
Maya Pizza Tien Mu Review
I am always looking for good pizza in Taiwan, and I’m usually disappointed when I find it - It’s usually bad or expensive (Pizza Hut happens to win both of those awards). Thanks to Hungry in Taipei’s Pizza Page, I have a few more places to try. However, last week I stumbled on Maya Pizza [...]
American Beef
In the last month there has been daily discussion in Taiwan about the recent decision to import US beef. They already import US beef, but previously Taiwan did not allow “high risk” beef to be imported from the USA. High Risk includes ground beef and beef offal (I have no idea what this means, but [...]
The Truth – A tale of 3 Characters
Chinese characters have been evolving for thousands of years, and even today there are some big differences in how they are used around the world. Taiwan and Hong Kong both use traditional characters, while Singapore and China are using the simplified versions. Japan adopted the traditional characters a long time back and is now using [...]
The Taiwan Breakfast Sandwich
While I was in the US, every now and then I’d stop by McDonald’s and have a sausage mcmuffin. Back in the day, it was only $1 and it was pretty good start to the day. I thought I would share the Taiwan equivalent with you all.
Taiwan has a convenience store culture. There are 7-11’s, [...]
High Mountain Taiwan Oolong
In May of this year, Nono and I had the opportunity to visit a tea harvest at a high mountain tea farm in central Taiwan. It was an awesome experience, and it was great for us to see how it all happens – from the picking to roasting to tasting. We were not a part [...]
Summertime Pasta Recipes
The summer in Taiwan is really, really hot and humid. When it’s so hot outside, it’s hard to eat heavy foods. Since Nono and I love to eat pasta we started searching for a few summertime pasta recipes we could make. We found a few recipes that use lemon juice as a base and started [...]
Tea Experiment – Different Cups
I like to read the Leaf, there are some excellent articles on tea there. Compared with a lot of the information on the internet, they are much more in depth. Tea is simple in that you either like it or you don’t, so experimenting is a great way to expand your understanding of tea. I [...]
The Air in Taipei
Speaking of fresh air, Nono and I recently moved from our place in downtown to a nice suburb called TienMu. It’s north of town, borders the mountains and a national park (Yang Ming Shan). The temperature is a bit cooler than in downtown, and the air is better. I took a bus from our new [...]
Fresh Tomatoes in Taiwan
One of the perks of living on a sub-tropical island is that there’s tons of fruit and vegetables, and lots of them are fairly cheap. Since we got to Taiwan, Nono and I have gotten hooked on cherry tomatoes. We eat them almost every day and they are so cheap! Here you can see them [...]
Big Fish, Small Taiwan
Last night was our weekly Wednesday Night Bowling. While we were there we ran into one of the local moviestars from Taiwan (馬念先). He had just done a main role in the 2nd most successful movie in Taiwan history, Cape No. 7 (Here is the movie trailer with english subtitles). We did bother him and [...]
