waiting for dishes this time on the telly and island of sicily. now d.w. has a new multimedia series called tasty taipei which has just started on the euro max you tube channel and on social media i'm presenting meghan lee went to taiwan a mess out with chinese editor. who took her on a colony journey from street food markets to high class restaurants bag and will join me in a minute but 1st let's have a taste of featuring stinky and spicy tofu. i'm travelled extensively through europe africa and of course united states but i've never been to taiwan and i hear the type a is a foodie's paradise so i am super excited to get a taste of city. so

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ok well you like to. get whipped by these girls all right now 1st of all how might this medium spice have me. try it to know if you were going to be a bit. that's my that's ok. you know. my goodness. it's really hot. really you might. just then and told me about the story i'm trying to tell you yes. it's true oh my. lord. every.

time. they want to. fire i don't know i'll. keep trying to do things right for you might 1st. think you might go. oh my goodness. that sort of friendship with you know 1st of all why. taiwan is a very special project from our director general peter lim borg went there for the opening of taipei office the body year ago and and those over you saw there took him out to one of the best taiwanese restaurants tintype phone and apparently there he fell in love with taiwanese cuisine and the idea was born that he from there he said let's do something on time when he's cuisine and that's how it happened because it's. talking with christine very different chinese it is which i found out

nice cuisine well 1st of all it's chinese cuisine as we know it is nothing like the cuisine that they would serve in china which is also nothing really like the cuisine to serve in taiwan but. because taiwan. and china have a special relationship that there's a there's a definite influence on the on the cuisine taiwanese cuisine but i will say taiwanese cuisine is about fusion it's very very healthy very fresh it's not greasy i associate chinese food with being very greasy going to austria that you know no no no not at all it's very clean and that's what i liked about it because i didn't gain any weight. does tofu stick yes. this is no joke it was it's tough that's a challenge because obviously if you smell something like a like i said it was like a farm you know i mean it's like going to walk into

a farm where there's stinky pigs and things you're not going to eat and it really smell it was you really notice this for it was fermented something it just reeked and i thought there's no way i can eat here and they brought it out and i thought there's no i'm eating that and to taste it though it was really really mild it wasn't it was different from the way that it's mouth so but still it was a challenge to have that smell all around you and then eat and enjoy but but my reaction in the crew really like that too because the taiwanese are very proud they were so excited when i said i'd like to now we've. got a bit because we've got speaking a bit of mandarin here it is right now i have this is that this. young. man to. me. is the author or one of. the. because you.

you actually done. news is very did it is difficult because the. phrasing isn't it isn't all about imitation i just imitated i didn't really know what i was saying they just told me sentences i memorized certain phrases and then just imitate you imitate the sound like. it's not me it's you have to imitate the way they say it and and i didn't even i would just start making up sounds to try and get understood let's go to the street markets because there's lots of them where they like very busy it was raining the night we went but still most people don't have kitchens i mean well that's what i'm told they don't have. they have very small living spaces so they don't have the space or time even in time and use words like crazy to cook at home so they spend a lot of time in these night markets plus the food there is extremely cheap food

but the cost to be the cost of living isn't cheap but food there you can eat really well at the chinese or the time when it's market for about $3.00 or 3 to 5 euros so why cut oh yeah absolutely. i would do that now the series goes on with. there's going to be a documentary lots of this you know you try to reach a part of the series every week aeronaut sculptures so tell us a few highlights coming up ok well i dress the chinese i'm person one of them and i order those oh he's my unic and so he has to do what i say and now and i mean i don't really eat that much because it's again spicy food this food there is incredibly hot they love it the temperature hot and they spicy hot and they don't drink with their meals so i wasn't used to that i always have water or something as a drink as a backup and so so for that one for the empress when we turn. it around

a little bit where i make sure i test. those rates by people have a lot to look forward to mega lay thanks so much for coming in to us today and we should remember that when the time when he was saying medium spicy it's very spicy now we have another series already underway called european weddings celebrating the contrasting wedding traditions in different european countries today we're off to italy sicily to be precise and it's perhaps no surprise that sicilian weddings a big in this case one with over $200.00 guests what is unusual about this wedding is the bearer of the rings not a normal tradition by the way and one thing of course that you come predict to the wedding is the weather. dr out's cast a shadow over what should be the happiest day in a person's life. heavy rain puts paid to the dream of an open out wedding the couple live in the town of back area near the syrian capital palermo preparations for the wedding a well underway the couple's dog selma has

a big role to play at the wedding she is to be the official ring bearer and needs to practice before the big day. amounting village near palermo is the place where simona and gaetano have chosen to exchange them for the grounds of this palace are the venue for the open air ceremony. but suddenly the heavens open. the entire proceedings have to be moved into the entrance hall of the palace instead. thanks. to is the master of ceremonies many of the couple's closest friends tell anecdotes and then comes the high point the couple exchanged pounds which they've written themselves. my love my wedding foul is as simple and as bold as our relationship. i promise to retain the strength

that keeps our love alive and to accept whatever life holds for us the joy and the pain all of it. sunshine and cold in sleep and in love wherever we are protected goodness of your heart in mind now and in the future in the endless wonder of having you by my side . the official ring bearer is raring to go and fulfills her role perfectly. uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh time the ceremony finishes the rain has stopped now it's raining brice instead of. an old railway station provides the venue for the party the couple opens the band play

for their 200 class guest and the wedding reception doesn't disappoint there are 6 courses in all. and of course the bride throws her bouquet into the crowd before cutting the luxury as wedding cake. couple are clearly enjoying every minute of a lavish party it's a day to remember and even the rain couldn't support. finally music from 6 time grammy winner dr john who died of a heart attack on 1st day aged just 77 his own music was a unique blend of blues jazz boogie woogie and rock n roll but he also was a much sought after side man for the likes of the rolling stones and the wreath of franklin thanks for watching i'm bob i.

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