Taiwan FOODIEEEEESSSSS

Halloooooo
Mrs Gan here!!! lolololx

WOoohooooooooo.....
I wanna comprain lehh....

Taiwan food hor.. not really all good... only the snacks are delectable...


Me and Eutjin went there for a company incentive trip last yr..... And we found their cze char absolutely rubbish!!!!

Even Me myself on a totally drunken state can cook better!!!!!!!!

It's bland, it's weird, it's plain and it stinks.. especially the veggies...
like as if the chef steamed it under his armpit lidat..

Here's presenting...

Water soup!!!!




























Just put some yellow string mushrooms into boiled water and voila!

How about..
Boiled veggie with smelly soy sauce with no taste.....

Yucks...
But fret not....
Instead of going for meals.. why not go snacks all day long???
Like you can snack 6 times a day! Wouldnt that be even better??
SOOOOOOOOOOOO many yummy snacks to look out in Taiwan!!!

So, where do we start... so many night markets to go to!!!

Of coz check out the most famous one la..

Shihlin!!

Crazy!

People Mountain People Sea!!!

Crowded like noone's business.. and left right centre.. all food!!!!!!!!

Better starve yourself for a whole day before visiting,,.. or else you'll end up sucking your thumb...

Heard of the famous -amous amous crispy chicken chop???

OMG! Check out the queue!! This stall sells 100,000 pieces a day, or so I heard!

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The queue like longer than Zouk's... Tsk Tsk... but it was worth it. I tell you!

Crispy and uber addictive!

Yummy soups!!! So many types..

Cant even remember what this one was...
but we had a feast.. check out the spread on the table..

Everyone just potlucked everything together.

Being the KS Singaporean, we all made sure we got to try each and every one that the night market had to offer!!!

Ahha!! Coffin bread... heard before???

Uncle will fry this thick toast bread til crispy, cut it open and filled it up with thick savoury white gravy and a meat of your choice..

So what if it's called coffin bread, it's a definite MUST to TRY!

Very Raw.. very PINK Sausages anyone???
Not for me, thanks!

Smelly Tofu, ok really quite smelly. I don't like... brr..

Ham chi peng, Guo Tiao...

Butterfly .. pillow??? Anyone??



Ok this is something disturbing in the middle fo the food heaven.

Little kids were taught how to torture poor little fishes.. by catching them with dissolvable nets ... Tsk Tsk.. can't they look for non-living thing as a toy???

Anyhow.... that was Shihlin... but other than night markets.. there are countless food stalls along the roads.. you won't go hungry in Taiwan. That's for sure..

Gan just loves Taiwan sausage! So do I.. especially when fried til sooo crispy..

But what's better? Put the special sausage in the middle of another sausage made of glutinous rice and you get Taiwanese HOTDOG!

Taiwanese Beef noodle.

We went to this street that has many eateries selling only beef noodle. It is 5-10 mins walk from Xi Men Ding...

But silly us forgot the name... Brrr...

But anyway, the beef fell off the chopsticks.. So tender and totally degradable.. lol.. I know that's not the right word. But basically it's just soft that grammas and grampas can safely leave their dentures at home.

Don't forget to drain all these good food with Taiwan's own brewed beer. Made in TaiChung:

Taiwan Beer!

Pretty smooth and light. I liked it coz its just so freaking cheap anyway!







How about breakfast and supper places??? Where do we go for post-chionging feast?

Dan Bing and Xiao Long Bao!

Dan Bing plain!

Dan Ping roll with floss!

Yum yum...

They're all so good.. You're gonna get so fat in Taiwan..

Most of the good stuff are fried and oily though.. but don't worry, at least you won't be eating lunches and dinners right??


And sadly, we gained a few kgs in Taiwan, I think, Gan had a whale of time. HE alwayswas seen with some kind of food, anytime of the day..

Oh well, as long as he comes and starts his squash and golf regime and go back to being a hunkydory again.

My husband you know...

Geez. I still can't believe we are actually married..!!!

