Past memories+Jiuchong Hu #2

                                  Jiuchong Hu #2 Chin Chen Nong Chang

 (Tea & Mochi garden)
친첸농장 (차&떡정원)

Originally, nong-chang means a farm

but, there is no vegies, animals and even farmers!

I don't know if they are hidden at the back
사실, nong-chang이라는게 농장이란 소린데요
야채도 없고, 동물도 없고, 심지어 농부도 없어요!
뒤에 숨겨논건지

or

if I passed by without noticing

아니면, 모르고 지나쳤는지
or
whatsoever

어쨌건간에

So, I call this farm as a garden :-)

Chin Chen garden

sounds much better huh?
그래서, 그냥 정원이라고 부르기로 했어요
친첸정원
더 나은것 같죠?

Entrance of the garden

정원 입구

it was drizzling

you can feel the wet atmosphere in the pic

가랑비가 내렸어요

사진에서도 느껴지죠?

The giant upturned beetle.

 this looks lonely in this pic, say, kinda funny 

but, if u see the real one, it looks extra funny

pahaha, it has a heart shaped nose!!!!

거대한 엎어진 풍뎅이

사진에선 좀 외로워보이고, 뭐, 조금 웃겨보이는데

실은, 직접보면, 더 웃겨요><

코가 하트모양이에요!!!

Connie & Ady besides cone shaped trees

콘모양 나무 옆에 코니랑 에디

Garden from outside

밖에서 본 정원

Entrance of Chin Chen tea shop/restaurant

친첸찻집 겸 레스토랑 입구

Boss making wooden beetle

You can make one too on the weekends! :-)

나무풍뎅이 만드시는 사장님

주말에 오시면 만드실 수 있어요

Taiwanese indigenous people chair

looks like African tribe though

타이완 원주민 의자

아프리카 원주민 같이 생겼지만요

Tables and chairs of indigenous people

I give 5 out of 5!

원주민들 의자랑 테이블

Ady ordering Mashu and Hakka ground tea

마수(떡)이랑 하카차 주문하는 에디

 Now, It's time for Mashu DIY
이젠 마수를 직접 만들 차례랍니다 

First, Pound warm, glutenous rice paste in a milstone

This paste is quite sticky and oily

need to try hard to pound it well

처음에 따뜻하고 찰진 떡반죽을 절구에 넣고 잘 찧어요

이 반죽 꽤 끈적이고 미끄덩 거려요

그래서 잘 찧으려면 좀 힘들어요

This lady was an expert!

She did it so easily

like, spin, spin, pound, spin, spin, pound

she had her own rhythm and in 10 secs, it's done!

전문가 아주머니!

어찌나 쉽게 하시던지

돌리고, 돌리고, 찧고, 돌리고, 돌리고, 찧고

리듬 타셔서 10초 하시니까, 완성!

Pa-bam! We have our Mashu!

Also known as Mochi

따단~ 마수랍니다.

모치라고도 불려요

Rice paste with sweet nut sugar powder

yummmm!

쌀떡에 단 땅콩가루 같은걸 뭍힌거에요

인절미랑은 달라요

음~

Okay,

Next one is 'Hakka ground tea'

그럼 이번엔 하카차랍니다

Grind a lot of nuts in a bowl with a paddle

방망이로 그릇에 담긴 콩들을 잘 갈아요

Until all the nuts disappeared and leave only fine powder in the bowl

콩들이 다 사라지고 고운 가루만 남을 때까지 갈으셔야 되요

Then put the powder in cup and pour hot water

다 빻은 가루를 컵에 넣고 뜨거운 물을 부으세요

Now, we have our Hakka ground tea!

with dried plums, rice cracker and pumkin seeds 

그러면 하카차가 된답니다!

말린자두, 쌀과자랑 호박씨랑 같이 드시면 되요

It was raining in shower later

so we waited for our antie to pick us up

In this small village, everyone knows each other

 on rainy day, conversation of autie and the people in the restaurant 

with giggles and jokes

I didn't understand even a word,

but, you know, the feeling was so warm and touched my heart

This place is full of humanity

I remind you I'm at Jiuchong Hu in Sinpu township

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Random Pics

we have one dog called Blackie at the house, means a small black dog

He is black but old and big

Funny thing is, in Taiwan, every black dog is called Blackie (Shya hwae yi)

Just I mean it. They are everywhere in the city!

This dog in the pic is a stray dog

He just appeared in front of Connie and me on that day

and followed us all the way

이 사진은 떠돌이 개 사진인데요

친첸정원간날에 갑자기 코니랑 제 앞에 나타나서는

하루종일 쫓아다녔어요

So, I call him Brownie!

Shya Hu ang, a small yellow dog

He still appears from anywhere and get a chicken bone from the restaurant

when he is lucky :D

Hakka flat noodles

하카 납짝면 누들

Egg tart~><

Sure say, this is my favourite in Taiwan so far!

this one just looks like a meat pie but it is made of egg!

Crispy outside and tender, creamy egg inside

에그타트입니다

확실히 여태까지 대만에서 제일 맛있는 음식이에요!

그냥 보기에는 미트파이 같지만, 계란으로 만들었어요

바깥은 바삭하고 안은 촉촉하고 부드러운 계란이랍니다

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

>u<

강력추천입니다

Oh, In Taiwan, KFC sells anything

egg tart, corn soup, milk tea, flat bread burger and of course chips and chicken

타이완 KFC에선 아무거나 다 팔아요

에그타트, 옥수수수프, 밀크티, 햄버거 그리고 감자튀김이랑 치킨두요.

Paha