A Broad Reference

On the way to and from school, I walk past a bunch of interesting shops and street stalls.
Here are a few shots that I think capture the randomness.

The Indoor Goose who is a great sentry for intruders. Ever vigilant, this gander escorts you for the entire expanse of sliding door. Prolly gets pretty tired during rush hour.

Would you eat at a restaurant called Elastic? It serves teas and soups made of connective tissue plus special herbs and spices that are supposed to help your joints. Cheaper and tastes better than that Glucosamine chondroitin, MSM, Sam-E, CoE Q10 etc.

I do language exchange with Yi-Ling once a week. She helps me with my Chinese and I help her with English. It's a very productive couple of hours and we always eat something interesting. Altho sometimes I think it's almost a dare. Haha.

Chou Doufu (Deep fried Stinky Tofu)
This is a binary selection food. Ether you love it or you hate it. Yi-Ling suggested I try it. She offered to buy one and share it with me (with the idea that when I hated it, she would finish it off). Half way thru the plate, I offered to get another one so that we didn't have to share. Yum delicious and way better than my previous stinky tofu experience at Spices!

The Taiwanese Hotdog
Yi-Ling was also behind the purchase of this delite.
The larger white looking dog is a sausage casing stuffed with flavored rice, it's cooked on the grill and then sliced open. Condiments are layered in and then the spiced sausage is placed inside the way a hotdog goes in a bun.

It's served wrapped in a paper cone- you twist the bottom and the hotdog construct is pushed up.
I asked for extra spicy and boy was it ever HOT!