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Talk Taiwanese Mandarin with Abby – Learn Authentic Taiwanese Mandarin

I haven’t listened to all the episodes, but I have gone through enough to want to share this podcast. Despite the title in English everything’s in Mandarin and intended for intermediate to advanced learners. So far it’s been discussion of various topics- I’ve listened to ones on dealing with anxiety, online dating in Taiwan, lgbt movie recommendations, Taiwanese Hokkien usage, study abroad experience, favourite Mandarin words, popularity of astrology in Taiwan etc. I find it really relaxed listening because the host speaks at the perfect rate (everyone she interviews has been comprehensible so far too), and the vocabulary is exactly in my comfort zone so I can a) feel competent and b) just enjoy the content without looking anything up, though there are transcripts as well. Episode length around 10 - 30 minutes. Particularly nice if you enjoy the Taiwanese accent. 非常推薦！

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Dinner is Fried Rice with Specially Marinated Pork Chop(招牌猪排蛋炒饭) from Feng Food(台湾味“丰”) at Northpoint City. To encourage more customers to buy home to eat, there is a 10% discount for all takeaway meals so this dinner cost S$11.05 instead of the usual S$12.30.

Next comes the plentiful idols from China, and the Taiwanese cutie, Tzuyu!

There was no way I could get all of the Chinese idols, but I tried and I hope you enjoy~ also our little cutie Tzuyu just had to make an appearance (and if there are more Taiwanese idols that I missed, I apologize but she was the first to come to mind!)

Chinese:

중국 사람 (joonguk saram)

Lay (Yixing), NCT’s Winwin, Renjun and Chenle, Jun (Junhui), The8 (Minghao), Miss A’s Fei, and lastly Jackson!

There are so many Chinese idols but these are just a few that probably have plenty of fans~

To say that “Lay is Chinese” (oh my goodness I miss him so much!!!) you would say:

레이는 중국 사람입니다.

(Lay-neun joonguk saram-ibnida)

(I know it’s very repetitive, but it’s good practice and honestly, who doesn’t want to see or talk about their favorite k-pop idols??)

Taiwanese:

대만 사람 (daeman saram)

Here we have the cute, lovable, Taiwanese princess, Tzuyu from TWICE!

When you want to talk about her (because honestly, who doesn’t??), you could say that “Tzuyu is Taiwanese” like this:

따위는 대만 사람입니다.

(Tzuyu-neun daeman saram-ibnida)

Also for those who might not have known, Tzuyu’s name is said as 쯔위 (jjeuwi) in Korean~

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Danzai noodles are a delicious concoction of wheat noodles swimming in a shrimp or pork broth, topped with a salty bolognese-like sauce. It’s a snack dish from Tainan, Taiwan (the birthplace of many popular Taiwanese dishes) and each noodle stall/street stand will have their preferred soup base – you’ll be able to taste the difference based on the broth they use! Because I like making cooking as easy as possible, I took a shortcut and used pre-made stock.

(Oh, did I mention that this dish is meant to be a snack? SNACK.)

For 4 servings (or about 2-3 full servings):

• 1 tbsp. canola or vegetable oil
• 1 ¼ lb. ground pork
• ½ c. chopped fried onions or shallot
• 2 medium cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ c. dark soy sauce
• ¼ c. light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. granulated sugar
• ½ c. rice wine/mijiu
• ½ tsp. five-spice powder
• 2 c. pork stock
• 4 c. seafood stock
• 1 lb. large shell-on shrimp
• 1 lb. dried wheat noodles (I used Taiwanese skinny noodles)
• 4 c. baby spinach leaves (optional)
• 1 green onion, sliced

In a large non-stick pan, heat canola oil over medium heat. Add ground pork, chopped fried onion, and minced garlic. Sauté until the pork is cooked. Reduce heat to low. Stir in dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, rice wine, and five-spice. Let it cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.

In a saucepan over medium-high heat, mix together the pork and seafood stocks to make the soup base. Do not cover. Once the soup starts to simmer, reduce heat to low. Add shrimp. Turn off heat once the shrimp is cooked.

Meanwhile, cook noodles according to package directions. Drain and divide among 4 bowls while it’s still hot.

Optional step: divide spinach leaves among bowls. I’m trying to incorporate more greens into my diet where ever I can.

For each bowl, ladle enough soup so the noodles are just covered. Add a heaping scoop (about 1/3 cup) on top. Garnish with green onion slices.

Pro tips: The amount of “meat sauce” determine how salty you want your noodle soup to be. I add a little more than post people (I love salt) and I’ll also add a dollop of sambal or crunchy Japanese chili sauce (taberu rayu 辣油).

Chou Tzuyu (Tzuyu of Twice)

Rebels of the Neon God (1992)

Dir. Tsai Ming-liang

Oops, I did it again - A Takeshi Kaneshiro simp post!