Taiwanese Cooking

Today, I went to an event put on by the local international society. It was near the library in Ogane (which is part of Nasukarasuyama). Some nice ladies from Taiwan showed us how to make won ton soup (ワンタン汁) and mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐). Of course, we had to consume it afterward.

Here is Ms. Hoshi, from the Board of Education. She speaks English very well, and is very nice. She has spent time in the UK, and knew that Nixon is a Scottish name.









The lady in the blue scarf and the lady cooking here were our instructors.













Here are our wontons. For soup, you don't have to be fancy. Just put a wonton skin in your palm, spread with the filling, then close up your hand to seal it up. Fast and easy!

Here is the entire group. Even some guys learned to cook! Besides the Japanese people, there were people from Taiwan, Korea and Mexico. I was the lone American.

There was enough that I got leftovers to take home. The soup is already gone. The mapo tofu was a little spicy, but Rob would like it, I think.