Doc67 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 12:54 pm

truffledog wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:41 am @yong ---you gave no rating to the lamb resto..

What lamb? The "mutton" was goat meat. I always knew mutton to be older lamb, e.g. 1+ year old. But since being here I have found that mutton is goat and real mutton is nowhere to be found.

Goat meat is actually healthier for you than lamb, beef and pork, apparently its called Mutton in most of south Asia and the Caribbean

@yong now, i have an appetite, but you put my eating to shame! you eat like i drink

yong wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 9:20 am

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 6:38 am I recommend the National Palace Museum.

This museum is like no other, a must go for those who love Chinese history. The Chinese name of this museum is 國立故宮博物院 literally National (國立) Forbidden City (故宮) Museum (博物院), Forbidden City in Peking is actually the Chinese Palace so its called National Palace Museum.

Thanks to the President Chiang Ching-Kuo of the KMT, these Chinese treasures had been saved from the dumb communist's destructions during the Cultural Revolution.

Thank you for this post Monsenior Yong. This point you make about the National Museum in Taiwan having all the national treasures of China is no small consequence and has a lot to do with the coveting of Taiwan by the motherland.

My last meal with my suppliers was on Wednesday afternoon lunch. We went to a chicken restaurant

Located in a secluded place and a tiny lane, easy to miss it if not for this sign


But it looks new


The inside


The 7 of us booked a private room


Chicken glutinous rice (has to pre order one day in advance)


Simply heavenly with all the sesame oil and rice wine used in the cooking (I must learn now to do this)


Garlic chicken with chinese herbs


Meesua (rice fine noodle) in chicken brooth


Local green mushrooms


Fried chicken with salted egg


Palm flower


Tofu fried


The spread


Fried fish


Very traditional Taiwanese village food

So this is Taiwan's HSR (High Speed Rail). We were taking this train back to Tao Yuan Station and then off to Tao Yuan Airport





Comfortable and spacious




Serving drinks and snacks






So the above are the last photos of this trip. Hope you like them.

yong wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:16 pm Serving drinks and snacks



So the above are the last photos of this trip. Hope you like them.

@yong Do you take any sort of medication to digest all this food (without exploding) ?

All very nice if you're a business traveller.

My memory is of excellent street food at reasonable prices, that's both street stalls in night markets and the lower end small restaurants. All good.

Also worth mentioning: the people were great; not over pushy, but genuine.