No trip to Fulong beach (read more here) will be complete without a taste of the original Taiwanese lunch box. If Japan has bento, Taiwan has bian dang. First of all, I would like you to know that I saw at least three bian dang stores near the Fulong Train Station and all of them boast long queues of customers eager to taste the authentic bian dang from Fulong where it originated. You know what they say, the long lines must indicate that the food there is good. We went to where there were less people because hunger beats patience. Nothing beats sitting on the train station's exterior, next to two gigantic German Shepherds, and eating bian dang on my lap.
I always wondered what were those huge blocks of peanut brittle and stacks of spring roll doing in stalls I found every time I travel in Taiwan. I noticed that they shave the peanut brittle and transfer the shavings into a thin crepe, but for some reason I had always avoided it. I became very curious and decided to try it when we went to Raohe night market. Now I know that this is an ice cream treat to be celebrated. Honestly upon first seeing this, I didn't see how it can impress me for I had already eaten ice cream from a burger bun.
Jiu Fen Old Street in Ruifang District of New Taipei, Taiwan is filled with all sorts of goodies: from traditional items such as fans and hats to delicious food such as different kind of balls. Yes, balls. (Read more of the Jiu Fen adventure here) Speaking of balls, we found a famous stall that sells them. In fact, they offer three kinds of balls: yuyuan (taro balls), diguayuan (sweet potato balls), and tangyuan (green tea balls). Sumptuous mixture of different balls and different beans in a hot sweet broth. That's weirdly ball-licious.
By now I think you know that I love eating. Yes I do, even those dishes that are a little bit out of the ordinary and in Palawan, I tasted some bizarre food. Let's share the thought together and comment down below what the weirdest thing you ate was and why :) Back when I was in Palawan (read it here), I had my fair share of seafood because that's what you would expect from a place surrounded by water. I'm going to enumerate and rate some of them in this entry. First on the list are raw sea urchins. I'm not gonna lie, I did not like them. Some people enjoy their taste but I find it gut-wrenching. They serve it raw: they just halve them and empty the innards and you can feast on the yellow fats adhering on its exoskeleton. You pour some vinegar in the shell and scrape out the yellow stuff, and enjoy! All I can taste is like diluted seawater, in fact, the taste does not offend me. It's the texture that I find off-putting. I almost turned my stomach inside out for this dish. But come to think of it, it's not that bad. I have tasted other food that are much worse than this.
My rating: Try if you dare. Not for the faint-stomached (if there's such a word). |
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