Wednesday 27 July 2011

Beimen salt farms 北門鹽田

Some composition practice at Beimen, Tainan, Taiwan. These are salt farms that were abandoned by the industry in 2002, and then revived for tourism two years later. I jumped into it and raked, piled and carried salt. A fun activity for kids and grownups alike.

Sorry for the absence. Been manning the night shift, filming and writing (for work) almost nonstop in the past few weeks. I really need a holiday, but no time for that right now either! However I am managing to slip in a few minutes here and there to peek at my Google+. Search me out! Michella Jade Weng is the name.



Thursday 7 July 2011

Mentaiko in Taipei 博多もつ鍋やまや


Found a mentaiko place in Taipei! Will be going back to this restaurant again when I that occasional craving for super salty fish roe. Undecided on the other food (including the beef offal hotpot) they serve here, but the mentaiko was not bad at all!

博多もつ鍋やまや Hakata Motsunabe Yamaya 博多牛腸鍋
(seems to be the Taipei branch of the Japanese chain from Hakata)
#12, Alley 32, Lane 216, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Taipei
北市忠孝東路四段216巷32弄12號
+886 2 2778 8876
closed Mondays 週一公休



Here's Kevin who happily skipped class so I wouldn't have to eat alone. He had the 明太子茶漬け, which was delicious!



Wednesday 6 July 2011

New glasses!



Works well with a big smile! What do you think? Fashionably nerdy?

Jacques Durand Hoapinsu (brown/amber, matte exterior, glossy interior)
Milan 米蘭米蘭
#88, Sec 1, Da-an Road,
Da-An District, Taipei
北市大安區大安路一段88號

+886 2 2741 4291

Optician/optometrist 驗光師
Formosa Optical, Tamsui store, Mr Lin 寶島眼鏡行淡水店 林經理
#44 Zhongshan Road,
Tamsui, New Taipei City
新北市淡水區中山路44號

+886 2 2629 4756

Thanks, Dad!



I made Oreo model for me (before I got prescription lenses installed, no cookie or animal was harmed in the process of this photo session, maybe just 裝瘋ed).