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Tasty Vegan Eats: Mother’s Market

Parents weren’t around for dinner tonight, so I happily drove myself to Mother’s Market for some vegan grub (the parentals don’t usually go for vegan fare).

I ordered a Tahini Fusion wrap. As you can see, it’s HUGE. I only managed to eat 1/3 of this, and I didn’t even make a dent in the brown rice that they put on the side.

From their website: Bean sprouts, tomatoes, organic mixed greens, grilled tempeh, brown rice, avocado and tahini dressing in a whole wheat chapati.

This was really delicious and I’m discovering that I REALLY love tempeh. Nutty soy goodness. I usually hate having leftovers, but I’m looking forward to eating this for the next couple of days.

From the deli case I picked up this Turtle Truffle Torte:

Going to eat this later tonight, will let you know how it is

A Sushi Birthday

It was my dad’s birthday last Wednesday.

His favorite thing to eat is sushi, so we took him to a sushi bar that we used to go to frequently when my sister and I were small:

Amaebi (sweet shrimp), Ankimo (steamed fish liver), baked clam appetizer, deep fried shrimp heads from the amaebi nigiri and uni (sea urchin) for everyone.

The sushi here is always extremely fresh, and the portions are huge (which is good or bad depending on how you look at it). The only bad thing about eating here is that the wait typically is very long; we usually end up waiting two hours for seats at the sushi bar.

And because it was a sushi-themed night, I made a sushi-themed birthday card for him too. I will try to take a photo of the inside of the card too

Recent homemade eats

So last year I made a resolution to try to do Project 365; but as you can see I failed miserably (though I was pretty good about it for the first half of the year. I guess life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans . . . (Lennon).

This year I’m not going to put that pressure on myself and thus no resolution to do Project 365 (too many times I found myself just searching for a photo to post because I had to, not because I wanted to. I guess my “resolution” this year is just to post what I like, when I like.

So here we go! Some recent meals that I’ve been making at home:

Homemade spelt bread with raw honey, banana.

Homemade guacamole with a ton of garlic tabasco cause I’m a tabasco addict. With homemade bread “chips”. Steamed silken tofu topped with a shrimp, dashi stock, shichimi togarashi, katsuo (bonito) flakes and corn.

“Kitchen sink” soup: basically daikon soup with a bunch of leftovers thrown in. Toasted spelt bread for dunking. More guacamole. Smoked Japanese oyster next to bread. Looks gross but I like it. @_@

Christmas, in photos

This year we didn’t have any extended familial obligations or travel plans so our family spent a blissful Christmas day just relaxing and taking it easy at home.

Amazing light display two houses down:

Christmas morning:

It took me 8 months to complete this cross-stitch.

Since practically all restaurants in our area were closed on Christmas day, we decided to postpone our family/friends get-togethers until after the 25th had passed:

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Iced Tea and a Biscuit

How I spend lazy afternoons in at home in Taiwan.

At Home

I’m in Taiwan! Taichung (台中) to be exact; am here to visit family, shop and eat until the end of September.

Whenever I go back to Taiwan, one of the things I look forward to most is eating (the food is so good here). The best jetlag cure: my grandma’s home cooking.

For dessert: custard apple. Can’t get this in the US (I’ve haven’t been able to find it anywhere). So I end up eating this a lot when I’m back in Taiwan.