I wish I had... (aka Cooking in a Taiwanese Kitchen)
I wish I had all my knives, pots & pans, appliances (dish washer!), spices and kitchen counter tops.
But failing that, here's one of the kitchen appliances that I especially wish I had here in Taiwan.
a hand held immersion blender
It's just so handy, and with all the various attachments, would be a good substitute for most of the larger appliances that are currently in storage.
But I don't want to bag on Taiwanese kitchens in general, I just feel a little under equipped to do the cooking I'd like to. The great thing about the Taiwanese kitchens, is the wok burners that throw out amazing amounts of heat. So I'm concentrating on stir frying and saute'ing.
There are no real ovens here, but we do have a steroid enhanced toaster oven that bakes pretty decent cookies. I made almond snicker doodles the other day and they turned out quite well. Angie has massive bags of almond flour which I guess is easy to come by. In Taiwan people use it to make an almond milk drink. I also substituted oats for some of the flour coz Angie had a massive bag that she wanted to get rid of. the recipe I used was proven to work in anemic toaster cooking conditions.
http://haochr.blogspot.com/2008/01/mmm-cookies.html
they turned out pretty well.
ack just lost the rest of my post. sorry more tomorrow