Bon Vivant

Lately, I’ve been inspired to browse around the wonderful pictures of foods I kept on my laptop that I truly missed in Taipei, I don’t know about you, but I’ve been craving for lots of foods these days. Do these cravings signify another bun in the oven? I hope so.. (crossing my fingers).

One of many destinations in Taipei stands out as the favorite place called Xie Men Ting 西門町 that houses the famous soy marinated eats generally known as Lou Wei 滷味.

The famous Shop – Notice the Crowd

Chicken Feet

Pig Tendons

Dried Tofu

Top Selling Duck Tongues
At which all pieces tend to be initially marinated in scented soy sauce as well as herbs of up to fourteen varieties and then cooked in steam or cooked steadily at a certain temperature and chilled in order to seal in the tasty mix and dished up either in warm or cold.

There is one particular shop called Lao Tien Lu 老天祿 that specializes on this kind of marinated animal parts. In the event, you are willing to try this type of exotic food, this is the place to visit. Most likely not numerous Japanese travelers around on this area though, yet a massive number of HK tourists nested right here.

It happens that Lao Tien Lu 老天祿 soy marinade tiny bites is definitely the favorite of very famous HK pop and celebrities, this includes superstar Andy Lau. His photographs are all over the place, which was perhaps taken during the period of the 80′s or early 90′s.

How about guys, have you tried the marinated animal parts?

I truly missed eating Peking Duck 北京烤鴨 …of course it can be found here in California considering the ubiquitous Chinese restaurants available. However, what I’m really craving for is the Peking Duck Taiwanese style in which I can barely found one over here.

In Taipei, aside from carving the skin from the body, the big pile of leftover meaty bones will be fried in a big wok along with the special sauce with lots, lots of basil leaves sprinkled with spicy chili peppers that make the meat scrumptious and relish { drooling }. That gives you another side dish to nibble.

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Various items comprising the color of things always find a way to ease and comfort my heart and soul. I’m attracted to blue or azure any time I must come up with a color preference. The sight of anything blue tends to make myself experience the comfort and warm. The shade of blue continually assists me to create a sensible decision. I find an amazing “level of comfort” in picking a little something azure, specifically blue outfits on my wardrobe!

I find the majority of varieties of music soothing and comforting, as well, but I favor playing, for the most part, pop and soft rock. Don’t ya know, I am not especially keen on blues or country music? I suppose all sorts of things cannot be blue! I find country music and blues so mellow for me personally. I have a preference for something more enjoyable, anything more lively, and something, which has a beat. It must be some kind of music that is certainly fun!

I end up finding peace of mind in thinking about vivid blue, sun-drenched places. I occasionally recommend blue seas and cozy sand beaches for any pleasure trip or perhaps an extended getaway. Azure waters along with grainy beach locations are invariably on my thought, wish and comfort list.

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