Brilliant. So you do 'English' jacket potatoes? That's right.Yeah, we call them jacket potatoes in England

whereas in America, they call them baked potatoes.

Right. Ok

How long have you had this stall here?

We've been selling jacket potatoes for maybe five months now.

Before we used to sell milkshakes.

Ok. So who's 'we' anyway?

Me and my husband.

My husband's Taiwanese. so, we kind of pulled this idea together.

We really didn't want to have a boss anymore.

so, were our own boss.

It's great to not have a boss.

Exactly. You can come go to it when you like.

I see. You said they're called 'English' jacket potatoes.

So, what's different about your jacket potatoes?

We cook them for a little bit longer. We make them really, really tasty.

We also use traditional British recipes that my mother taught me.

Oh really? Your grandmother's recipes?

They get passed through the generations.

We try to keep them as traditional as possible,

but sometimes it doesn't go for the Taiwanese market so we tweak it a little.

Sounds great. I'm kind of hungry.

Which one would you recommend?

I recommend our signature which is the Bolognese.

The Bolognese is your signature? Ok.

Yes. It's an Italian recipe.

Italian? How do you know about Italian cooking?

My stepsister's fiance is Italian, so he gave me the recipe.

He's got a restaurant in Italy.

so, yeah, he helped me with that.

Brilliant. .

Let's have a Bolognese please

That's great. No problem. Fantastic

You can also eat the skin on the potato.

We wash it before and put salt,pepper and herbs on the outside.

Oh sure. I want pepper, I want salt. I want herbs.

Brilliant! That's fantastic. Good. We add a little bit of nutmeg to start with.

It really complements the potato.

How many forks would you like?

Two please.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

See you again. Take care.

So look at that. It's going to be great.

Whose idea was it to have the stall?

Both of us really. We didn't want to work for a boss anymore.

We thought we wanted to open our own business.

so,we just thought we'd start with a night market

and then a shop in Banciao. And do something like thaat

How about yourself. What brings you to Taiwan?

Ah, nevermind.

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