collection of experiences and experiments

Tag: tofu

  • hot pot

    Today after school, my mother and I decided to have hotpot for lunch at a place we walked past the other day. What attracted us what their weekday lunch deal which is less that 10£ per person. They had two options, just meat, or for more you get meat and seafood. We opted for just…

  • street food

    Another slow day, school then bought some food. That’s it.

  • temple

    After school, I met up with my mother and we visited a temple close to our house. Taiwan is known for having many many temples everywhere. On the way home we got some groceries Dinner this evening:

  • hualien pt 5

    A relaxed day. Started off walking around and getting our hair washed. Grabbed a small breakfast from FamilyMart before. The drink is a bubbly grape drink, supposedly it is chardonnay grape flavor…? It had a slightly alcohol smell but tasted like bubble water with grape flavor. Not like grape soda. The other thing is a…

  • buffet?

    Today after school (seems like I’m saying this too often after graduating…) I grabbed lunch with a couple classmates. She took us to what is called a buffet, but the system isn’t like the typical you pay a set price and it’s all you can eat. This one was where you get a plate and…

  • hualien pt 4

    It was another slow relaxed day. Grandma cooked food that I had for brunch. Later that day we met up with a friend and caught up over some douhua. This is something I haven’t had in a while. The shop we went to was an old one that has been serving it for many many…

  • hualien pt 3

    This was a relatively busy day. But first, breakfast. My grandma kindly steamed sticky rice she made along with tea eggs and bamboo soup. 10/10 After this, my mother and I headed to the hairdressers to get our hair done. We had been looking forward to getting it permed for a while. As we were…

  • street food

    This was a slow uneventful day. Just went to school then home. For dinner, I had some street food. peanut bun This is a plain bun filled with a peanut paste. It was a little on the drier side, but the peanut was quite fragrant and flavorful. 6/10 scallion bun This type of bun is…

  • japanese

    This was another slow morning. Mother and I grabbed brunch in the cafe in the apartment complex we’re staying at. This apartment complex is one of the newly built ones and is very grand. Everytime I walk in I feel like I’m in a hotel. There are a few residental benefits including a gym and…

  • xindian

    This day, we traveled by MRT to visit my great aunt. We met around lunch so she took us to eat first. cold sides: top: tofu ; This tofu dish is firm tofu sliced and seasoned with spices, chilies, and dried anchoveys. I love this style of dried anchovey as they are a little bit…