Sunday, July 6, 2008

Surprise!


Mango shaved ice!


This one type of noodles called la mian. You can get all sorts of different types, this is one of the spicy seafood ones. There's a shop right next to our apartment and it's around $3-4 USD.


Some sort of black noodles with squid rings (the white rings). It was pretty good, though I have no idea what the noodles were.


I eat this for breakfast if I wake up early enough (never). It's sort of like a tortilla with an egg and this sort of bread on the inside.


It's a potato cooked in this giant stone hearth sort of oven. There's a fire in the center and the potatoes are put in little metal holders around the fire. It's kind of sweet.


Durian flavored ice cream. The ice cream doesn't really have a bad smell, and it tastes great. I have yet to try the actual fruit.


This is a sort of Korean dish. The metal disc is heated and you cook the meat on it, and cook the vegetables in the sauce around the edges. It's pretty good, but this was only a personal serving.
The ideal way to eat it is at an all you can eat location:



You get all sorts of different meats and vegetables, then you grill/cook them:

And then you dip the cooked meat (the little bowl) in the saucecof your choosing (on the right) and it's delicious!


Taiwan has a lot of all you can eat places, but this Korean one isn't so common. It focuses more on meat. The more Taiwanese ones are generally called "hot pot" and actually feature a pot with broth in it instead of a heated plate. There's more variety in the vegetables too and they're generally a bit more worth it. Next time!

3 comments:

Kristine said...

Durian definitely smells...not so nice. >.< is my permanent face trying to remember that fruit. But it does taste good! Just... >.<

AzureKevin said...

Holy god damned food. That soup looks really good.

AzureKevin said...

*Was referring to the la mein.