Saturday May 4th, 2013
*fast forwards to the afternoon* Alllllllll right folks! The
day of our young friend begins with visiting a little music company called
“Wind Music” to purchase a previously seen CD. Host father knew a Rotarian who
was involved in this company, which led us to get a slight discount. Score! For
three dollars less, I bought a 2-disc CD of Taiwanese aboriginal children with
outstanding singing voices. The music is very enchanting and warranted purchase
before I left this great country. Plus, y’all know how I love anything related
to Taiwanese aboriginals! ^_^
Next up was a trip back to Yingge, the land of pottery!
Though I’ve been here twice before, once with host family and once with Rotary,
there were still more shops to see with diverse works of pottery art. So host
father, mother and I pleasantly browsed around and admired the works.
During this time we picked up a few snacks along the way.
First was…dun dun duuuun…an egg! Exciting, right? Actually it was because it
wasn’t a chicken’s egg. Nope! Twas a goose egg and boy was it huge! The size
amounted to be as big as your fist! Preparing the egg consisted of peeling off
the shell, slicing it into quarters and sprinkling a bit of pepper on top.
Apparently these were specially prepared without the usage of water. I think
they were baked in some form or another, just without water. Taste-wise, I
liked the yolk the best though I discovered I prefer chicken eggs. Not sure why
but the goose egg whites were kinda smelly and salty. Cool new experience!
Ahhh, a peanut-dust ice cream burrito cart was spotted. I didn’t
even request it. Upon sight, host father excitedly bounced up to the stand and
bought two to share amongst us three. Mmm, nummy!
Intimidating jumbo squid! Battered, fried and sliced, it was
an interesting snack. I can’t say I’m a fan of squid though. Just not my thing.
We quickly wrapped up our Yingge visit with a small teatime
break. Milk tea for my host parents and a mocha coffee no sugar for me. I’m not
going to lie. It felt really good to be able to enjoy a cup of non-sweetened
coffee without a puckered expression or an upset stomach. I’m growing
up…*sniff*
Our second location of this Saturday was Ximending, the
bustling place to shop till ya drop. Before heading out on our expedition, we
met up with Michael (host brother who is visiting Taipei for a meeting) and ate
dinner together at a Japanese restaurant.
Everyone got a tray like this. Though I didn’t eat the top
left jello and barely touched my rice, everything else was very tasty. The miso
soup in particular was gratifying along with the pork meat with a bit of sauce
on top. Yum!
Some things we shared amongst the four of us. Not sure what
the left thing is but the right cup is some sort of jello-like egg with a few
mushrooms and shrimp thrown in.
Fried tofu. Dipped in a bit of sauce, it was ok.
Brother and sister! ;D
With our bellies full, which mine definitely was without
even eating all my food, we headed out to check out the same Chinese dress
place Chen father took me. It was brief same with visiting a Chinese shoe shop.
Just little quickies to look at.
Michael got a fast, cheap haircut and we drove back to the
house. I was pooped afterwards! Just tired from a long day. So, nighty night
all!
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