best beef noodle house

worked all day. had plans to attend the milonga at night.

before the milonga, went to that beef noodle house i found in the alley behind the sogo dept store at chunghsiao fuxing. order a bowl of their specialty beef noodle soup, and it was just as good as i remembered it. apparently, i am not the only one, because it was just voted best beef noodle house in taipei!

my stomach fulfilled, i headed to the milonga. there's a lot of people at the milonga. about twice as many as the previous week. which sounds about right, given that there were two milongas the previous saturday, but only one this week. with that many people, i got bumped and stepped on a few times. a couple of my partners kicked others. what i noticed (and this is a generalization of the group as a whole, not of any particular individual) is that the followers do not dance close embrace well, and they tend to kick or do some other embellishment, so when its that crowded, accidents are going to happen. very different from buenos aires. nevertheless, it was a fun night. there was a follower, ya-ting(sp?), who had been dancing only a couple of months, and is amazing at following. as a comparison to the la tangueros, her ability to pick up subtle leads is as good as naomi and mary. i'd love to dance with her three years from now. fow now, i'm getting to know which are the good followers, and still trying to find one who can dance milonga style.