Lebanese Food- Sababa Pita Bar

Sorry for the delay, real life once again got in the way of doing this stuff and I had to focus my attention on real work, i.e. my first speech at an international conference and a bit of research there on.  Also, it appears as though work is back on the agenda, so I canContinue reading “Lebanese Food- Sababa Pita Bar”

Arabic Food- Abdu Arabian Cuisine

First off, you get only one of these per calendar year so you’d better make it last, from the bottom of my heart a very big thank you to people who have stepped in to help me continue this in the short term while I sort out my finances and my mind. I had aContinue reading “Arabic Food- Abdu Arabian Cuisine”

Turkish Food- Safranbolu

I had been looking forward to this one. This week in the Chinese speaking world (Thursday) was Dragon Boat Festival which is a national holiday here in Taiwan. As it fell on a Thursday, the Taiwanese government, in their infinite wisdom gave us all Friday off, which sounds great, hurray! Four day weekend! But inContinue reading “Turkish Food- Safranbolu”

Burmese Food at 諾貝爾小吃店

Today’s foray into the culinary depths is not so much one particular restaurant, but an area which is dominated by one kind of food. The Nanshijiao area in Zhonghe is home to the Burmese community and what is called in Chinese “Myanmar Street”.  Uninterestingly enough, my very first job in Taiwan was in Nanshijiao atContinue reading “Burmese Food at 諾貝爾小吃店”