In the food industry: Marketing
I found a restaurant on Buxin St, in Shengken, where i live. Yuan Yi. The food is not bad, tasty and well presented the times ive been there. And usually very busy. I think it serves Shanghai cuisine. So far it’s my favourite.
What Cuisine Means to Taiwan’s Identity and Its Clash With China
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“Pork belly tamarind with betel nut at Ho Su”
The incorporation of betel nut as a constructively palatable ingredient would potentially be revolutionary.
I’ve forgotten its name, but there’s delicious dish of betel nut shoots.
Makes more sense. Thank you for the clarification!
Betelnut flower is really good but seasonal and somewhat locational.
That’s the one I was thinking of.
What a truly inspiring article! Reading it brought tears to my eyes (which is very unusual), and brought on a sudden gratitude for being able to vote for the first time yesterday.
I was washed over by a sense of peace, comfort, pride, hopefulness, and confidence for both Taiwan’s future, and for its national identity.
Thanks for sharing.
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P.S. the food here still sucks though.
Some very good recommendations for nouveau Taiwan cuisine in there, located mostly alas in the capital.
I don’t however appreciate the belittling “only 2% of the population” canard repeated by the author Li Yuan concerning Indigenous people here. We could counter: less than .0001% of restaurants here are doing anything remotely interesting despite their overrepresentation in this article!
Guy
Betel nut flower is one of my favorite Taiwans vegetables as well. Unfortunately the FDA has disallowed betel leaf (piper) as food, so a Thai style leaf wrap is no longer allowed 
makes perfect sense that betel nut chew wrapped in betel leaf and slapped with lime is still fine…the agriculture side of government are arguing and trying to turn this around with the FDA. But as usual, Taiwan FDA seems to be in their own world.
Really? That’s interesting. I’ve looked for it at times in the Wanhua produce market, and I actually asked you about whether it’s possible to get around this time last year.
There is a researcher of certain Piper species in Taitung that has been a bit vocal about the FDA. As always though, many are not even being clear about species.
An additional aspect is that now the FDA are actively fining manufacturers and eateries, unlike before. They are not yet providing much research or explanation for many species yet, but they are setting up more data sets so the rules may change soon for this one.
I just like it when one arm of the government actively shits on how unprofessional another arm of the government is!
Edit, as of this post, current status for all Piper species listed in Taiwan FDA:
Piper sarmentosum leaf
未經確認其食用安全性前，不得供為食品原料使用。
Piper betle (interestingly they don’t mention plant part, usually leaf and fruit are used for narcotics)
判定為「非傳統性食品原料申請作業指引」定義1之非傳統性食品原料，如有需求，請依前述指引之附件二「非傳統性食品原料申請書」提出申請。
Piper methysticum
未經確認其食用安全性前，不得供為食品原料使用。
Piper nigrum
Fruit no restrictions or notes
Stem
未經確認其食用安全性前，不得供為食品原料使用。
Piper retrofractum fruit
可作為賦予食品特殊香味或風味，惟該等品項僅以達香辛調味目的，適量使用為宜。
Piper longum until fruit
可作為賦予食品特殊香味或風味，惟該等品項僅以達香辛調味目的，適量使用為宜。
Piper cubeba fruit
可作為賦予食品特殊香味或風味，惟該等品項僅以達香辛調味目的，適量使用為宜。
Interestingly when searching for betel nut (Areca) The FDA conveniently shows "共有 0 筆搜尋結果 " 
Here’s a suggestion for new years. Be a good gift for a foreigner to bring to their Taiwan family’s house for lunar new year. Pork radish cake, more Hong kong style. If people like 臘味豬肉 (good idea to check first, some people hate this style pork) and radish cake, this one is really good. We get brownie points each new years when we show up with it.
The cookies and cake, whatever. The radish cake, that’s a good one! . Letter A on the menu, comes frozen and requires cooking.
Probably @user86 or other folks from Hong Kong would like it.
Anyway, our family and friends love it. Highly recommended. They are from Hong Kong, not sure if they speak English. Order from them on facebook or phone.
Their name is 好港覺
Is there some sort of law that cream corn soup has to be served with every set meal? It’s everywhere
For me that’s a deal breaker. Unless I am dining with people I REALLY want to be with who eat at such establishments, I simply eat elsewhere.
Guy
Miso soup, cream corn soup, and pork rib radish soup are Taiwan’s three signature soups!
I’ve never seen this one.
I would play it safe and go here: 红烧牛肉面
Or here: 麻辣火鍋
Although the sauerkraut and pig intestine soup is an under appreciated treat.
You must eat at the fancy places then. This soup usually comes free with box lunches.