THIS IS HOW YOU PANDEMIC - DAY 08

I got some of yalls questions about quarantine (thanks for actually reading the blog, yall! It’s nice to have “invisible” friends to talk to right now), and I will make sure to answer them in my next post! Thanks for giving me content to write about, because at this point, it’s really just quarantine food pics, and I think they’re on a weekly rotation…

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Breakfast was once again, MickeyD’s. However, today we have the “chicken” Mcmuffin with egg, and hot tea.

I never noticed the cracked egg shell on the Mcmuffin wrapper. Not sure how I feel about it.
 

I don’t eat McDonald’s a lot, so correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe the “chicken mcmuffin with egg” is on the U.S. menu, is it?

It’s like a chicken patty with mayo and egg. I don’t remember ever seeing this in McDs in the U.S.

It’s like a chicken patty with mayo and egg. I don’t remember ever seeing this in McDs in the U.S.

 

I will say, I personally think the McDonalds here in Taiwan is WAY better than the OG McD in the U.S. Their crispy fried chicken burger that came out when I was in college was one of THE BEST fried chicken burgers ever. And I believe I told yall about the corn soup. Mmm…

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Lunch was spicy stir-fried beef and fried rice. I don’t know if you can tell, but this is the lunch box that’s the size of my head. And like an idiot, I finished the Whole. Damn. Thing. My body was saying “WTF”, but my mouth was saying “Yeeeaaaaah.”

Soup and pot sticker combo is a MUST. And their corn soup is *chef’s kiss.
 

Today’s people watching is brought to you by “I’m only running in to grab one thing. It’ll be fine.”

Taipei traffic and parking pro tip - Don’t.

As with any big city, parking is pretty shitty in Taipei city. Remember when I told you how we would literally shimmy scooters just to gain enough space to squeeze into the parking boxes? Yeah, because Taipei cops DGAF. They’re literally circling around the city all day e’ry day with tow trucks ready to snatch up anyone parked in the wrong spot. And this dude thought they could test the gods.

Also, that scooter is REALLY living on the edge right there. But luckily, this is not a scooter tow truck, so they might live to see another day. Or perhaps, hour.

Also, that scooter is REALLY living on the edge right there. But luckily, this is not a scooter tow truck, so they might live to see another day. Or perhaps, hour.

 

I grew up in a pretty tight-knit family. There aren’t many of us; I have three cousins and a younger sister (all ladies). As kids, we all played together like we were siblings, and every Sunday, we’d gather at my grandparents for lunch with the whole family. It is a very sorely missed tradition.

I am the second to the youngest of us, and my first two cousins are 8 and 10 years older than me. I was quite the little shithead growing up, so understandably the older cousins and I weren’t always very close. But as we grew older, and especially now that we’re all living oceans apart and rarely see each other (California, Oregon, Texas, Shanghai, and Taipei), I think it has actually brought us closer and made us appreciate each other and the time we get to spend together whenever we’re home.

Zoey, my oldest cousin, lives in Taipei and she’s THE go-to person for all the best foods and need-to-knows in the city (and beyond.) She’s basically the keeper of all the secret hidden gems my family has accumulated over the years. And of course, on her day off, she texts me to tell me she’s dropping off some “snacks” for my sister and I (angel from heaven!) The reason why I say “snacks” is because she dropped off A WHOLE MEAL of pot stickers and fried calamari. That’s HOW WE DO in the Huang family! My fam is pretty dope, yall.

However, remember that “Night Market Day” menu the hotel sent us on Day05? Well, that was today and when dinner time came, this was the result -

Pot stickers, fried calamari, meatball soup, and “tanbula” - it’s hard to explain what tanbula is, so you’re just going to have to trust me that it’s GOOOOOD.

Pot stickers, fried calamari, meatball soup, and “tanbula” - it’s hard to explain what tanbula is, so you’re just going to have to trust me that it’s GOOOOOD.

 

I was so excited I didn’t even get close-up photos because they were already on its way into my mouth. And you better bet that I finished all of it. If you know me, you know me.

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I’ll end Day 08 with another cool little Taiwan tidbit: In Taiwan, when you hear Beethoven’s Fur Elise blasting from a truck coming up the street, it’s not ice cream — it’s trash day! And no, you can’t just leave your trash in a dumpster to be picked up. You gotta walk that shit up to the garbage truck yourself. And make sure to separate your recyclables and compost because that’s in another truck behind the garbage one. Honestly, I’ve kind of missed it.