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No...it's not the palate it's the temperature. It's like 105 with 100% humidity in Taiwan in the summer.
Also, Taiwanese/Asians tend to tone down strong flavors of western foods. HK Cafes do a great job of taking Western foods and making them more mild and generally more creamy.
usctrojancpa
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That turkey sandwich looks tasty.
irvinehomeowner
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They sell that here... a garlic pesto baked turkey sandwich.USCTrojanCPA said:
Irvinecommuter
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Why would they serve clam chowder in Taiwan?
Irvinecommuter
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It's interesting that the price is about the same...usually food in Taiwan is a lot cheaper. I mean you can't get much in the US for $2 but you can get quite good food in Taiwan for NT$60 (which is about the equivalent of $2 USD).
momopi
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Dining out in HK (part 1)
Geographically, Hong Kong has many hills and mountains, so the bulk of its population is crammed into just 25% of the territory. People live in shoebox sized flats and many lack adequate kitchen facilities, thus dining out is the norm.
One popular breakfast item is Nissin?s ?????? instant noodle, served at breakfast tea caf?s (???). The restaurants sometimes replace the soup with their own superior soup stock, and add fried egg (sunny side up), veggies, grilled SPAM, or other ingredients to the noodle. I did not order this so here?s a pic from the internet:
At the breakfast caf? where I had breakfast, the instant noodle with slice of grilled spam or fried egg sells for $23 HKD, or roughly $3 USD:
I prefer porridge with Chinese fried bread stick (youtiao) for breakfast:
Another popular Cantonese dish is clay pot rice. In Los Angeles we do not have a good restaurant (that I know of) that serves this dish, it?s usually too dry and the sausages are sliced into smaller pieces, versus in Hong Kong the rice is better and they give you whole sausages:
The last pic above is fried oysters. Here are a few pics from the area:
Being in HK I had to at least try some Dim Sum. Unfortunately I may have went to the wrong place, the Dim Sum was ?meh?:
The locals like sesame paste dessert (like what Phoenix serves in LA):
Geographically, Hong Kong has many hills and mountains, so the bulk of its population is crammed into just 25% of the territory. People live in shoebox sized flats and many lack adequate kitchen facilities, thus dining out is the norm.
One popular breakfast item is Nissin?s ?????? instant noodle, served at breakfast tea caf?s (???). The restaurants sometimes replace the soup with their own superior soup stock, and add fried egg (sunny side up), veggies, grilled SPAM, or other ingredients to the noodle. I did not order this so here?s a pic from the internet:
At the breakfast caf? where I had breakfast, the instant noodle with slice of grilled spam or fried egg sells for $23 HKD, or roughly $3 USD:
I prefer porridge with Chinese fried bread stick (youtiao) for breakfast:
Another popular Cantonese dish is clay pot rice. In Los Angeles we do not have a good restaurant (that I know of) that serves this dish, it?s usually too dry and the sausages are sliced into smaller pieces, versus in Hong Kong the rice is better and they give you whole sausages:
The last pic above is fried oysters. Here are a few pics from the area:
Being in HK I had to at least try some Dim Sum. Unfortunately I may have went to the wrong place, the Dim Sum was ?meh?:
The locals like sesame paste dessert (like what Phoenix serves in LA):
irvinehomeowner
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At least there is no live squid watching himself being cut up and prepared to eat. 
socal78
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Wow, I am proud to say I can now recognize 1 dish all by myself(!) from Momo's 32 photos above!! This is quite an accomplishment thanks to attending Talk Irvine Academy. In addition to being named an Honorary Chinese by Homer, I have now earned at least a B- in Taiwan Food 101.
Coleman
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Where did you eat dim sum? Best place I found was Tim Ho Wan. It's Michelin star rated and very, very reasonably priced.
How was the hot pot there? We were planning to eat at that place, but we went one street over and were able to get a seat very quickly.
There are no pictures from Tsui Wah!
These buns are delicious.
Great photos! I really miss the food there.
Are you going to create a taiwan/HK food post?
Did you try the bulgogi bake? I wonder how it compares to the Carne Asada bake.
How was the hot pot there? We were planning to eat at that place, but we went one street over and were able to get a seat very quickly.
There are no pictures from Tsui Wah!
Great photos! I really miss the food there.
Are you going to create a taiwan/HK food post?
Did you try the bulgogi bake? I wonder how it compares to the Carne Asada bake.
Irvinecommuter
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ps9 said:
No...it's not the palate it's the temperature. It's like 105 with 100% humidity in Taiwan in the summer.
Also, Taiwanese/Asians tend to tone down strong flavors of western foods. HK Cafes do a great job of taking Western foods and making them more mild and generally more creamy.