On the third day 婦女節、兒童節合併假期 of this budget-conscious (for us) long holiday weekend, the Kaminoge family went into T'áichūng 臺中. The cold, windy weather put paid to the idea of throwing a Frisbee around People's Park, not to mention the late start we made in getting out there (around 3pm. Hey, it was a holiday - what's the rush?). So instead we had dinner at the Chūnghuá Night Market 中華夜市. It'd been years (literally) since I'd had a meal there (or even a walk around - the last time might've been when a revival of "The Exorcist" was showing at a movie theater in the area), and the market seemed to have shrunk in the interval. It wasn't much fun having to share the street with cars and scooters, especially in the company of an excited five year-old, and the oyster omelet 蚵仔煎 (étzǔchiēn, or ôáchian, as most people use the Taiwanese 台語 word when ordering the dish) we had at a celebrated established-in-1968 eatery was OK, but certainly not as worthwhile as the photos of the foodie celebs and local politicians on the walls would seem to suggest. Methinks I'll leave this night market to the T'áik'è 台客 and the gangsters (liúmáng) 流氓.
Amber, at least, didn't seem to mind her rice omelet 蛋包飯「オムライス」.
Tomorrow, if the weather improves, I hope to do some hiking. We shall see what the gods have in store for us on Tomb Sweeping Day 清明...
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