Taiwan's Best Selling Beer

When it comes to beer in an Asian restaurant, you'll find all the usual suspects available, but if you're looking for the award winning Taiwan Beer, Seven Seas is one of the few places that serve it. Taiwan Beer is a light lager that brings a taste of Taiwan right to our shores. During the brewing process, ponlai, a type of rice that's native to Taiwan, is added to create a unique flavor that sets it apart from other pale lagers in its class. Taiwan Beer has been recognized at the Brewing Industry International Awards in 2002 and won the International Monde Selection in 1997. Come and check it out!

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A Dessert with Many Names

In this sweltering heat, what can you do with a large block of ice?

Make snow cones of course!

At Seven Seas, we prefer shaved ice dessert. While snow cones consist of crushed ice, a shaved ice dessert has a finer, snow-like texture. This helps to absorb the sweet flavorings like brown sugar syrup and condensed milk. A well-made shaved ice dessert should melt upon contact with the tongue almost instantly.

Toppings like grass jelly, sweetened red beans, mung beans or fruit are added to give some variety to the texture of the dessert. In Taiwan, some vendors add ingredients like green tea, chocolate, strawberry or milk before freezing the ice.

This dessert is highly popular all over the world. Many countries have their own version of a shaved ice dessert. In Mandarin, it's known as Bao Bing (Pronounced bow-bing.) Locals in the Philippines call it halo-halo, whilst in Mexico, it's called raspado. For a list of shaved ice names in other languages, see the end of this post.

In the pictures below, Seven Seas' server Vicki shows us how she prepares Fruit Bao Bing, an item from our brand new shaved ice dessert menu.

We Love Taiwanese Food

Dishes served at the latest Washingtonian Gourmet Association meeting:

Edward tells the crowd about Taiwanese food.

Fried squid balls.