Eating noodles on a Hong Kong street corner. They have chunks of brined intestine in them, but Mom won't know that until later.
Chinese breakfast: youtiao (fried dough sticks) with soy milk for dipping
After visiting the giant Buddha on Lantau Island, we had a vegetarian lunch prepared by monks!
Tentacled things on a stick, and it looks like stomach in the background? (note: we didn't actually eat these, just took a picture)
A "boat" of squid balls: tasty pastry outside, bits of squid inside, topped with flakes of seaweed and, of course, mayonnaise.
Our first meal in Beijing! Don't remember what it was, only that it was delicious and abundant and there was an inSANE number of dumplings.
A chicken dish at the restaurant that our tour guide Dawson said was "not too fancy." Apparently something changed when Dawson was not paying attention.
Beef cooked with onions on a hot skillety thing
"Dragon-ball tea": you put a little ball into hot water, and it blooms!
Gered ordered "jujube juice" because it sounded interesting. It turned out that "jujube" is apparently code for "prune."
Our Peking duck, sliced at the table so you can watch!
Our amazing dinner at Quan Ju De, the famous Peking duck restaurant.
How to eat Peking duck: place some duck in the middle of the pancake. Add plum sauce, scallions, and a bit of lettuce. Roll the whole thing up and eat it.
I am a chopstick ninja!
Bimbo bread (red-bean flavor): the breakfast of champions! Particularly champions who need fuel for climbing the Great Wall!
A hearty post-Wall lunch. On the left you will see an egg-and-tomato dish that is pretty common in China, and made with plenty of sugar! Here we firmly believe that tomatoes are fruit, and therefore they are often prepared to be sweet.
Kebabs (aka chuanr) are a ubiquitous Beijing street food...here is Mom with some nice spicy chicken chuanr:
Miniature-banana chuanr: turned out to be kind of meh, but at least we tried it
Our hotel provided Western-style breakfast, aka they provide you raw eggs and your mother cooks them on the hot plate:
Outside the Summer Palace, eating jianbing, a thin eggy pancake with a fried thing, onions, and sauce inside. 很好吃！
A KFC egg tart with bits of something purple in it, I forget what
Xi'an street food: cake on a stick
Xinjiang food in Xi'an's Muslim Quarter: spicy lamb chuanr and naan
Assorted baozi
Preparing to eat pineapple rice at a Yunnan restaurant in Beijing
"Western breakfast" at Mom and Dad's hotel in Kaohsiung...sandwiches and chocolate cake?
When in Taiwan, you can't miss getting hot pot! Here I am poaching an egg in the broth where we just cooked up all our meat and vegetables. The egg collects all the bits of food that are left in the broth, making it extra delicious!
More "Western breakfast": chicken nuggets and French fries. Silly Taiwan.
Squid-on-a-stick in a Taipei night market.
Dad with a nosefruit a.k.a. bell fruit a.k.a. wax apple a.k.a. lianwu
My parents' last meal in Taiwan: MOS burger. Technically it is a Japanese chain, but it is alllll over Taiwan so I figure it's pretty authentic as far as things that Taiwanese people actually eat
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OMG! I am reading through and realize it's a food highlights reel tonight with LOTS of pics (finally) and am delighted. Then I saw my name .... well yes I am very pleased - thank you so much 'Bek. The Terracotta soldiers were cool and all - but this is interesting and I am glad to see food get such documentation. Seeing the family enjoy it - especially the unknown foods unknowingly was fun also. Great close ups of stuff on sticks and the photo explanation of nose fruit. I plan to serve the "western" full breakfast at my next brunch. The salad was such a thoughtful touch. Remember a MOS day is a happy day! Thanks again, Sarah
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