Photos by Hui-chen and MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS!
A few weeks ago, Titty Tea hosted a cookout for their regular customers. We’re going to show you what we cooked.
Now you know that anything that begins with charcoal and a torch is going to be good!
Photos by MJ Klein, Hui-chen, and other people that used our camera!
UPDATE: Here is Ashish’s account of the day, on his blog. Here is Carrie’s account of the day’s events.
I have 2 videos for you from that day. I’ve embedded them at the end of this article for your convenience.
It was time for another fantastic day at the Miaoli cabin.
Like, usual, the event started out by my talking with Becky about another party. We invited a few people we knew would enjoy being there, and before you know it, we had a party on our hands!
I know this is an unusual opening shot but whenever you see charcoal being started with a torch you know you’re in for some serious cooking of some sort! Today was no exception!
Photos by MJ Klein
One of the great things about Dutch oven cooking is the fact that anywhere you can build a fire is anywhere you can cook a delicious meal. I carried my 12″ Dutch oven down to Kaoshiung over the holiday because I knew there would be an afternoon where I would want to relax and cook. This is the story about what I cooked.
I started out by cutting up onions. I also had baby carrots and small white potatoes so I didn’t need to cut those items up. The only other things that I had which needed to be cut up were some mild bell peppers (shown later). This type of cut shown here is one that I learned from a Chinese master chef back when I was being trained for restaurant work.
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen. Warning – FOOD PHOTOS!
We admit it. We love going to the cabin in Miaoli. We went back on Saturday but this time we introduced some friends to Becky’s family and their very cool place to relax. Here’s the story:
The day began with me preparing the Dutch oven for some camp fare. These are boneless beef ribs that I’m taking out of the package. The Dutch oven is hot and ready to go.
Photos and Food by MJ Klein
Many of you remember my last cooking experiment – the one I did while in the US on our recent trip. Upon our return to Taiwan, I decided to give it a go again and see what would happen with a few refinements.
Lump charcoal starting up – a good sign of things to come….
Photos by MJ Klein – Attention: FOOD PHOTOS!
UPDATE: I’ve added some video to the end of the article.
It was another great weekend in Taiwan. The weather let up on us a bit and it got something approaching cooler. So, when Becky invited us up to their cabin in Miaoli, well we knew it was a great time in the making!
The ride up was spectacular as we took the mountain road that comes up behind the cabin. We brought our friend Ed with us and he’s very well traveled. His comment is that he’d never been on a road like that one before and the mountain view was one of the top things he’s ever seen. We agree! Taiwan is incredible but you have to get out of Taipei to find out.
Photos by MJ Klein – Attention: Food Photos!
The weather has been great for the past few days so we decided (of course!) to have a party up on our roof! We invited Andres and his family along with his friend and co-worker Rich. We had a great time with good company and good food.
I have been wanting to build some kind of an outdoor cooking table for some time. I wanted one that could hold a Dutch oven and also a grill and do everything I needed to do in connection with cooking outdoors on the roof. So, I went to B&Q and bought some stuff, and spend a few hours on Friday putting it all together. Take a look at what I built:
This is the far end of the roof at the back of the house. This is the cooking table that I made from ordinary shelfing materials you can buy in Taiwan. We also picked up the small black grill in the left corner. It’s basically a copy of a tried and true US design.
February 29 comes once every 4 years. So, I propose a party at Shao-hui’s!
Hui-chen and I have a visitor coming from the US and he will be here for the 29th. Let’s show him a great time with the legendary company of Taiwan’s bloggers, and the food and drink at Shao-hui’s.
We’ll be there in the early evening so just show up anytime. All are welcome to join us!
Check the Geotagged Articles Map to locate Shao-hui’s.
Photos by MJ Klein Food Photos!
I lit a fire, put on some food and the guests started arriving. Yup, it was another party at Shao-hui’s. Do we ever get tired of them? No way!
Photos by MJ Klein Food Photos!
My honey was sick over the weekend and spent most of the time in bed resting (she is fine now). I was kinda bored on Saturday and wanted to do something.
Recently I was surprised at the number of blogs I’ve read where the blogger listed “cook more” as one of their New Year’s resolutions. I don’t do such resolutions but I do miss cooking. So I decided to do something that I haven’t done for awhile – cook outdoors in my Dutch oven. I went to our neighborhood store and picked up some stuff to cook.
I took my gear over to Shao-hui’s and set up on outside her place on the sidewalk. Shao-hui has given me permission to use her place for anything I want to cook. She’s given me free reign of her kitchen too, so sometimes you will find me in there cutting stuff up, making preparations, etc. I think that Shao-hui is interested in what I cook so she is happy when I set up outside and light a fire. Today was no exception.
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