Dihua Street
On Dihua street anything is possible. A hog walking on a leash? Potato chips on a stick? Yep, it's possible. Our family explored and had lunch there.
First we stopped for some gua bao (a kind of bao that's shaped like a taco and filled with meat and vegetables) we also tried something new, rice meatballs! They were delicious. We also got shrimp dumplings courtesy of Ansel. (He was the taster) Mom also stopped to pick up some fabric to make new pants for Charlotte.
While she was picking out the fabric with Charlie, Dad, Natalie, and Ansel got potato chips on a stick. The vendor offered all kinds of spices including powdered seaweed, pepper salt, and plum powder.
The family also stopped for sweet and slimy tofu pudding, complete with tapioca pearls, red bean, taro balls, and grass jelly. After lunch we headed over to the Hello Kitty themed 7-Eleven. We got a Hello Kitty stuffie dressed like a snake.
Mom offered all of the kids to get a sweet drink so the littles got slushies and Natalie got a boba tea. Sipping our sweet drinks, we headed home. A claw machine caught our eye. Now let me tell you about claw machines. They are around every corner of Taipei. It seems to be a national pastime around Taiwan. Anyway, in the claw machine there was a capybara stuffie just barely hanging on. We were all doubtfull as all Taiwan claw machines are made to grab the stuffie, bring it up, and let it go back into the machine leaving the user with a 10NT dollar setback. Previously another kid had managed to aqquire a snoopy stuffie from a different claw machine. Charlotte took the chance. The claw brought the capybara high over the rest and dropped it. The capybara bounced off of the others and into the pit. Charlotte got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all screamed and celebrated. Dihua street was a huge success.
Burning questions about the stuffies (no surprise those would draw our interest!): 1) Is the capybara dressed like a hamburger? 2) If so, any explanations for that combo or for Hello Kitty’s snake disguise? Could be some creative writing prompts here…
ReplyDeleteThe capybara is not dressed as a hamburger, it is a hamburger. It's top half and bottom half sandwich lettuce, tomato, cheese, and last but not least the actual hamburger.
ReplyDeleteNow to answer your question about the hello kitty stuffie. First you have to understand that all of the Asian community is getting ready for Chinese new year. That happens on January 29th. There are 12 animal zodiacs. They happen every 12 years, that means each year is a different zodiac. The zodiacs are the ox, dragon, goat, rat, rabbit, horse, tiger, snake, monkey, pig, dog, and rooster. This year it will be the year of the snake which in fact is Natalie's zodiac. We're stocking up on snake stuff, including that hello kitty.
Thanks,
Natalie