Taro and yam balls weren't the only food item I've grown fond of from our Taiwan trip last fall. There's also pepper bun 胡椒餅. In fact, my first memory of having pepper buns went all the way back to my family trip to Taipei more than 10 years ago. Mama Lam accepted the challenge to make pepper buns and she didn't disappoint. She researched a number of recipes online and put together one that worked, with techniques that she learned from making other things.
Ever since our Taiwan trip last November, I've been thinking about those tasty yam and taro balls from Jiufen. Now that we are home all the time, we looked up different recipes to make these taro and yam balls. After a couple of tests and some adjustments, we finally came up with a recipe that worked to our liking. Here is the recipe to make three flavours of these chewy balls, using purple yam, yam and taro.
Another bubble tea shop opens in Vancouver. Hailed from Taiwan, Baroness is by design a boutique franchise with only 3 locations in Taiwan, 1 in Hong Kong, and now 1 in Vancouver. They are located near Broadway and MacDonald. I was invited to a tasting of some of its signature drinks.
I was invited by ChineseBites to try Tea Wok in downtown. It's located just steps away from the BCIT downtown campus. It has a big menu, serving many Taiwanese favourites. On Zomato, the rating isn't very impressive, so I was curious to give it a try.
Mr. and I were planning a dinner with his friends one weekend, and we're all craving Asian food. In Richmond. Endless options, I know. We narrowed it down to Taiwanese, and came to Memory Corner just steps away from Richmond Centre.
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