How did Anthony Bourdain get such an awesome job?

Some fun tidbits, largely food-inspired:

• Bread is a pretty new sensation here. A decade ago there were no bakeries on the island, and now there are bread and cake shops everywhere. Taiwanese bakers are very liberal in their interpretation of bread, covering rolls in dried shredded pork, green onion, sliced hot dogs, olives, and just about any other style of food imagineable.
• The sandwich is considered the default meal for Americans, and popular perception here would have it that North Americans in general eat nothing that's not between two pieces of bread. Often when people ask my favorite food, before I can respond (and I've realized I don't have an answer), they always guess "Sanmingzhi?", the Chinese word for sandwich, failing to take into account the wide range of things you can stuff into a sanmingzhi.
• If a new word is introduced into Chinese, often the Chinese translation is made up of words or syllables that together sound like the new concept. For example, "sanmingzhi" (三明治) is composed of three characters that already existed, including the word for "three" (san, 三) and "bright" (ming, 明). Another example is the Chinese word for America, "Meiguo." Mei, 美, on its own means "beautiful," but with guo, 國 (which means country/government/national), it sounds vaguely similar to "America." On the upside, when people ask where I'm from I get to say I'm literally a "beautiful country person."
• 7/11 is deeply ingrained in daily life here. At any given 7/11 you can print out documents or photos, update your cell phone plan, and even pay water, gas or electric bills. You can also place an order at 7/11 for high quality foods, like gourmet moon cakes specially made for the upcoming Mid Autumn Festival.
• Beans and sweet potatoes figure heavily in desserts. One of the most delicious things I've had here is made from the shavings of frozen milk, mixed with sweetened red beans. And since I'm assuming an industrial ice shaver is too expensive to have in a home, I can only hope that Taiwanese dessert shacks start to catch on overseas.

Let me know if you've got any questions about anything, I'm sure it would help me come up with new post ideas. In the meantime, I'm hitting up all the street stalls I can find.