WenXin road part 2

Okay today I went exploring down WenXin again only this time the plan was to stop at one of the restaurants along the way and have some lunch.  The first place I thought of going I found yesterday, it looked like a place devoted solely to dim sum... then I looked again and I saw a bunch of very traditional dishes so I got intimidated and kept driving.  Eventually I found Shark Bites Toast.

The most awesome restaurant I've found yet.

I was drawn in by the papaya milk sign (one of my co-workers got me addicted).  The restaurant is quite charming, a small family friendly place that had a few toddlers running around having fun.   After some pointing and confusion over payment I had an order in and waited patiently.  One thing about Taiwanese dining you might not know is that they take their time making the food and serving it to you.  Dining is a social experience and since you don't tip your waiter is not bugging you every 5 minutes to see if you need anything.  Anyway the papaya milk came first.

Nummy goodness!

After the milk came it took a bit but my meal finally came. Shark Toast specializes in unique waffles.  They are almost as good as my daddy's.  I got one of the less ornate ones which just had nuts and honey on it.

Bet you wish you had smell-o-vision right now!

To say it was fantastic is an understatement.  They were amazing!  And somehow I managed to eat it all..

I am such a pig.

After stuffing myself, I decided to head home. There is a typhoon south of Taiwan right now and it's been sending some rain my way even if it isn't hitting the island directly.  So it was drizzling most of the way home and indeed as I write this it is raining still.  I hope it stops about dinner because I was hoping to hit either MOS burger or the hot pot place for dinner.  I'm becoming braver about going to restaurants by myself here even if I don't speak the language.  A lot of them have menus with English on them or pictures so I can just point to what I want.  I'm slowly learning to speak the language but I don't know if I'll ever be able to read it.