The McSquid burger is back!

[gsganzer]

I'm on a job in Taiwan. I stopped at a local McDonald's the other day and for a limited time you can get the squid burger combo meal.

I wonder if it's as popular as our McRib?

 

[2manyrocks]

Surely there's a Taco Bell.

 

[jyoutz]

Surely there's a Taco Bell.

Serving canine burger tacos.

 

[gsganzer]

The Taiwanese are very big on eating out, so there are little eateries all along the streets. The problem is, you can be walking down the street and smell some great aroma's, until you get a very strong whiff of something that doesn't.

Without really knowing what you're ordering, you sort of feel like you're playing gastric distress roulette.

 

[fatjay]

I was in thailand last week. Picked up some interesting things myself.

 

[dstig1]

We would always joke how some of the folks coming back from an Asia trip would bring "Squid Jerky" to share. Most people got to about 1 bite, max and often spit it out...

 

[gsganzer]

I was in thailand last week. Picked up some interesting things myself.

I always like going to the food stores when I'm in a foreign country. The flavors of potato chips (or is it potatoe) can be interesting as are some of the other foods. I bought some paprika flavored chips and some bamboo charcoal peanuts the other day.

When I was in South Africa, they had chutney flavored potato chips.

 

[fatjay]

We would always joke how some of the folks coming back from an Asia trip would bring "Squid Jerky" to share. Most people got to about 1 bite, max and often spit it out...

Some of them are pretty good. But some are horribly awful. I've had a lot of interesting things over there. One thing I'll never try again is frog legs. Even fried, they somehow managed to be slimy still. But wild caught shrimp deep fried. That's amazing. There are restaurants on the beach where people are actively bringing in nets and boats to supply the restaurant with seafood.

Plus places like hot pot and self grill places are plentiful and cheap.

 

[oosik]

One of my good friends, in college at U of W, Seattle, was a gal from China. She was always cooking up "interesting" food items. I often wondered where she got the raw ingredients.

She and three other Chinese gals lived in the houseboat adjoining ours.

 

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One of my good friends, in college at U of W, Seattle, was a gal from China. She was always cooking up "interesting" food items. I often wondered where she got the raw ingredients.

She and three other Chinese gals lived in the houseboat adjoining ours.

I remember going to an amazing asian foods market in Seattle one time. It was supermarket sized and I didn't recognize a third of the foods there.

 

[gsganzer]

I'm still getting used to the hot pot and self-grill. It just seems counter intuitive to go out to eat and then have to cook the meal yourself.

I haven't mastered the hot pot. I just toss everything into the pot at once and boil it all until it's done. But it still never seems to have much flavor. It just seems like there should be more spices to give it flavor.

 

[gsganzer]

Ugh! I think my schedule in Taiwan may have just got extended until mid-August. Not a bad thing really, it's an easy job, other than sweating through 2 shirts a day. They have a little gap in the project, so they'll probably just pay me to stand-by for the better part of a week. I told them if they'll cover my living expenses, I'll take a 5-day vacation in Taiwan. Looking at maybe a 5-day guided coach tour.

I really enjoy the people here. Smart, hard working, no crime and very cordial to visitors. Sadly, I'm not sure they'd find the same thing in the States, if roles were reversed.

 

[gsganzer]

Finally, there's an end in sight and I head home Monday.

I was at the store today picking up some food and snacks. I stopped at the potato chip aisle to make note of the available flavors. Here are some of the more interesting flavors of Lay's potato chips.

Mango Chutney
Kyushu Seaweed
Scallops
Kelp Salt
Hot Chili
Swiss Cheese

They have many, many more brands and flavors.