Before visiting Taiwan, I had no idea that beef steak cooked on a sizzling plate was actually a thing here. I thought it was just another gimmicky food trend along the lines of rainbow bagels and rice bun burgers. Fast…
When people visit Taipei, they often go to Taipei 101 and the night markets. Located on the outskirts of the city in Wenshan District (文山區 / wen shan qu) is an area known as Maokong (貓空 / mao kong). In…
Readers of my blog will know that I love everything tea. When I got the chance to check out the Nantou Global Tea Expo (南投世界茶業博覽會 / nan tou shi jie cha ye bo lan hui), I was super excited to…
Growing up, my parents used to get these flat cookies that were about the size of a silver dollar. They were a couple of millimeters thick and tasted kind of like a fortune cookie. We would eat them by the…
From its place as the signing of the Declaration of Independence to one of the first race riots of the Civil Rights Era, Philadelphia is a city steeped in history. Another significant part of Philadelphia is its love for the…
