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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!

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

I took some of my Chinese language classmates out for lunch the other day.  Where did we go?  To Xiao-hui’s!

When we arrived there was very loud karaoke going on inside, so we opted to sit outside.  It turned out to be a good choice because the weather was just beautiful!

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Photos by MJ Klein and Hui-chen, including FOOD PHOTOS

Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series

I used to have a wood smoker back in New Hampshire, and I have missed smoking foods in Taiwan (although I do have a smoker in Thailand).  We went in halves with my sister and her husband and picked up this Brinkmann smoker at Home Depot.  I got to use it quite a few times during our visit.  We’ll show you what we put in the smoker shortly.

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Photos by MJ Klein

Recently, Hui-chen and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary.  We decided to spend it at the newly-built Sheraton hotel in Jubei.

The room we stayed in was on the 21st floor.  That is the top floor for rooms.  There is a club on the 22nd floor for the exclusive use of guests on the 20th and 21st “club level” floors.  Our room was luxurious and spacious.

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Photos by MJ Klein (with some food photos!)

My Chinese class is over.  We had our final exam on Thursday.  After class some of the students decided to go out for the evening and have a little fun.

After our final exam, the teacher has us cutting out some Chinese words for fun.

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Photos by MJ Klein

I’ve been attending Chinese classes at NCTU in Hsinchu.  Recently some of my classmates asked me if I would mind taking them to a place for some good Thai food.  They picked the right person to ask!  A group (which shall remain anonymous in order to protect their academic career) went with me in my car, another in a taxi following, and 2 other friends met us there.  It was an evening to remember!

This was the scene at (what used to be called) “The Blue Sky” (more on this in another article).  Against the wall from L to R is Michael Cannon and Michael Turton.

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Photos by MJ Klein  FOOD PHOTOS!

Last night, Hui-chen and I were invited to a grill party at A-dong’s new place.  This is the time of year when the Lunar Festival is celebrated (according to the lunar calendar) in Taiwan and other places in Asia.  It’s also known as the mid-Autumn festival and people usually have a grill party outdoors.  The weather is normally very nice at this time of year in Taiwan, and last night was no exception.

This is A-dong on the far left of this frame.  He treated everyone to the food and literally dozens of bottles of beer.

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Photos by MJ Klein

The day was perfect.  The wind started out strong but died down to the perfect wind speed that was refreshing without being over-powering.  We had everything we needed for a fantastic day at the beach – except guests.

Hui-chen awaits the arrival of the first guests

We arrived at noon in order to make sure that we were there before anyone else.  Several people had asked what time we would be there and had indicated that they would be arriving early.  Hui-chen and I were the only ones there for the first 2 hours.

Becky’s photos

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Photos by MJ Klein

We’ve been blogging less lately.  Hui-chen and I are busy with our business and other things around this time of year.  But don’t worry, we’re still around and doing what we love to do!

This is a big glass contained of sun tea that was brewing outside our home this afternoon.

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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!

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