Posted in Asian, Dinner, Food Bloggers, Hang-Out with Friends, Joyce, Meat, Restaurants, Richmond, Snacks, Taiwanese, tagged Century Egg, Chicharrón, Chicken Skin, Maji Restaurant, oysters, Pork Intestines, Pork Kidney, Squid, Stir-fry, Taiwanese food, Thousand Year Egg, Three-cup chicken, Weird Food on March 26, 2015|
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What happens when you have 5 Chinese people having dinner at a Taiwanese restaurant? You order weird food!! Flipping through the menu at Maji and we basically picked out some of the weirdest items there.
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OK, so it’s “weird” in terms of Canadian standard but the ingredients were no stranger to the 5 of us. Did you know you can order just chicken skin as a dish? The Crispy Chicken Skin was basically Chicharrón with chicken. It’s like eating chicken-flavoured chips. It was crispy, crunchy, seasoned with some garlic, salt and pepper, and a little bit of heat from the sliced chili peppers. It reminded me of the Taiwanese popcorn chicken, except it’s all skin. And because it was really just the skin, there was no fatty bits and it wasn’t too greasy either. Perfect to go with beer!
The Five Flavour Squid was very refreshing. The squid pieces were beautifully scored so they curled up to a nice presentation. They were blenched just right, not chewy, and with a hint of sweetness in the meat. Then they were mixed with a “five flavour” sauce, which had the savoury, umami flavours. The cucumber slices were lightly pickled, so it’s a perfect starter to whet your appetite. It looked simple but a really tasty dish.
Having had Fried Pork Intestines for quite some time, and I forgot how good they could taste! (more…)
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