April 05, 2008
知味鄉玉米
Spent our day on Yangmingshan then drove down the back side of the mountain toward 金山. Stopped alongside the road for the popular purveyor of fresh-grilled corn on the highway between 金山 and 基隆.
Long line of cars were parked along the road and the lines of people were equally long waiting for the pricey (70NTD an ear!) but tasty corn-on-the-cob. The place's not much more than a roadside shack selling snacks to the passing tourists. But it's grown large enough that they have stands on both sides of the road to capture the two-way traffic.
Obasans stood in front of the hot grills briskly turning and basting the corn with a tasty BBQ sauce, while the youngsters handled the order-taking and crowd control. In the back room, the guys shucked the corn and par-cooked the cobs by burying them under hot steamy rocks.
知味鄉玉米
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