aeeble

2016 Taoyuan Hakka Culinary Certification Recommended Dishes: Pickled Mustard Green and Pork Slice Soup, Braised Bamboo Shoots, Oil Chicken Founded on New Year’s Day 2000, Shan-Yuan has long been the favorite Hakka restaurant for many celebrities, gourmets, and business and political figures, all of whom rave about its traditional Hakka cuisine and have earned it widespread media praise. The owner, passionate about Hakka cooking, started Shan-Yuan with friends after retirement. Quality ingredients are paramount: vegetables are washed until spotless to avoid pesticide residue—each bird’s-nest fern leaf is individually wiped. Hygiene comes next: stoves and the dining area are cleaned daily, with a thorough weekly scrub-down. These strict standards carried Shan-Yuan safely through SARS, avian flu, and the financial crisis, allowing steady growth. 100 % color, aroma, and flavor Asked about crowd-pleasers, the owner beams as she lists signature dishes: taro shoots simmered for hours with select local taro and house sauce, yielding a velvety bite; the classic Hakka sweet-and-sour pineapple and wood-ear mushroom, light and balanced; premium Australian beef slowly braised in house-made sauce for an exquisite beef soup—half tendon, half meat, springy and aromatic…