One of the biggest things I missed when I came to Taiwan was my daily ‘shot’ of Milo. Two massively heaped tablespoons and about 750ml (or whatever your standard milkshake glass holds) and I was in chocolate energy heaven each morning. Knowing that half of Asia is lactose intolerant I wasn’t exactly sure what I’d [...]
From what I’ve read, one of the most common business ideas people come up with whilst staying in Taiwan is proof checking English in business applications. Seemingly due to the simplicity of the operation (having above average English appears to be the only pre-requisite), it’s the natural progression from teaching whilst your Chinese speaking ability [...]
Golden Mountain fine Arts & Life style is without a doubt the strangest named restaurant I’ve been to in Taiwan. Located in central Taiwan, Hsinchu county the restaurant serves Chinese food but in an authentically inspired Japanese setting. As you walk in the front arch the atmosphere instantly takes you away and it’s easy to [...]
When I first arrived in Taiwan one of my priorities was finding a daily Milo supplement. Despite eventually settling on readily available chocolate tea, I went for about a week experimenting with Ovaltine. In Taiwan Ovaltine comes in two varieties. Tiny little 200ml or so cartons and 375ml cans. A far cry from 1L of [...]
I never really like green tea back home in Australia and since moving to Taiwan nothing much has changed. You’d think what, with the 19 billion different varieties of green tea that exist over here that I’d find at least one that I like but no; Green tea is and always will be to me [...]
Food in Taiwan is a complex balanced equation. One half of it is all about the cute. Take for instance these adorable little bunny rabbit steamed red bean buns. Someone painstakingly moulds each roll into the shape of a bunny and then decorates the finished product with loving accuracy. This sort of labour en masse [...]
The level of cuteness in Taiwan continues to astound me. Clothing, car advetising and even digital cameras; it seems nothing is off limits to marketers wanting to take advantage of the ludicrous pursuit of ultimate cute. This pursuit seems to have taken hold of most of the female population of Taiwan and doesn’t seem to [...]
If you want to market something in Taiwan the easiest way to do it seems to be to make a cutesy game out of it. If you can market something to the 18-30 female demographic with cartoon characters and way too many colors you’re probably going to be an overnight millionaire. Case in point, a [...]
I’m a great lover of sugar so me and Taiwan get a long just great. Everywhere I turn here there’s either delicious fatty meats or heart attack inducing sugar rushes. I’m currently cycling about 150km a week to keep it all off, so far it’s working. I’d dread to think what’d happen if I ever [...]
I was in Costco Taiwan the other week (separate post on that coming up in the future), and was floating around the refrigerated meat section when I came across a tray of sea cucumbers. Now I know I’m in the land of ‘we eat anything because we’re crazy’ but honestly, sometimes it’s just a little [...]
