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Photos by MJ Klein, and anyone else who grabbed my camera!

We had been wanting to do another roof party for some time, but lately we’ve been battling bad weather.  All during the week we were watching the weather forecasts to see if the approaching typhoon would veer off and spare us.  It did!  The party was a “go” for launch!

The clouds looked threatening, almost like they were saying that they weren’t going to give up so easily!  But the threat of a storm turned out to be mostly more hot air.

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Food (and other) Photos by MJ Klein

We’ve had some remarkable meals recently that I want to bring to you.  So, without any further delay, we’ll get right into it!

Hui-chen and I attended the Taipei Bike Show, where we met up with our friend David Reid.  David suggested that we eat at the famous hamburger restaurant called Forkers.  We were not disappointed!

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Photos by Hui-chen and MJ Klein

The other day I was sitting at Shao-hui’s place when Shao-hui herself came over to me and mentioned that it had been some time since we had a grill party in front of her place, and that she would like to have another one that week.  Well, I don’t need a personal invitation like that, but it sure was nice hearing Shao-hui say it.

The day to have it turned out to be Thursday, and faster than you can say “mu tan” we had the charcoal lit!

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Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen, including FOOD PHOTOS!

There were still other things to be seen at the temple (“wat” in Thai language).

After checking out the inside of the temple, we walked down to the lake.  On the way we passed this Buddha with a parasol.

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Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen.  Warning, FOOD PHOTOS!

With a Saturday party under our belt, we couldn’t resist the invitation to continue on Sunday!

We showed up and these guys were across the street drinking and singing Thai songs.  This is always a good sign!

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Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen  This article is geotagged and available for viewing on our map.

This article contains food photographs!

You know us.  We love to party.  This weekend was no exception.  The weather is turning cooler and the few degrees difference makes it all the more comfortable walking around in the daylight.  Blogger Andres and his lovely wife Karen and cute baby Olivia joined us for some fun in Part I.

We’ve seen signs for the Nan Garden many times around the area and we’ve always wanted to check it out.  So, today was the day.

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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.

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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.

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Photos by MJ Klein  Caution: Food Photos!

As most of you know by now, Hui-chen and I went back to the USA for about 3 weeks. The reason for this trip will become apparent in future parts of this series. In Part One, I want to introduce you to a few people and places.

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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.

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