Taiwan/Kaohsiung food post

[amw]

I only spent 48 hours in Kaohsiung, but in that time i tried to pack in as much local food as possible. Unfortunately my phone camera seems to have been taking less and less good pictures lately, so a lot of the photos came out blurry. Food is one of the great pleasures of traveling, though, so even bad photos of what i ate help to remind me of the

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[salariman]

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[dadi]

Mouthwatering! Do you know why the buddhist restaurant don't use garlic or onion? Something with that inciting the senses too much?

[amw]

From what i understand, there are quite a few "pungent" vegetables which are considered stimulating in Buddhism, and that kind of stimulation is something a pious person should avoid. Amusingly chili doesn't fall into that, presumably because chilis were only brought to Asia after the Columbian Exchange, by which time all these arbitrary food laws had already been established.

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[newwaytowrite]

A glorious post.

[jenndolari]

RTI's "Feast Meets West" sold me on Taiwan Pineapple years ago, but you can't get it in North America! Apparently, it's far sweeter and less acidy than the stuff you get in the US, but it goes bad before you get here. Would love to try it one day, but I think I'd have to go to at least Japan to get some.

[amw]

It truly is something special, if you get a ripe one. It is very soft and delicate, like a strawberry. You don't get any of that post-pineapple gum ache that usually happens with pineapples in the US and Canada. The weird thing is, i've been in other places where pineapples are grown locally, and it still wasn't quite as tender as the ones i've had here. Perhaps it has to do with the seasons.