Foods of Taiwan

Any day of the week:

Friday, Dec. 6:

This is what dinner at Aunt Annie's looks like. She and her daughters are trying to lose weight, so instead of rice, they eat tofu and mung bean as their staple. This is in the pot in the lower right hand corner. In the upper left hand corner is a bowl of fish, next to it is cucumber, pork, and egg. In the lower left hand corner is some green leafy veg. There must be about a gazillion species of green leafy veg and dinner seems to always include one dish of a green leafy veg. After Aunt Annie and I made the meat rolls and taro balls, I brought a bunch back and this was our dinner at A-ma's. From top left, we have 2 fish, some strange chicken soup concoction I didn't try, some dried pork and seaweed in a plastic bag (this is actually eaten at breakfast with congee). Next row has soy sauce and hot chili sauce in a little dish, followed by the taro balls, then the meat rolls. Last row is a celery-like vegetable cooked in garlic and oil, salty sticky rice with mini-shrimp, chopped chicken in soy sauce, and lastly, one of my favorite soups, turnip and chicken soup. Mmmm.... :)
Sunday, Dec. 8:

Sunday, Dec. 8:

This is a favorite of the household: rice noodles in a semi-thick soup. It has slivers of bamboo, carrot, and mushrooms (no, the long black strands are NOT worms :D). This particular shop added anchovies, a popular fish to eat. You can get it with cilantro or not (I love cilantro!) The smaller fried bread, "Mutual goodness," is coated with sugar and sesame seeds. The longer ones are just fried. The orange bowl contains sweet soy milk.