Can you see the size of those rain drops? Geez we got out of the car and were instantly soaked. Looks like Ali and Nikki came to lunch prepared with an umbrella. Luckily we found a parking spot nearly right in front of the restaurant. I'm not sure where we were or the name of the restaurant, but they served some fairly traditional Taiwanese dishes.
From left to right we have goose (tasted like juicy turkey), then there's pig blood at the back (actually didn't taste like much. The sauce is what I found really gave it the flavour.), and then there's squid on the right with some wasabi and shoyu.
Here's this interesting dish.. imagine a pizza except the dough is egg like a whipped and fried, the tomatoe sauce is... garlic sauce, and the pepperoni is oysters.
And to top off the meal I had some clam soup. I haven't had it since the last time I was in Taiwan (2007) so it was a real treat! It's pretty much a really simple broth cooked with clams and ginger. The flavour is really simple but tastes great!
After the lunch, we drove back into Jhong Li to get my key fob replaced (we had bought an extra pair the other day so that I can get through the gate at our apartment and into the house but unfortunately it didn't work). The guy's shop wasn't opened, so to make ourselves feel better we went to a shaved ice dessert place around the corner ;) Mom you'd love this place! And I know Eliza would really like the mango shaved ice I had! Everything was pretty much between $1 and $1.50. You could either order specific shaved ice concoctions or you could do a self service thing and pick between a ton of different ingredients (which were then weighed on a scale). I ended up ordering their specialty mango shaved ice which was delicious. They first shave down a block of ice, then they pour a brown sugar syrup on top of the ice, then drizzle some condensed milk on top (for sweetness and texture) and then pile it with fresh mangoes! Hopefully I can take you guys here :D
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