Featured Cuisine
Featured Cuisine
President Fish Feast
Dapu Township, Chiayi County
Zengwen Reservoir contains abundant fish stocks, including President Fish, Bighead Carp, Marble Goby, Grass Carp, Bluntsnout, Mud Carp, and more, with a total of over thirty kinds. The nearby restaurants source their ingredients locally and prepare fish dishes to satisfy customers, either in a package set or à la carte, with many different cooking styles. The President Fish, formerly called Quyao Fish, can be found in medium to large reservoirs in central and southern Taiwan. It has a very special taste and was given its name after former President Chiang Kaishek once tasted it and became fond of it.
Water Chestnut Feast
Guantian Dist., Tainan City
When water chestnuts are in season, they make a refreshing snack, tasting tender and powdery with a sweet, starchy flavor. 40 Besides regular cooked water chestnuts, the Guantian District Farmers’ Association presents a “Water Chestnut Feast,” which consists of 12 dishes prepared in various cooking styles such as pan -frying, stir -frying, deep -frying, and boiling, with every dish using water chestnuts as one of the ingredients. The versatile flavor of water chestnuts has received great compliments from customers, making the Water Chestnut Feast the most featured local snack from Guantian District, well -recognized throughout Tainan.
Rice Feast
Liujia Dist., Tainan City
There are abundant agricultural products in Tainan City , and each township has developed its own economic crop and various local snacks. The famous snack “Noodles with Bean Sprouts ” in Liujia District simply combines noodles and boiled bean sprouts, topped with special soy sauce for a medium sweet taste. The noodles with bean sprouts, frequently accompanied by a bowl of steaming pig’s blood soup, are not only an important snack in Tainan County but also a local favorite.
Zoumalai Grass Feast
Danei Dist., Tainan City
Accumulating the experiences gained from cultivating pastures and cooperating with great local chefs, over a hundred different kinds of pastures were studied to select nine kinds of grasses suitable for human digestion and taste buds. This led to the creation of the first grass feast in Taiwan , available at a restaurant on the farm. Now, eating grass is no longer a privilege of sheep or cows. After careful cooking, humans can also enjoy the nutrients and great taste. The suitable grasses selected are Pennisetum, wheat, corn, rice, and sugar cane from the grass family; peanuts, clover , and soybeans from the pulse family; and yam from the convolvulaceae. The parts used for cooking include bamboo grass, the strain for making dishes, and leaves for making juices or paints, which give an emerald green natural color to steamed buns and dumplings.
Fresh Milk Hot Pot
Liuying Dist., Tainan City
Due to a surplus of milk and dairy products in Liuying Dist., the local Farmers’ Association has been experimenting with blending milk into the soup stock for hot pots, preventing the wasteful practice of pouring it into rivers. After a brainstorming session and borrowing the concept from the popular Shabu Shabu , ingredients such as cabbage, Flammulina velutipes, 42 sliced meat, clams, fresh shrimp, and more are cooked in milk and soup stock. Milk hot pot is currently available at the Liuying Farmers’ Association Restaurant and other restaurants within the cattle farming region , such as Balaoye Farm and Yingchang Farm. The Farmers’ Association participated in the Nanying Classic Gourmet Food Contest held by the District Cultural Bureau and was selected as the most characteristic local delicacy. Visitors traveling to Liuying Dist. must try their famous milk hot pot.
Mango Feast
Yujing Dist., Tainan City
Yujing is the home of Taiwan’s mango, with plantations covering over 2,000 hectares and producing over 10,000 tons. The variety cultivated is mostly “Aiwan Mangos.” Its quality has been upgraded in recent years under new growing technology promoted by the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan. Now, “Aiwan Mangos” are exported to other Southeast Asian nations to expand the international market. The season runs from April to September, with the peak in July and August. Every year, the Yujing Farmers’ Association hosts a month -long “Mango Season,” during which local restaurants use mango in their dishes to present a healthy diet in the “Mango Feast.”
Lotus Seed Feast
Baihe Dist., Tainan City
There are many restaurants in Baihe Dist. that present the Lotus Flower Feast according to the season of lotus flowers or lotus roots. However, many of these restaurants only open seasonally. Visitors should contact and plan their trips in advance. Additionally, local farmers use lotus flowers, seeds, and roots as ingredients to make various snacks, such as aquafire sweet lotus pie, lotus pastries, lotus red bean jelly, lotus cake, lotus flower tea, lotus root flour, and lotus root tea. Each of these snacks provides its own subtle taste. During the lotus flower season, related merchandise is available as great souvenirs and should not be missed.
