上班族必備軟實力

[Richard has been shopping in Taiwan for 18 years.]

Taiwan supermarkets sell meat, cheese, bread, noodles, vegetables, and rice, but I can never get anything that tastes like home. There are many kinds of cream-filled wafers sold in Taiwan, but they are none of them very sweet. The ones that they sell in America are sweet and heavenly. Of course, the Taiwan style is probably healthier, but who needs that. If I had wanted healthy, I would have moved to Finland.

I miss TV dinners. I used to eat TV dinners often. Most homes in Taiwan don’t have large ovens, so there is not a lot of baking supplies. TV dinners are nowhere to be found in Taiwan. There are not even any microwave TV dinners.

Fresh Vegetables and Frozen Fish

Some shelves are stocked with jars filled with wet, red vegetables of some sort. There are clear plastic bags filled with powders of various colors and textures and tied up with rubber bands. The vegetable shelves stock malformed carrots and strange little radishes. There are large leafy greens and plenty of spring onions. In the freezers there are boxes of red bean popsicles, red bean ice cream, and frozen red bean custard.

Did I tell you about cream-filled wafers? I know that Taiwan has good food, but sometimes I miss home cooking. Thank you for eating.