After Taipei we took a train ride south to Hualien and were invited to a fabulous banquet at the Marshall Hotel. It was a great meal and an honor to be a guest of our generous host and we all had a wonderful time:
Our appetizer dish with steamed chicken, squid, roasted pork and roasted duck:
Some of the best fried rice I've ever had:
A delicious bowl of sharks fin soup:
Braised abalone with broccoli:
Giant pan fried prawns:
Steamed fish in soy sauce with ginger and scallions:
Dumplings bok choy. I've never had this before and it was very tasty:
Stir fried fish and peppers, with lotus leaf wrapped sticky rice:
Closeup of the sticky rice. Yummy, it was one of the best dishes in our meal:
Veggies:
And dessert, sesame pastries with red bean filling:
And tapioca pudding:
Regards,
ED-209