Well, today I did something I never thought I would do--I ate congealed pigs blood. It was a dense square block 1"x1.5"x3/4" packed with small grains of rice. Jenny's mom said that if I could eat that then I could eat anything in China. I ate it with no prompting or prodding. The scariest part? I really kind of liked it.
This was one of many things I cooked for myself at a restaurant we went to. It was a little like the Teppanaki grill in Disney World in that you turned on a submerged burner and a pot of broth was placed inside. Then you put in vegetables (cabbage, lettuce, mushrooms, taro root, pumpkin) and some other flavorings (frozen then fried tofu, fish ball, fried fish ball, imitation crab meat, congealed pigs blood, fish paste, tofu, bean sprouts and I may be missing something), then noodles (maifun), and thin slices of beef. It was SO good! I couldn't finish it though because there was so much food!
Today I got my haircut and a little lesson in world-wide fashion--according to the hairdresser, Asian girls want curly hair and European girls was straight. Go figure. {Getting a haircut in Taiwan is quite an experience. For $30 you get a drink, hair wash, scalp massage, shoulder massage, hair cut, and blown dried. Each station has a television as well as magaizines and a mirror. I can't even tell an American hairdresser what I want, so I kind of gave him free range. He cut the straight hair away so the curly hair showed. It was quite an experience.}
We also had "Chinese hamburger" for lunch. It was made with this semi sweet, very white, doughy bread and inside you put salted meat, green veggies that are dillish and gingerish, shredded cabbage, eggs (shredded and thin), peanut powder (which I opted out of), and bean sprouts. I am so full!
I also ate about three wax apples too.
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