I started working at this company a month ago. Everybody in the office has been very busy, so we didn't have a chance to go out for lunch together until last Thursday. My co-workers brought me to the Facing East Restaurant for lunch , a Taiwanese restaurant in downtown Bellevue. It was the first time I ate Taiwanese food after I came to the States
It was a restaurant with traditional Taiwanese decorations. Simple-style Chinese paintings hanging on red walls lighted by tiny dim wall- lamps. Deep brown wooden dining tables and chairs aligned tidily in the room. The menu was stocked with different common Taiwanese noodles, rice, pottage, street foods (like Oyster Pancake 蚵仔煎), tea (like Fruit Tea 水果茶 ) and desserts. The atmosphere reminded me of the days in Macau, when I hung out with my friends in Taiwanese restaurants, drinking bubble tea and eating Taiwanese sandwiches.
We ordered many dishes that filled up the table, including Spiced Pork Stew Over Rice(魯肉飯), Tainan Shrimp Roll(台南蝦捲), Sauted Sliced Lamb in Taiwanese BBQ sauce (沙茶炒羊肉), Broiled Fish with Miso Glaze(味噌烤魚), and Pork Pottage (肉羮). The food were so good and we were all full. We did have a satisfying lunch at Facing East but I was still craving for the Spiced Pork Stew Rice after that meal. I had never been a fan of Taiwanese food. Guess that it is one of the symptoms of being homesick because of the atmosphere of the restaurant.
Instead of going back to the restaurant, I decided to learn how to cook Spiced Pork Stew Rice myself, so I can eat the dish whenever I want. I searched for the recipe on the Internet and immediately bought whole bunch of ingredients the day after. So, the dinner at home on the following day was a delicious Spiced Pork Stew Over Rice. Spicy juicy sauce pork stew on top of steamy hot rice, side with a spicy boiled egg. What a satisfaction!
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