上班族必備軟實力

*[Richard is a foreigner and a finicky eater who still manages to overeat on a regular basis.]*

I put Taiwan food into four categories. The first category is Western food, it includes fast food franchises like Burger King. The second category is non-threatening fast food like chicken leg rice or beef noodles. The third category is restaurant-style Chinese food. And the last category is the scary and strange stuff. That last category can be the most fun.

On my first visit to Taiwan, I went with some friends to the port in Taichung and one lady was being nice and buying for everyone the roasted squid-on-a-stick. I had never seen anything quite like this—a nice family posing together and proudly holding up their squids.

Stinky tofu is another food item that nobody prepared me for. Every time someone tries to get me to eat some, they always say the same thing. “It smells bad, but tastes good.” The smell is reminiscent of an open sewer or a soiled pair of gym socks.

In Taiwan, corn soup is the salvation of Chinese food. No matter what else they throw at you, whether it is fish balls, squid on a stick, or pig intestines, you can always fall back on the corn soup. It will fill you up if you need it. It will give you strength. I like corn soup. Everywhere is corn soup. It has corn in it—little kernels of sweet, nutritious corn.

There is a tremendous variety of Taiwan food and something for everyone, even a picky eater like me. Please go out and have some food, and then wait for my next article which will be out soon.

【作者介紹】

Richard 是一位台灣女婿，在台灣生活15年，喜愛台灣文化，以風趣幽默的文筆，細膩獨特的觀點，介紹在台灣生活的趣事，一起跟著Richard探訪外國人的台灣世界吧！