I started my culinary career just 2 years ago. I was shopping around town to see what school was going to teach me what I hungered for....knowledge about food, its tastes, combinations, you name it. I finally found it in the PUCMM. When I first visited the campus, I saw the other students, with their cute chef uniforms, knife bags, and aprons. All I thought was.....Im home. Although the 2 yrs I spent there was not always smooth sailing, it was the best time of my life, almost more than college. I worked a full time job, monday through friday and sometimes saturday and then school from 6-11pm 4 days a week. By the time friday rolled around, I was dead on my feet but happy as a bee. Thats when u know u found ur calling.
As graduation was approaching, I was in part happy to be finishing but sad because my learning experience will be over. But I still felt like I was missing something. What ive learned is not enough! So I decided a month before graduation, thinking since ive spent the last 2 yrs studying western and carribean food, it is time to go back to my roots - Asian Cuisine -. What better way to learn the cuisine than to move there. Its like they say...you wanna learn french- move to france. I wanna learn chinese food, move to where they have it.
And now here we are, 4 months into my trip, taking pictures like crazy, and tasting all that I can stomach. Taipei is just something else. You cannot walk for more than 3 minutes without running into a cafeteria, restaurant, coffee shop, or convenient store. Taipei revolves around food. you can find food at any time of day, night, morning, middle of the night. Its crazy. Thats all I gotta say................