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Dinner In Taiwan, It’s Good Food!

Since I first arrived about a month ago I've been taking pictures of the food I've ordered while at restaurants. The main reason behind this is I'm really, really surprised at the lack of emphasis on how food is presented, but I think that it's just because I'm expecting to see a 'western style' presentation of the food. The more expensive restaurants definitely show more care for this aspect of dining compared to the cheap ones, which is something I would expect no matter where I was. So get ready to see quite a few unique dishes, each one cost only USD$1-4.

Food In Taiwan Is Good!

So first off, I'll admit we went on a bit of an Italian restaurant binge as soon as we found a few of them. Really, they are just unique pasta places, no where near Italian pasta, but what makes them unique keeps bringing us back. Another thing I've learned while being here is that, even though it looks pretty good, you still 'never know' how it actually will taste!

The little sandwiches you see are one of my daily meals. They sell them only in the morning to all the students as they walk to school and also on weekends. There's tons of different kinds but I usually opt for the chicken or beef + lettuce + egg ones. They sell cheap tea at the stands as well, but those are damn good sandwiches =D! One thing I was very surprised about when I got here was how little rice I was eating with my meals. It wasn't until I actively started looking for meals with rice that I got it.

Wet noodles or noodles in soup seems to be one of the staples that can be found at any and all restaurants here. I'm really not particularly fond of the Chow Mien here, sometimes it is good, I really to do prefer the dishes with rice; Much, much better! The toast looking thing above was called a 'chicken pizza sandwich'. A strange invention if I may say so, but a tasty one, especially with the awesome tea next to it.