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Cultural Experience, Foreigner in Formosa, Taiwan

{Foreigner in Formosa} Heavenly Hot Pot

Last night, my friend and I went to a hot pot restaurant in town. There are lots of places in Taiwan that serve hot pot; many restaurants offer it as a menu option alongside noodles, dumplings, and other delicacies. At those restaurants, you order a set meal of raw items that come with a boiling pot of broth over an individual burner, and you cook the items in the broth as you please. Many people enjoy ordering hot pot at restaurants like these, but I tend to reserve my hot pot orders for places like the restaurant my friend and I went to last night.

The restaurant we visited is called Shabu-Shabu, and it’s a chain buffet hot pot place. At Shabu-Shabu, you begin by picking your soup or broth. I went with “Health Chicken Soup” (not a typo on my part), and my friend got a tomato soup base for hers. Continue reading “{Foreigner in Formosa} Heavenly Hot Pot”

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Foreigner in Formosa, Home Cooking, Taiwan

{Foreigner in Formosa} Zucchini Treat

“Foreigner in Formosa” is a new series of short posts I’ll be writing about all the things I find winsome, intriguing, and delightful about Taiwan (formerly known as Formosa, meaning “beautiful island” in Portuguese). I aim to show little glimpses of Taiwan with a picture here or an anecdote there, simply sharing life as it comes. I hope you’ll enjoy each new view of this unique and beautiful island.

Zucchini Treat

One of my favorite vegetables is zucchini (or squash), but in four years of living in Taiwan, I have never eaten it here because they don’t normally grow it. Last week, another teacher found it on sale from a local grower and bought some to share. Tonight I sautéed it with potatoes and made fried chicken to go with it. Continue reading “{Foreigner in Formosa} Zucchini Treat”

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Foreigner in Formosa, Taiwan, Travel

{Foreigner in Formosa} English Practice

“Foreigner in Formosa” is a new series of short posts I’ll be writing about all the things I find winsome, intriguing, and delightful about Taiwan (formerly known as Formosa, meaning “beautiful island” in Portuguese). I aim to show little glimpses of Taiwan with a picture here or an anecdote there, simply sharing life as it comes. I hope you’ll enjoy each new view of this unique and beautiful island. 

English Practice

Laura and I frequent a roadside stand that sells the best fried chicken, fried squid-on-a-stick, and sweet potato fries in the world (hyperbole? no). Last night when we stopped by, there was a mom with her two boys there, and this mom desperately wanted her older son to practice English with us. “My name is Gary. I am 8 years old. My English teachers are…” went his little speech. Continue reading “{Foreigner in Formosa} English Practice”

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