It's 8pm, the streets are packed, something is sizzling on a grill right next to you, someone is shouting an order over the noise, and you're trying to decide whether you have enough cash to buy one m...

Episode 1 of the Mandarin Zest podcast is live, and we started with the one scenario every single person learning Mandarin for Taiwan eventually has to survive: the bubble tea counter. You know the on...