Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Ketchup and Mustard

Oh, I just realized I haven't blogged since about xmas time. So here's a short update.

For New Years, a bunch of us went up to Yangmingshan to watch the fireworks blowing off of Taipei 101 (currently the tallest building in the world). We first met up at a cute little restaurant for dinner. We had quite the spread - I would definitely recommend going there again. I forget the address -- which is nearly useless as no one seems to use the address number on that street. The English name is The Stone House Restaurant - which again is nearly useless as if you stop for directions you'll need to use Chinese.

Afterwards, we braved the 4C weather and set up camp. We caught the fireworks just in time from further up the mountain. Then we went back to camp to have....more food! We had a camping barbecue, Chinese style. Much different from the Coleman stove Christina and I borrowed from Gretchen and KC last summer.


With the Coleman, we had a very small pot to work with and a small gas can. With the Chinese style barbecue, we have to gather our own wood, pour magic flammable liquid on, and then cut up an enormous amount of vegetables to be cooked in a ginormous wok. The chicken is also basted with Chinese barbecue sauce, for extra yummy goodness. You can guess which camping experience had me gain weight. Was it the one with sparse meals followed by 6 mile hikes through Yosemite? Or the one that was done after a filling Chinese meal and followed by hot chocolate with marshmallows and Baileys? Hmmmm.

I guess I've been having a lot of barbecues. Last Saturday, as I mentioned, I went to Lucas' place. It was mostly foreigners there in the beginning. We grilled up some kebabs - mostly vegetables with a little bit of meat. A couple hours later some of his Taiwanese friends showed up, and that's right, take a close look at the picture...


Yes, that's sausage wrapped in bacon. I was full from the Sandwich Ring and the other grilled veggies so was able to stay away from the double pork whammy.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ha! i like these pics you took!!! especially the 'chic pic' one~ and thanks for taking us... and interesting to see the shaved MAN!!
=p

Anonymous said...

sausage wrapped in bacon? a classic!

dlott said...

Catching up on the blog... Sausage wrapped in bacon is delicious! Are you ready for the next step: http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/post_135