Hot Pot and Concrete

No, we did not eat concrete, but we ate in this nice building at this restaurant called Hassen.

under the wooden lid is the hot pot!

I did not take any pictures of the cooked food because I was too busy eating. But you can check out their website for their menu and stuff if you wish!

yum

 Afterwards we went to my uncle's house. My cousin has a cute 6 month old baby!!!


a sleeping baby and her mother



big foot!!

big hand!

Birthday Cake

Birthday cake! (not the Rihanna song that I barely know) It was my mom's birthday this weekend and my aunt brought this beautiful and tastey mango cake!! IT WAS SO GOOD and not too sweet.

pre consumption

the innards

Zhong Zi and a Ninja

This past weekend was Duan Wu Jie, this traditional Chinese holiday where they make this kind of pyramidal sticky rice stuff inside some leaves. My mom and aunt made some and they were delicious!

I also came across a garment that was fit for a ninja. Turns out it's my grandma's..

Zhong Zi

My grandparents' dog, Xiao Bai (Little White) really wanted some..



a ninja!!

Cross off!

A day at the mall

on the way to Taichung! Mountains by the highway

Japanese hot pot

more hot pot

I found NOVA in Taiwan! it's an electronics store

we had quite a close call with the curb

yummy juice tea

dou hua with chewies from the mall

salt and pepper fried chicken!!!

On the way home we stopped by the Luku night market and got more dou hua!! it was SOO GOOD.

more dou hua from the Luku night market

This is what the night market is like

So now I can cross off night market~

Xiao Ban Tian

My grandparents live in this little village named Xiao Ban Tian.

The village entrance! The characters say 小半天

The village center.. The mountains are all misty!

the road along the way to Grandma's. the tall palmy trees you see
are betelnut trees

interesting plants!

I've never seen so many cats here before

a mosquito that my mom killed! victory!

More Delicious Food

There are too many good foods here!!! I will summarize them all in one post..

Xi Fan with veggies, bamboo shoots, Soy Wheel (dou lun), You Tiao (Oily stick)
Egg and Dou gan.. a fairly traditional Taiwanese breakfast!

egg, butter and ham triple decker sandwich. the bread is oh so soft

more fan tuan!

stinky tofu, cong you bing and bun

my aunt grew these passion fruits! with passion!

So many!!!!

Sweet and sour

Shaved ice! with condensed milk, lots of QQs, red beans and peanuts.
Pretty traditional Taiwanese shaved Ice

Duranta Brunch

My grandparents took us to this restaurant named Duranta Brunch.. this western-ish styled Chinese-ish food.

the entrance

CORN SHOUP!!!!!



duck with some sauce and a crepe like thing on the side

a dessert, sort of like xian cao, but not. we added a lot of honey to it

My grandma asked the waitress for some warm water..

Waitress: ...but we only have cold water and hot water..
Grandma: just put some hot water and cold water together and you'll get warm water! he he he!