Ok ok.. I am uploading the ROM photoes... will blog about it ASAP!!!

YaY!!!

Walton DND FEB 2009 - Shangrila

I know I know.. I am supposed to be blogging about my Taiwan trip with Walton last Dec..
But Gan is taking forever to upload the photoes.. and I can't wait to show off my pics during my company's WALTON Annual Dinner N Dance !!!!!

So here it is!!!

7 Feb 2009 : 6.30 PM onwards, Theme and Dress Code: Party Like Da 80's!!!!!!!!!!!


I am soooo blessed that I am working for a company that is facing absolutely no recession whatsoever, last year was a record breaking yr for us, returns year on year was surprisingly sterling too.. so far we still have an only-positive ROI track record.

unlike many other financial institutions these days, sadly..


Anyway, also, right now still recruiting.. especially sales consultants (again.. email me if you know anyone from financial sales line looking for a new advanture - only entrepreneurial chiongsters ! )... we are still busy day to day and plans to expand and grow are definitely evident!

But best of all, ...they're still spending ever so lavishly to reward us Waltonians for a fantastic yr in 2008!!!!!...
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The food in Shangrila was as good as the ballroom was luxurious... Man... I felt sooooo glam lah...

Even though, most of us looked pretty trashy in our 80's get-ups..But it was worth every minute!!

Before we left house.. must take one with mommy first!!






















LOL!!!! Here's the golden girl and Mat Rock Gan!

Damn funny.. I tell you he doesn't have rugged rocker look one.. He still looks soooooo cutesy and innocent!

Nicole, me and Mus... these are some of the people that make everyday at work so wonderfully enjoyable and meaningful!

ZeeLeng, Nic, Joey "Boy George" and me... I think I need to start doing sit ups again.. it's horrifying!!!!!!!!!!!























Oh yeah.. I got sabo-ed to go on stage... for best dressed.. seriously... other people were even more gua zang lor.. I think they sabo me ... Anyway, won a crown.. ok lah.. my prince was the Mario too!! He's from the 80's!! Remember????





















Ahhh,,,, The 80's boss!!! My boss is so happening right??? He's the one wearing silver wig.. lolx... 80's rocker!!

We also had our own little Walton band, that needed a little help from the Pros.

Here's Feli ( Team Mgr ) as the other singbird who's amazing by the way!, me and Vitt (our VP of Sales & Ops !!!!)..

On the drum was Alvin from Marketing and Karen (Team Mgr) on keyboard..Cool or cool???
We sang 6 songs from the 80's.. Blast from the past!!!

Black Cat! I love Rock n Roll!

Sweet Child of Mine! Crazy Little Thing Called Love!

Raining Men (Raining Land!) and we ended with WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!

COZ Indeed WE ARE!!!!

It was definitely a night to remember... absolutely looking forward to the next one in 2010 already!!!

It brought many of us even closer together as one big family too.. especially through the road ahead.. where we indeed need to get stronger, get better and get out of this whole downturn even more powerful than ever..

So much positive energy! It was exhilarating.. Such a welcome change from mixing with some of my friends and acquintances who are just a lot more negative about everything.... Brrr...

One of my resolution this year is to spend more time with those with boundless of positive energy... you are bound to receive some of their powerful radiation, hence somehow, can't help but to feel wonderful too!!
I am trying my best to be one of them too so that I can hopefully help people next time.



















Look at them!! Happy, smiley and oozing with only joyous vibes... These are some of my positive people!!

That night, Gan also won $150 voucher.. lolx.. Too bad didn't win first price.. got $1,000 plus trip to HK...

But it's OK!!!

Happy New Year again everyone! Today last day to wish!!

Don't let the stupid newspapers and negative stories here and there bog you down.. Recession so what???
You define your own economy and you define your own success, this may be a defining year.. but fight on with all positivities else you may regret!!

Especially during crisis, Opportunities are abound, you just have to be ready to spot and receive them.. are you???


HUAT AH everyone!! Have an OX-picious year!