Passport to Taiwan

The volunteer-staffed food stalls at this annual event, which also features arts and crafts and live performances, serve a number of dishes dear to the heart of the local Taiwanese community. This traditional glutinous rice delicacy, dressed with syrup and crushed peanut, had been prepared in advance; it's even more toothsome when plucked from a still-warm pot and enjoyed in the cool night air.

Also from the sweet side of the menu: vanilla ice cream, with peanut and cilantro, enfolded in a spring-roll wrapper. See that treat, and other menu items from festivals past, in the slideshow.

Passport to Taiwan
Union Square
www.P2Tw.org
May (the 2012 festival was held May 13)

Comments

[Jessica]

The shaved ice kinda looks like the conch salad you can get in the Bahamas. Although I am sure the taste is much different :) Thanks for sharing the photos.

[Dave Cook]

Shaved ice does kinda look like conch salad, but there's nothing like the real thing:

http://www.eatingintranslation.com/2008/09/bahamas-culture.html

[chubbychinesegirl]

the blood and rice on a stick looks really yummy with the sweet sauce, peanuts and cilantro... i was gonna go.. but it was too hot and i got lazy... i missed out =/

thanks for sharing!