26 October 2009
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Baguettes vs. Deep Fried Chicken Feet
FOOD PICTURES! FYI Taiwan cuisine is the Eastern squid-enhanced version of British food. Let's begin with a basic breakfast in Paris. I was on my usual fervent search for tea. We ended up at a place called 'Paul':
That's crepes with fresh jam, 4-cheese piping hot quiche, 2nd best tea ever, strawberry tart. We found out later that Paul is a chain. A CHAIN. Like Starbucks, but without the hockey puck croissants and burnt coffee and terrible music and Walmart plastic decor. Jealousssss.
Rewind to May. Here is the basic breakfast consumed whilst in Taiwan:
So that is like, a breakfast burrito sorta-thing. Sweaty tortilla wrapping, velveeta, and egg. Note the efficient manner of wrapping the plate in plastic to save on dish soap!
We do a lot of snacking to save on restaurant meals. Here is the basic picnic assembled while in Paris:
That's another quiche and a raspberry tart as well. And the Eiffel Tower was there too, if you're into that sort of thing.
However, this does not compare to the epic snackage achieved in Taiwan. Check the local 7-11:
Almond Fish (from California!)
Thousand-year eggs. These are eggs which are kept packed in straw for so long that the inside turns to jelly. They are then soaked in a bucket of tea and left on the counter of every 7-11 in the country. We could actually locate 7-11s by smell.
Wash that down with some bamboo juice:
And after one of those eggs and the anchovy almonds you'll need a mint to get your sexy back:
Sugar fixing in Paris: gelato sculpted into a rose.
We spent most of our time spending a fortune at Laduree (the pastry shop created by God to end wars):
That's a raspberry some-sort-of-thing with lychees and rose petal cream, washed down with best tea ever.
Or maybe just macarons:
I can't really explain them (don't taste or look anything like the coconut macaroons found in the US) but I'm pretty sure they cure cancer.
One day in Taiwan we awoke and asked our hosts what to do for breakfast. Katie responded "I think we're just going to grab a Baked Sponge."
The packaging was the purest example of truth in advertising. You could certainly Feel the Moistured, and it was in fact of a Shallow Plate Shape With Good Portion.
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That's crepes with fresh jam, 4-cheese piping hot quiche, 2nd best tea ever, strawberry tart. We found out later that Paul is a chain. A CHAIN. Like Starbucks, but without the hockey puck croissants and burnt coffee and terrible music and Walmart plastic decor. Jealousssss.
Rewind to May. Here is the basic breakfast consumed whilst in Taiwan:
So that is like, a breakfast burrito sorta-thing. Sweaty tortilla wrapping, velveeta, and egg. Note the efficient manner of wrapping the plate in plastic to save on dish soap!
We do a lot of snacking to save on restaurant meals. Here is the basic picnic assembled while in Paris:
That's another quiche and a raspberry tart as well. And the Eiffel Tower was there too, if you're into that sort of thing.
However, this does not compare to the epic snackage achieved in Taiwan. Check the local 7-11:
Almond Fish (from California!)
Thousand-year eggs. These are eggs which are kept packed in straw for so long that the inside turns to jelly. They are then soaked in a bucket of tea and left on the counter of every 7-11 in the country. We could actually locate 7-11s by smell.
Wash that down with some bamboo juice:
And after one of those eggs and the anchovy almonds you'll need a mint to get your sexy back:
Sugar fixing in Paris: gelato sculpted into a rose.
We spent most of our time spending a fortune at Laduree (the pastry shop created by God to end wars):
That's a raspberry some-sort-of-thing with lychees and rose petal cream, washed down with best tea ever.
Or maybe just macarons:
I can't really explain them (don't taste or look anything like the coconut macaroons found in the US) but I'm pretty sure they cure cancer.
One day in Taiwan we awoke and asked our hosts what to do for breakfast. Katie responded "I think we're just going to grab a Baked Sponge."
The packaging was the purest example of truth in advertising. You could certainly Feel the Moistured, and it was in fact of a Shallow Plate Shape With Good Portion.
04 October 2009
Why?!
Found in Heathrow airport. I've probably read this headline aloud 200 times using different inflections and regional accents in a desperate attempt to gain understanding. Are they referring to the country of Jordan? Is there a store selling Jordan Hate-mob trash? What does the buxom lady have to do with it? Why is the lady holding a book? Well, at least she's reading...
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