Pandamonium

Iphones do PANORAMICS now! Look out! 

Beitou Hot Springs. $8 a person gets you this.....  (dancers not included)

2 whole hours of blissful hot spring baths. Exactly what our tired and achy muscles needed! 

Coming out of the Hot Springs, Amy and I could scarcely walk we were so hungry. (Mitch assured us he'd had a big lunch and wouldn't eat much) So we quickly found what I thought was a Japanese restaurant. Of course as we walk in we were greeted by the blank stares of waiters who speak no English and the inevitable scramble as they quickly go and fetch the only staff member who can. *should have learnt chinese*

NB:  I would like to say a big congratulations to Amy on how far she has come this trip. Not only is she now drinking the water from the water fountain, but she definitely would not have agreed to this 'cook it yourself' meal at the start of our trip. Baby steps Amy :)

We were ushered to a table which already had a pan laid out in the middle of it with a selection of vegetables. Some water and broth was thrown into the pan before we had the chance to even park our bums on the seats and our meal had started cooking.
Next thing we knew, 6 trays of impossibly thing cuts of meat are brought out and laid on the table as well as some fresh eggs. (At this point I look over at Amy who is about ready to faint or flee.)
After a great deal of confusion and desperate sign language we worked out that the meal was $398 (TND) and that the menu we were to choose from was all included and limitless (as long as you ate it in under 90 minutes). Everything was cooked on your table, in the pan with the broth.

So we ticked a few things on the list which included things like, Loofah, Lily pad, Konjac jelly and Jew's ear. (Pics or it never happened? Please see attached proof)
What arrived at our table was nothing less than a field of mushrooms, a synagog of Jew's ears, a cabbage patch and an abattoir of meat. All for about $15 each.

<Mitch had about 6 trays of meat and 2 bowls of rice along with all the veggies>

 An assortment of mushrooms, and yes, Jew's ears. 

RANDOM:

They make the mosquitoes big in Taiwan. My legs are covered in bites! Those bitches will find me 

anywhere. 

Just trying out the Panoramic... #earlydays #needsmorepractice #checkoutamysface

Sexual Harassment will not be tolerated on the trains.  The police will come at you with a sheild!

For Henry. Because they are pandas. 

Mitch. The struggles of a big man in asia.