Taiwanese Restaurant Dinner

We planned a big couple of days camping in the new van picking up parts for it. The weather was spectacular. By the end of the first day we had no where left to sleep so we headed home. We didn't have time for lunch rushing to the last warehouse before it closed and negotiating the start of Ffiday arvo peak hour traffic and accidents out of the city. With a van full of bits and parts and very empty bellies we found ourselves in an unfamiliar part of town looking for somewhere to eat. Richo (well renowned for his love of meat and three vegetable and total reluctance to try new cuisines) said "Let's try Taiwanese!" I thought I was hearing things! So we did. Word of advice never order when you're starving.

Richo suggested we share different dishes to maximise our exposure and also safeguard in case we order something we don't like at least we can share the mistake too. First thing that caught his eye was a Pork and tofu Hotpot. That sounded pretty safe not too spicy. Now some rice, so he goes for a Salty Fish & Chicken Rice dish. That's unusual but OK. Way out of his comfort zone though. I let him have his head with growing amusement and bewilderment.

He's on a roll and a huge meat of any type fan so the next thing to jump out at him was a plate with 3 sorts of meat Crispy Roast Duck, BBQ Pork and Crispy Skin Pork Belly. Just Meat!!

With a few pickled vegetables. Then he spies a Duck soup and decides we can share one bowl of that to sample it. The waitresses eyes are growing wider by the minute as I try to pull the handbrake on him.

We are going to need a bigger table!! The soup turned up. I have made bread in smaller mixing bowls. The food was fabulous, fast, massive and I

Mean massive servings!

He ordered fresh Plum Juice to drink whilst I opted for a Red Bean Bubble Milkshake ( which is a meal in itself.) we had to get 3 takeaway containers and ended up getting two more meals out of it, which was of course, was no surprise to the waitress. Despite Richo protest we would handle it because we were hungry. There was enough food to feed a small African nation LOL.

It is worth the couple of hours drive to go back there. It was so very delicious, fresh fragrant, tasty and unusual. They had a chilli sauce accompaniment which was like dry roast chopped chillis, smoky but not too hot. Our foray into Taiwanese Cuisine was a howling, screaming raging success.

Way go go Richo for suggesting it!