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Taiwanese Glutinous Rice Rolls / "Fan Tuan" (飯團) |
You haven't been to Taiwan if you haven't eaten "Fan Tuan" (飯團) for breakfast. Serious!
"Fan Tuan" is a Taiwanese breakfast item that resembles a sushi roll. It's made from sticky glutinous rice with assorted stuffing such as shredded dried pork, hard-boiled egg, green beans, and Chinese cullers. This satisfying roll has become one of my favorite breakfast foods on earth!
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Wonderful meals prepared by local people. |
I realized that the Taiwanese love to serve super duper fresh and sweet cherry tomatoes. My toddler had the time of his life eating them! He could eat 6-7 cherry tomatoes at one time. He would squish the fruit with his little fingers, suck out the sweet innards, give the empty shell a few bites, then he would either swallow it or spit it out. Hah!
Steamed broccoli was his favorite too! He would munch on a few florets happily while I tried my best to coax him to eat a few mouthful of rice-tofu-broth-egg-whatever-I-could-find-that-I-think-he-will-eat. Hehe.
Usually, he'd be pretty satisfied munching on a banana after stuffing himself silly with tomatoes and broccoli. If he didn't finish the banana, I'd coax him to eat a few spoonfuls of plain yogurt or fresh milk. Oh yeah, he refused to drink soya milk. Hrmph.
I was so glad he didn't lose weight. Serious!
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Rows and rows of fresh milk! |
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Other food and my favorite milk tea! |
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Shian Yeou Steamboat Restaurant |
This was where we all had our first dinner - steamboat style - after we arrived in Caotun. Look at those soup bases! Since I needed to share my pot with my toddler, I had to order the original flavor soup base. I ordered the miso flavor soup base for my hubby. Actually, I'd love to find out how would the Southeast Asia curry flavor soup base taste like. Lol.
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Assorted fresh and cooked food. |
One of the locals introduced me to this "man bo" fish (曼波魚) that tasted like unflavored gelatine or agar-agar after it's fully cooked in soup. Hmmm.....
Passion Fruit Jelly bought from King Garden (元首館) at Puli Township, Nantou, Taiwan.
Assorted snacks given to us by the locals - preserved dried meat and pineapple tarts.
I used the Caotun white rice to cook this Tomato Enoki Rice Porridge for my toddler.
I used the Caotun white rice to cook this Tomato Enoki Rice Porridge for my toddler.