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Posted on: Barbecuing
June 1, 2008 at 7:37 PM

Hmm...my wife said that she's always just used kao rou for general barbeque in at home, while shao kao is mostly used for restaurants. Is that a Mainland/Taiwan difference or did I miss something in the lesson?

Posted on: Taipei
May 28, 2008 at 12:58 AM

Haha, a lesson on Taipei leads to a discussion of my favorite local Chinese Restaurant in Maryland, Bob's Noodles. My wife and I actually got 66 to cater our wedding, but these days it's all about 88 and the shabu shabu. Also, I think 66 has gone downhill a little, probably because Bob spends most of his time at 88 now. The oyster omlet there is good but the best I"ve had was on the street in Fongyuan, Taiwan.

101 is great on  a clear day, and of course the Palace Museum is a must see for any vistor to Taipei. The surrounding mountains are also quite spectacular.

Posted on: Pearl Tea
May 20, 2008 at 4:13 AM

Believe it or not, on the American version of Iron Chef last night the Chef made bubble tea.

Posted on: I don't want it!
May 20, 2008 at 3:34 AM

I frequently resort to "ting bu dong" in this situation.

Posted on: Regional Accents Part I
May 16, 2008 at 7:32 PM

I always feel bad that when I'm in Taiwan, my father in law is the one person I can't understand. The regular Taiwan accent that my wife has is no problem, but his side of the family has been in TW since before WWII and he has a really strong TW accent.

Posted on: Pearl Tea
May 16, 2008 at 6:35 PM

Wow, what a topic! I think in the U.S. just about any city with a discernible Chinese/Taiwanese population has Bubble Tea/Boba/Pearl Tea, if you know where to look. It's quite abundant here in Greater DC but I've also been able to find it in places like Dallas or Houston. One thing though, the Pearls themselves never seem to be quite as good as the ones I've had in Taiwan. They must make them differently somehow over there.

Posted on: Yang Jie's Diary: The Final Episode
April 10, 2008 at 1:16 AM

Wow, it's like watching one of my wife's Taiwanese or Korean soap operas.

Posted on: Can you Speak Chinese?
April 5, 2008 at 5:55 PM

There's a conversation I've had more than a few times.

Posted on: Going Dutch
April 4, 2008 at 9:01 PM

Thanks for going into more detail about "ke qi." I've always known it meant something like polite, but stronger, but had never gotten such a good explanation.