Hello. This post is both a warning and a question.
I went to that new shopping mall in Taichung the other day and had a weird experience. It was on one of the upper floors where both Duncan Donuts and Mr. Donut are. I went to Mr. Donut and ordered something that looked like one of Duncan Donut’s apple fritters. Little did I know what was in store for me . I took a bite of it expecting the tangy refreshment of apple sweetness along with a little cinnamon spiciness. Instead what I got tasted like somebody had just barfed in my mouth. ‘WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS THIS?,’ I thought. I took another slight nibble and discovered to my horror that it was TUNA FISH. That’s right A TUNA FISH DONUT :aiyo: . It looked like one of the competition’s apple fritters.
I had an emergency situation on my hands. I had locate a drinking fount and Duncan Donuts immediately . I ran all over the floor looking for a water fountain to no avail because it is a big place. Finally I found Duncan Donuts, checked to make sure those were apple fritters they were selling, purchased one, triple checked to make sure it wasan apple fritter, and ate it . Whew!
So, first the warning; Mr. Donut is selling tuna fish donuts that may look like another donut that you would actually like to eat. WHO IN THE HELL puts tunafish on a donut :fume: :loco: ? That’s just wrong. If you go to Mr. Donut, be warned you may wind up with one of these pastries from Hell.
Here is my question: Has anybody here had any similar experiences with Asian bastardizations of Western food? Anything as strange or stranger than that?
There’s a ‘Mexican’ restaurant on Fuhsing North Road in Taipei not far from Gidday Cafe. I ordered a meal set which included ‘bread’ and soup. The bread turned out to be a donut covered in castor sugar. Dip that in your salsa. :loco:
Jeesh, Jim! I’d have thought that an epicurean such as yourself would have heard of Indo-Italian fusion cuisine. I think I’ll knock up a lasagne vindaloo for lunch tomorrow.
Took a 3-week trip here with friends close to 25 years ago now. We were getting pretty tired of Chinese food, even the Chinese guys. Near Taipei Station saw a steak restaurant. Great. We all went in and ordered steaks. We were pretty psyched. They came, of course, on a bed of pasta and an egg, covered with a heap of black pepper glop. We couldn’t stop laughing, the waitresses thought we were nuts
Okay, to add to this thread. When I first came to Taiwan I went out to buy an ice cream one afternoon from the ice cream truck and all they had to offer me was leftover food and garbage.
I took a girl out to Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse one time and she thought the steak wasn’t all that great. I later went with that same girl to a place that had the black pepper-glop-egg steak and she thought it was better. Needless to say I am not dating that girl anymore.
I must say that once, after a week-long hike across Yushan National Park, I dug into one of those and wow: sugar, fat and starch. It was everything I wanted, everything I needed.
When I arrived in Taiwan, I didn’t have two pennies to scrape together. I survived the first three months eating one meal a day, the grim gruel served up to my kindy kids. After six months when I was eventually getting my feet on the ground, I splurged NT$150 at the local Sanchong “My Family Steak”. That steaming plate of noodles, peas, corn, uncooked egg and nasty steak smeared with grim pepper sludge tasted like heaven. :lick:
Today I went to a wine bar to have a glass of wine and read a book. The wine and cheese that came are what I ordered. However, they also gave me a complementary bowl of Doritos (a small one thank goodness). Can anybody tell me what wine goes well with nacho cheese Doritos ?
I do remember when restaurants would serve nachos presented individually upright on the plate each with its own individual portion of cheese, meat and veggies as if they were a plate of special bite-sized hors d’oeuvre.
. I took a bite of it expecting the tangy refreshment of apple sweetness along with a little cinnamon spiciness. Instead what I got tasted like somebody had just barfed in my mouth. ‘WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS THIS?,’ I thought. I took another slight nibble and discovered to my horror that it was TUNA FISH. That’s right A TUNA FISH DONUT :aiyo: . It looked like one of the competition’s apple fritters.
. I ran all over the floor looking for a water fountain to no avail because it is a big place. Finally I found Duncan Donuts, checked to make sure those were apple fritters they were selling, purchased one, triple checked to make sure it wasan apple fritter, and ate it 
. Whew!
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