Not sure why Taiwanese girls can stay skinny, because for a week of stay in Taipei, I gained 5lbs… and reason is simple, foods are everywhere, literally every 5 steps you see some sort of shop sells food that either looks good or smells good…hard to restrict yourself not to stop for a bite…
Even at night, you can easily find food in the middle of the night. Asian night market is like a must-go place if you have never been to Asian, (western culture is missing out some late night fun). In Taiwan night market culture, Lo/Braised Food/滷味 is one of my fave.
I was having hard time to translate 滷味 to English. Google translated as ‘Lo’ which is unheard of to me, Chinese Pinyin is LuWei, If you want direction translation, it’s known as Braised Food. Whatever you call it, the concept of Lo/Braised Food/滷味 can be hard and can be simple… Traditionally if you make Lo/Braised Food/滷味 at home, it takes hours for food (can be egg, tofu, pig liver…) cook in broth for hours until all juice get into the very center of the food… but Taiwanese night makret Lo/Braised Food/滷味 is very simple. You walk in front of the food stand ->pick your food with plastic basket ->hand it to the owner -> owner/chef cook your food in a hot steamy pot with broth -> 5mins later -> pay -> enjoy Lo/Braised Food/滷味…..
No matter which angle I see it, these food looks delish to me. I’m sure most people can not accept street food…raw meat, cooked food, vegetable all sit together expose in open air… again, it might not sounded appealing I know….but hey, after going thru that ‘thousand years’ broth (many night stand aim that they never change the broth base, all they do is keep adding water and ingredients… To Asian, that means awesome!!) all germs will be gone before you gently put them into your mouth. I guarantee it.
Dear Angel Of Food 