Traveling Around Taiwan
Taiwan is a very small country, located in Southeast Asia, to the southwest of China. Taiwan is a tiny island, this island is composed of hills, plateaus, seaside valleys and basins. It has excellent biodiversity and contains a frigid zone, temperate, subtropical and tropical areas. All shades of green can be found on the island.
Culture:
Taiwan has more than 500 museums and cultural centers. Each of these museums is very unique. Taiwan's cultural treasure trove is continually expanding and includes both new additions and old favorites.
Taiwan has more than 500 museums and cultural centers. Each of these museums is very unique. Taiwan's cultural treasure trove is continually expanding and includes both new additions and old favorites.
Cusine:
Taiwan's melting pot of cultures and cuisines is a great place to find a wide selection. Moreover, due to the variety of climates and short distances between mountains, plains, and sea, ingredients tend to come from local area and be very fresh.
Taiwan's melting pot of cultures and cuisines is a great place to find a wide selection. Moreover, due to the variety of climates and short distances between mountains, plains, and sea, ingredients tend to come from local area and be very fresh.
Tourists can readily find restaurants that serve Taiwanese and Hakka cuisines throughout Taiwan. Taiwanese cuisine 臺菜, influenced by the Dutch, Japanese, and southern Chinese, is light, simple, and easy to prepare. Naturally, plenty of seafood is featured. Dishes of the Hakka people, Taiwan's second-largest ethnic group, tend to be oily, salty, and spicy, reflecting their hard lifestyles on marginal hill land in the old days.
For a change of pace from formal restaurant dinners, snacks in Taiwan's many night markets come highly recommended. Favorite dishes include oyster omelets and oysters with noodles, waguei 碗粿 (steamed rice flour with egg, pork, and mushrooms), bawan 肉圓 (meat balls in sweet potato flour dumpling), rice with chicken 雞肉飯, lumbia 潤餅 (Taiwanese wrap filled with meat, vegetables, bean sprouts and peanut powder), and desserts like daohuei 豆花 (blancmange-like soybean dessert) and pearl milk tea 珍珠奶茶 (milk tea with chewy tapioca balls).
My American friend, Nancy is coming to visit Taiwan with her family. I am so excited and making plans already for them. I do not know if they like this country or not but it is another way of learning a new culture. I am hopping they like the food, weather and people.
posted by Nela @ 9:53 AM
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