Typhoon Soulik came and went.
And so did we.
It didn’t take long — oh, about a few hours — to dismiss the warnings about the typhoon, which hit Taipei on Friday and through the night, to hit the pavement on Saturday morning in search of Taiwan delights.
Hey, we came all this way!
On our to-do list: a little bit of shopping, meeting up with our friend Sara Lin, trying more Taiwanese specialities like rice-flour noodles and minced pork with rice, and finding a vendor in Snake Alley that served snake blood or bile or anything else equally disgusting. (For Melissa, not me.)
It didn’t take us long to do all of that — and then some!
Here’s what Saturday, the day after the typhoon, looked like:
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A lot of good memories for sure. In Guangzhou there is a restaurant that still slits the snake’s throat. As the honored guest you get to down a mixture of Maotai and the blood. It is a potent taste but not undrinkable. Keep in mind though that Maotai is undrinkable so the blood must make it better. Don’t think I’d drink the blood without the Maotai because I figure alcohol kills any nastiness.
This is a great trip, full of adventure. Can’t wait to see the Palace Museum pics. Seeing Chiang Kai Shek’s mausoleum reminded me of how cave-like the interior of the place is… can still remember the car.
Thanks for sharing your ‘vertical leap’ as it was very entertaining!
We did do the museum but couldn’t take any photos. So hard to blog about it. We only spent about two hours there with a guide who took us on a whirlwind — or typhoon — tour of the museum’s highlights. Just bummed I didn’t get to see the jade cabbage…
Hello Cat!
Enjoying your adventures and fuud pixs!
I’m telling you, Taipei should be next on your list!
Cat, it is on my next travel destination!
Glad you made it through the storm. Great pictures!
CAT: The only topper would be if Delicate Blossom came back pregnant with a snake child!! LOL The video was a gas!
Great series on Taiwan. Love da fuud pictures!
Regarding the snakes….in japan they used to flay live unagi on a spike before grilling it for kabayaki. Must have been over 40 years ago that I saw that.
Do they sell that Pineapple Cake anywhere in Hawaii? Even a version with preservatives looks like it’d be worth a try.
watched em all. soup dumplings, i think, would be a hit in restaurants in Honolulu and CA. food that is fun and difficult to negotiate makes for an interesting dinner with friends.
Melissa Chang is a brave, BRAVE woman…thank you for allowing us to see Taiwan through your eyes.
FYI, guys, I drink fritillary syrup from China when I have a cough, which is a mix of almond flavor, snake bile, and snake semen. This was like drinking a deconstructed version of my cough remedy, without the almond flavor.