Photos by MJ Klein, including some food photos in this article.
Many of you might remember last year’s Ghost Month activites in our neighborhood. I spent most of my time at Shao-hui’s place.
One of the offerings I photographed on the way to Shao-hui’s.
Photos by MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS
After a very pleasant drive of a few hours, we arrived at our hotel. We wanted to check out Dongpu because of the many hot springs resorts in the area. All the hotels feature hot spring water.
We had to park underground in the basement parking garage. To get there, we had to ride in a car elevator. I’ve had the pleasure of taking several such elevators in Taiwan.
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.
Food and other photos by MJ Klein
It’s been awhile since we had an article featuring food and last weekend had a lot of it! So now we’re going to show you some of the dishes that we enjoyed! You have been warned!
Hui-chen and I met some geocachers in Taichung for an event. We’re Taiwanese so naturally the first thing on the agenda was lunch!
Photos by MJ Klein - A Few Food Photos….
The Carolina Theatre hosted a nice program for Veterans of World War II, featuring the film The Longest Day, on June 6, 2008. June 6th is better known as “D-Day.” From Wikipedia:
“D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. “D-Day” often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar terms. The initial D in D-Day has had various meanings in the past, while more recently it has obtained the connotation of “Day” itself, thereby creating the phrase “Day-Day”, or “Day of Days”.[1]“
So even though D-Day is a generic term used in Military Science as time variable, D-Day term has since become synonymous with the invasion of Normandy. Wikipedia has more:
“Normandy Landings were the first operations of the Allied Powers‘ invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord, during World War II. D-Day for the operation, postponed 24 hours, became June 6, 1944, H-Hour was 6:30 am. The assault was conducted in two phases: an air assault landing of American and British airborne divisions shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast of France commencing at 06:30 British Double Summer Time. It required the transport of soldiers and materiel from England and Wales by troop carrying aeroplanes and ships, the assault landings, air support, naval interdiction of the English Channel and naval fire-support. There were also subsidiary operations to distract the Kriegsmarine and prevent its interference in the landing areas.[1]“
Everyone thought that Dad would like to see this program. The only problem with taking Dad was the fact that it conflicted with Elliot’s High School graduation. After deliberation, my sister felt that we should take Dad to the movie and I agreed.
L to R: Janet (sister), Dad, Elliot (Janet’s son) and Wanda (Dad’s wife)
Photos by MJ Klein and Hui-chen - ATTENTION: FOOD PHOTOS!
This series is a bit out of order. It doesn’t really matter because we did write about some things just as they occurred, such as our 2 trips to Cabela’s. So, to set the timeline straight, now would be when we went on the road trip up to West (by God) Virginia and to Cabela’s.
After we returned to North Carolina, Hui-chen and I relaxed for awhile before my brother John arrived from Florida. Hui-chen decided to make some more Taiwanese style food, since we were really missing home.
This is Hui-chen’s famous stew, with pork and vegetables. It’s as good as it looks and even better!
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.
Photos by MJ Klein
While here in the US I was itching to try some cooking experiments that hopefully would lead to a new dish (for me). I love cooking and recipe sites, but when I am experimenting I like to try things on my own instead of downloading a recipe from someone else. This kind of cooking is different than trying to cook something already known. Here is a photograph of the pre-cooked experiment:
Pictured above is a whole chicken that I’ve coated. The main ingredient of this dish is peanut butter.
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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