From Bib Gourmand to Tainan street eats—turning Taiwan's food into songs with doggerel and music.
"Food in Verse" is about turning the shops I've eaten at, the markets I've walked through, and the stalls I've queued at into rhyming doggerel. It's not a food diary, not a review—it's using poetic meter to freeze memories. So years later, even if those shops close, move, or the owners retire, they'll still live in four-line stanzas. The most complete piece in the series is "2024 Taiwan Michelin Bib Gourmand Roundup": all 126 listed shops woven into one long poem, paired with four AI-generated songs totaling nearly an hour. Watching it through is like walking the entire list through music. Next is "Tainan Snack Memoir (Doggerel + RAP Version)"—Morgan studied in Tainan for six years, visited sixty shops across the ancient city, from Guohua Street's Fu Sheng Bowl Rice Pudding (碗粿) to Anping's Maoji Tofu Pudding (豆花), from Du Hsiao Yueh's Danzi Noodles (擔仔麵) to Yi Feng's Winter Melon Tea (冬瓜茶). Every line is a coordinate I've personally visited. "Food Doggerel – AI Music Playlist" turns these poems into background music you can play anytime—while cooking, driving, or writing reports. It won't break your focus, but it'll quietly feed your memory of Taiwanese food. When to watch: when you're hungry, when you miss a city, when planning your next trip to Tainan and wondering where to eat. Also great for friends who've never been to Taiwan—as a "pocket list that's not Google Maps."