The temperature is steadily rising above 30 degrees, and I've taken to making my own iced coffee and chilled preserved-plum tomatoes for anytime treats. Refreshing and light, perfect for a lazy weekend breakfast.
    the best part of being home for the holidays: playing the piano for hours on end, taking alarm-free naps at 2pm, 4pm and 8pm (darn jet lag), and spending time in the kitchen with my mother, whose knowledge of tried-and-true classic chinese pastry recipes is impossible to exhaust.  one thing about working late at the office and getting home past midnight here in Taipei: you get to know the local 7-11 fast food choices really, really well.  Taiwanese onigiris totally beat Japanese ones. Just look at the flavours: Korean bugogi? ja yi chicken rice? double fillings of black pepper tuna and American lobster? I don't think I've really ever enjoyed onigiris until I discovered these.  this one particularly amuses me: a Korean style maki roll, packaged in Japanese and sold in Taiwan. Yup, that's pretty normal over here. No trip to taiwan is complete without a visit to the night market. I shot this video in Jee Long Night Market, one of the many night markets that I got to visit during my one week in Taipei. I think I visited about six in all. Boy, was my appetite thoroughly satisfied on this trip.  Hot red bean + taro balls soup at the side stall (it is winter in Taiwan after all).  Stinky tofu, a Taiwanese street food MUST. So good and stinky.    This booth had huge lineup, and my brother darted into line immediately. They were making black-pepper buns, baked in a clay well. A bit salty, but so good when devoured in the rain.   Taiwanese clam omelet -- my favourite  You choose what you want, and they fry it for you. Taro, chicken, tofu, squash, oyster mushrooms, tofu cutlets, fish sticks...  Giant, old-fashioned, just-cooked mochi hot out of the stove, dipped in black sesame and peanut powder. Heaven on a dish. | welcome!My name is Lichia; this is my online creative journal where I document ideas, inspirations, processes and everyday life.  i am an urban sketcher categoriesAll archivesMay 2012 copyright2006-2012 by Lichia Liu. Please ask permission before using any content or images. Thank you! best taken daily
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