Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Taiwan Culture

This is my reflection on the bizzarre food video in Taiwan Culture class.  The bizarre food video was hosted by an American man who had never tasted taiwanese food before. The first stop he makes is at the night market to taste the stinky tofu. At first he is hesitant as the food smells 'stinky'. However after he eats it he realizes that it is actually very tasty and he says that he thinks every tofu tastes good. However later he goes to a shop called tofu delights which specializes in cooking dishes that are made from stinky tofu. He orders the two favorites, tofu with one thousand year old eggs and the tofu burger. He first tries the burger, and he realizes that as soon as he takes a bite,  the smell fills his entire nose and mouth. However still feeling adventurous, he eats the one thousand year old eggs. After that he almost pukes in the shop as he thought that the egg and the spinach would blend the taste of the tofu. On the contrary, the eggs and spinach enhanced the taste and made it feel even worse then it actually was. His final stop in his food journey was at a shop that made every thing out of tea leaves. He ate rice and many other dishes that were made out of tea. In the end, he drank a cup of soup to top it off.

1 comment:

Ms.Kao Chinese Class said...

Hi juegan,
You described what you saw in the video. But I have one more question. How about your point of view? What do you think about those foods? Have you tried all of them?
Ms.Kao