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a world of bloggers

The View from Taiwan (台中 TW)
great source of information for academia and general life in Taiwan
Eating China 中國食跡 (TW)
Eating China or eating Taiwan? Whichever, a lot of information about the always fascinating world of food in Taiwan.
Writer's Block (高雄 TW)
Another Kaohsiung blogger.
frogfree.com (TW)
A well-designed site that has many photographs of climbs throughout the mountains of central Taiwan
Psychopompous 夜鷹瘋鳥 (TW)
Bitterkat (WA,US)
She=Used to be in Kaohsiung. Now in Seattle. Me =Used to be in Seattle. Now in Kaohsiung. Go figure.
Greg Veen (CA, US)
Confessions of a Grade School Role Model (JPN)
Picturesque Kant (WA, US)
Culture and Theory
Yan's Glutter (HK)
Glutter is a Mixture of Glitter and Gutter. What better way to describe my home city?
l'atlelier d'anais (US)
blog and some great artwork
Yank Free (TX, US)
taiwanese american in TX
Life of Brian (TW)
observations (often about the web) from Taiwan
Sketchblog
cool little sketches adorn
Shenzhen Zen (PRC)
blog from China, often quite funny

a thousand words

馬馬虎虎
ma3 ma3 hu1 hu1: ("so-so") a few of my own photos from Taiwan.
deviantART
a sort of visual blog. you'll feel deep afterwards.

second city specifics

The Lowdown in K-Town
BB format listing, including some charming homemade maps to things you need
Access Kaohsiung Community Services
Local information in English! Why did it take me 2 1/2 years to find this?!!
Central Weather Bureau Web Site
weather, typhoon tracking, maritime conditions, and earthquake reporting, all in English
taiwanfun: South magazine
semi-useful site, but ad-supported, so tends to hype up mediocrity
kaohsiung living
extremely useful usergroup for any and all information. Due to number of posts, digest format is highly recommended. Beware of administrator's somewhat dubious agenda.
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other places to go

engrish.com
a site dedicated to collecting english use in japan. taiwan's usage is somewhat similar
Samuel Pepys Diary blog
a fantastic site that chronicles the 1660 Pepys diary. a worthy read.
truthout.org
a site that collects international and alternative and news sources.
get your war on
i read the entire series in one sitting
Formosan Association for Public Affairs
Letters from Peace
Deep End Dining
Adventurous eating. Funny writing.

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Taiwanese Food 台灣菜

Eventually, I'll figure out how to make this photogallery into a page of sorts, but for now, it's just a teaser...

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I am trying to find the recipe for a popular Taiwanese dish served in Southern Taiwan in the night markets. It is called 'turkey rice'. Can you help? Please email me.
Regards

Posted by: JTC | 2007/11/15 at 上午 2:51

My wife is from Chai-yi, Taiwan and I know the dish you speak of it is called Chai-yi Chicken Rice. However chicken is not used but turkey. My wife makes it on a regular basis and it is great. I don't know exactly how to make it but I know some parts. First you boil a turkey breast. After it is done it is cooled off and shredded. The sauce is a mixture of Soy sauce, fried shallot, and I am not sure what else. The shredded turkey is put over a bed of white rice and the sauce is drizzled over the turkey. It is very simple dish, but very delicious. When we are back in Chai-yi we always stop at that most famous place that makes the dish. I am going to try to have my wife write down the sauce recipe.

Posted by: Peter K | 2008/6/8 at 下午 1:26

I also have been looking for the turkey rice recipe. Do you have the entire recipe?

Posted by: Chelsey Innes | 2008/11/2 at 下午 1:22

Popular fruit - sold on street

Hi,
maybe somebody can help me... a few years ago I spent 6 months in Taiwan and daily I bought fruit while walking to the office, red, form like a pear and consistency close to a Nashi pear but sweeter and tasted even better. Does anybody know the name of this fruit?

Thank you,
Simone

Posted by: Simone | 2008/12/17 at 下午 3:30

The fruit you mention is wax apple, in Taiwan called 蓮霧, pronounced "lien wu".

wiki page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_samarangense

Posted by: sentilopis | 2009/1/9 at 上午 3:32

I am trying to locate taiwanese streets where there are famous "little eats" or xiao chi. Do you have any idea where they are? Thanks.

Posted by: Phyllis | 2009/5/7 at 下午 12:45

I've been trying to find out how to make wah guay or wahgui since I was on a trip to Kaohsiung in '98. I can't find any information on it. If you could help, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

Posted by: Bandi | 2009/12/6 at 下午 1:50

Awesome site! I'm a second-generation Taiwanese american who loves food and is passionate about all things Taiwan. Keep up the great work!

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Posted by: Leslie | 2010/7/23 at 上午 1:52

Taiwan cusine are amazing ,
some food are smells stinky but taste great,
hope you can enjoy it.
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Posted by: 徵信 | 2010/8/3 at 下午 5:12

哇塞太多好吃的了我没吃过那么多啊

Posted by: 黑茶功效 | 2010/8/9 at 上午 10:38

Those picture are really good food foto...thank you for sharing.

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Taiwanese Food

So, this seems kind of crazy, but hey we all love to eat, right? In Taiwan, it's considered a hobby. When you go on a trip, you need to stop at such and such town for their great ______. Noodles, shrimp rolls, chicken thighs, soup, whatever. Everyplace seems famous for some addition to the Taiwanese culinary tradition. So here I am attempting to document some of the traditions of eating, the places to go, and the food itself. This will be a difficult and slow moving project, because I feel really strange photographing food in the presence of other diners, especially when I have to stand on a chair to get it all in.
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