Larsen Clan

In 5 short weeks we leave for home assignment in America. We are VERY excited for many things....seeing family, meeting our new nephew (just born on Sunday), seeing how much our nieces have changed over the past 2 years, enjoying American life for a few months, eavesdropping....the list goes on and on!

At the same time, there are many things that we will miss from Taiwan while we are home....friends, our home, the kid's toys, the beautiful mountains, our town, Taiwan rice....this list goes on and on, too.

Today Joey and I decided to show you a few of our families favorite foods from Taiwan. Hope you enjoy!

These are huge mangos....super juicy and sweet.

Here's what they look like cut up and about to be placed in a little boy's mouth

There are tea stands everywhere and they are so cheap. A favorite in our family is pearl milk tea (the picture is of black tea)....yummy!

This fruit is called a lychee. It grows on a type of evergreen tree. Very sweet, also!

This is what the lychee fruit looks like. It almost has the texture of a grape with a huge pit inside.

These 2 pics are of dried tofu. We LOVE this stuff. The kids really love it with a little ground pork, green onion, and soy sauce...easy!!!

This ishy looking stuff is dried white radish. When you scramble it with green onion and eggs you get a very nummy Hakka dish!

This is one thing that we won't miss...powdered milk! The kids don't mind it because it has a sort of sweetness to it (at least that is what I think). Fresh milk is REALLY expensive here ($6 for 3Liters), so it is only used in the Larsen household for the ever important lattes. We only go through about a liter a week, so that still makes it cheaper than buying a latte.