Traditional Taiwan Dinner

When we were done with the batting cages the students decided to take us to a traditional Taiwanese dinner. It was very interesting. We all sat around a large table. Normally it is round with a spinning wheel in the middle but there was not a big enough table for us at this restaurant. Then they ordered a bunch of different dishes for us to try and everyone ate a little
of each one. They were not doing this so that we
could try every dish, they do this every meal and share. I'm used to it with my mom, aunt and grandma wanting to try everyone's meal but most Americans are not used to that. We also got unlimited rice because they eat everything with rice. Some really good things that I tried were sashimi, oyster soup, drunk chicken (which was cold) and fully unshelled shrimp. Ivan wouldn't eat the shrimp because he could still see their eyes. We also had some very interesting things like pork blood (in two forms), pork intestine, squid (more than just calamari) and fully fried fish with sweet and sour sauce on it. I was not a huge fan of the blood but I did like the intestine and squid. They were both chewy and had lots of flavor. The better part is the cost. Each dish only costs three U.S. dollars. I am very glad the food here is cheap or I'd be struggling. You can always get a really good meal here for under six dollars. I'm very glad the CYCU students took us out because it was an experience of a life time.