Another favorite eating establishment of ours is Lui's Zongzi or if you translate word for word, Lui's House Zongzi or House of Lui's Zongzi. If your not familiar with Zongzi they are made by steaming sticky rice that has been filled with small pieces of pork, egg and mushrooms, then wrapped in bamboo leafs. I know there are other types of Zongzi, salty, sweet, shrimp filled, bean filled just to name a few, but the one I like best is the egg, pork and mushroom.
The Taiwanese people have a practice of special foods for special holidays. So technically we are in breach of tradition by eating Zongzi during Lunar New Years, but I did notice we were not the only people there so it must not be too serious of a problem. Zongzi are traditional eating eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival, fifth day of the fifth month of the Lunar Calendar. A web search will give you the details of why.
It is amazing to watch them make these little goodies.
Pretty quick, right!
As an interesting sidelight, Lui's Zongzi is on the "wedding photo must go" list. It is not uncommon to see a wedding party caravan at a number of places in and around Taipei. The bride and groom go from place to place having their picture taken. There is also a retinue that includes a make-up person, costume manager, photographer and a couple of go-fers. Not sure I have every been to Lui's without there being a bride and groom. Thought I had a shot of the bride, but apparently not, but the groom is about to change into a different outfit.
Another aside is that this restaurant is near a place call White Sand Beach. Deb and I use to go there many many many years ago.
The beach doesn't look like it did in 1964.
But then neither do we.
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