Welcome back!! Guess you wanted to see what it looks like in the Dazhong temple in the Sihcao Ecological Park. Glad that you are back. =)
It’s really beautiful and detailed architecture (not to mentioned it’s really red inside too =) ).
On the other side outside the temple, of course there’s food stalls and what’s famous in Tainan? It’s the oyster.
For me, I wanted something light as I know I will be heading to another place where there’s even more food to try and eat. So, I have to leave space in my stomach and take it is easy here. LOL!!
What’s light? Well, the prawn tempura; lots of prawns on a piece.
Deep fried oyster with chives
Filled with oysters cook in deep fried coated with dough and chives.
.. and my deep fried prawn tempura.
That’s for making my stomach happy for a short while. Now, to head to my next destination. Where? Follow me and find out. =)
Outlook in Life 
Beautiful interiors and great looking prawn tempura!!!
Yup. It’s beautiful. The prawn tempura was crispy & nice. They were not stingy on the prawns. =)
What a beautiful temple. And so much food everywhere! All deep fried but deep fried is always tasty! At least the portions there look quite small.
Yup it is. Really red. Yes, deep fried is always nice but bad for the heart if too much. haha,, The portion is ok. not too small and not to big.
Food portions in Asia are small compared to what we have here in Melbourne. But fried Asian food tastes so much better in Asia. Like the fried Chinese doughnut or you tiao.
Yup. I remember that very clearly when I was in Melb during my years of study. Huge portion that can feed 2 people. Initially I could not finish but after a while I was becoming a pig!! HAHA!! I believe in Melb also have you tiao in Little Bourke Street right?
After all these years, I still can’t finish most meals in restaurants in Melbourne. Can’t finish a bowl of fried noodles here. You know what, the portions at McDonalds here are quite small actually. But so expensive – a medium burger meal will set you back close to $10 now.
I think MCD burgers are nearly the same size everywhere. It’s a standard I think. The price also is also one to one. In Msia, a set meal also cost close to $10. (assuming 1 to 1). Same goes for Taiwan.
That is expensive, RM10 for MCD meal. And I heard that portion sizes are still quite small over there. For example, your medium will be our small meal.
haha.. guess we have all grown up and everything around us has just become smaller. To a kid, they will say it is big but to an adult, it is small. =P
LOL. We grow up, we get bigger, and things around us get smaller. So true, actually. But then again, we all know, many places like to cut cost on food and deliberately shrink the size of their meals 🙂
Yup. Guess we have to blame it on inflation. For them to maintain the same cost, one of the way is to slowly shrink the food portion in stages and hopefully their customers does not realize it or just get used to it after a while. Dun u think so?
Oh definitely. Recently in Australia, Cadbury shrunk their chocolate block size from 220g to 200g, maintaining the same price. Very sad, but it’s a move they had to make for financial reasons.
Yup. Guess that’s one way to keep their profit stable. I believe everyone and companies are also cutting cost. Things and prices have inflated so much lately. Really sad… =(
Great food pictures
Thanks!!
Lovely pics and write-up! I love the sepia-toned food stall pic. The food pics look so tempting, though I’m quite a moody eater (sometimes I feel like being adventurous, other times not so much)!
Thanks!! Actually in Tainan is famous for snack foods. Lots of choices to choose and try. For me, I have limited stomach space else I would want to try a little of everything. =)
My husband would be in heaven with those oysters, but I have a shellfish allergy so not for me. Technically I’m allergic to “molluscs” which are the shellfish with hinges , but can eat most “crustaceans” like prawns, but it’s advised to only eat crustaceans in very small quantities and not very often.
That deep fried prawn tempura certainly looks like it could make it onto my “treat” list 🙂
(why am I suddenly feeling hungry when I only just had breakfast?)
Yummy photos!
haha.. guess it is all in the mind. It’s telling the your stomach that you have more food. Well, Tainan is indeed famous for it’s oysters but there are lots more other famous snacks and desserts which you can choose. So, dun worry if you missed on oysters, it will be covered by others food. =)
Wouldn’t mind some of those oysters but why does all the good stuff have to be deep fried?
haha… maybe the crispy and crunchiness that makes it nice. I also like when they fry the oyster with egg and flour. That’s nice too. =)