Sunday, August 17, 2008

Nutritious Sandwich as advertised only half-correct


So I tried a "Nutritious Sandwich" last week in Keelung. Don't get me wrong, it was good. And it was indeed a sandwich. But I would not call it nutritious by any stretch. Here is what it looked like:

Now it was delicious. But here is what it is made of: tomato, cumcumber (sort of pickled), hammy meat (Taiwanese ham? I have no clue). And mayonaise. Lots and lots of mayonaise. Too much for me. All of this is shoved into fried bread (FANTASTIC!). Mayonaise and fried bread? Delicious, not very nutritious.

Also I tried "fried fish paste" which turned out to be more like "fried fried" with Red Hot, so not too bad.
I'm not sure why it came with pickles. Finally, I tried the craziest thing I think I've tried here, an ice cream burrito. Or spring roll, I guess. Peanut shavings + ice cream + cilantro + spring roll wrap = weird-ass dessert. Here's the lady making it: