Food

Coming from Bangkok where the food is hard to beat, I thought I might be disappointed here.  It's true that Chinese flavors aren't quite as bright at Thai ones, but we are finding plenty of favorites here.

Here's typical breakfast-shop fare: sweet soy milk (cold or hot), a crepe-like wrapper with egg and "oil sticks" inside, another pan-fried veggie filled wrapper thing.  There's also steamed bread, glutinous rice cake things, flaky pan-fried bread, etc.

Here's a fancy lunch out with our teachers (their treat).  Way too much food.

Here's a Taiwan classic--mango ice.  And yes, the mangoes here might even be better than Thailand if that is possible.  They are in season right now.

 Can I also mention how fun it is to go on a lunch date with my husband every day?  We mostly just get cheap noodles, dumplings or cafeteria-style veggies, etc. on rice, since we are near a university with lots of those kinds of places.