Taiwan: Wen Zhou Big Wonton
On the day of Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation's comfort women protest, a few of my fellow protesters and I stopped by Wen Zhou Big Won Ton for lunch:
We grabbed a few appetizers to share. This has the be the best kind of jelly in the world. Pork skin jelly:
Cucumber salad:
Pork ears:
Instead of wontons, I ordered the zha jiang mian or the Chinese version of the Korean jajangmyeon:
Unlike the Korean version, the Chinese one has more ingredients in the sauce, such as bean curd and bamboo.
With a satisfying lunch in my belly (pork skin jelly!), I was able to take on the oppressive heat while waving signs and yelling chants. Every year around the anniversary of Japan's defeat in WWII, comfort women groups all around the world take part in a globally coordinated protest. The protest in Taiwan this year took place in front of the Japan Interchange Association. I was really impressed by the turnout. Besides the 20-30 protesters, there were lots of media people present, as well as dozens of police officers.
I was even more impressed when a Japanese representative came down to meet with our protest leaders. Even though the representative ultimately refused to complete our "memory puzzle" (which would symbolize an apology from the Japanese government), it was still a successful protest because it was the first time that the Japan Interchange Association ever acknowledged the protest by sending down a representative.
Of the original 58 Taiwanese comfort women victims (or "grandmas" as they're fondly called in Chinese), only 14 are still alive today. It would be really great if the remaining grandmas can receive an apology from the Japanese government within their lifetimes.
Ah ma, jia you!
溫州大餛飩
100台灣台北市中正區林森南路2之2號
02-2357-7315
We grabbed a few appetizers to share. This has the be the best kind of jelly in the world. Pork skin jelly:
Cucumber salad:
Pork ears:
Instead of wontons, I ordered the zha jiang mian or the Chinese version of the Korean jajangmyeon:
Unlike the Korean version, the Chinese one has more ingredients in the sauce, such as bean curd and bamboo.
With a satisfying lunch in my belly (pork skin jelly!), I was able to take on the oppressive heat while waving signs and yelling chants. Every year around the anniversary of Japan's defeat in WWII, comfort women groups all around the world take part in a globally coordinated protest. The protest in Taiwan this year took place in front of the Japan Interchange Association. I was really impressed by the turnout. Besides the 20-30 protesters, there were lots of media people present, as well as dozens of police officers.
I was even more impressed when a Japanese representative came down to meet with our protest leaders. Even though the representative ultimately refused to complete our "memory puzzle" (which would symbolize an apology from the Japanese government), it was still a successful protest because it was the first time that the Japan Interchange Association ever acknowledged the protest by sending down a representative.
Of the original 58 Taiwanese comfort women victims (or "grandmas" as they're fondly called in Chinese), only 14 are still alive today. It would be really great if the remaining grandmas can receive an apology from the Japanese government within their lifetimes.
Ah ma, jia you!
溫州大餛飩
100台灣台北市中正區林森南路2之2號
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