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"Tainan 400‧A Movable Feast - Let's Serve a Table" Series Report 28 Rice rolls with cooked meat and pumpkin rice noodles, "Ah Ju Canteen" does not eat expensive dishes 2024/10/12
Braised hoof meat with thick skin and rich gelatin is elastic, soft and tender. Served with dried bamboo shoots, the fragrant and delicious taste is endless. (Provided by Zhuang Shihong)

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"Ah Ju Canteen" is located in Ma Temple, Quy Nhon District. Ah Ju (Chen Qiu Ju) worked as a caterer before opening a restaurant. She has served countless tables. With a strong grassroots and a sincere personality as a waiter, she insists on It is handmade and does not use semi-finished products. After opening the restaurant, it has passed on this spirit and persistence. With dishes with a strong Taiwanese flavor, it attracts a group of loyal customers from time to time.

Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe said that Ah Ju Canteen started as a food stall, then held tables and then opened a restaurant. It has become a famous restaurant in Quy Nhon area. It offers everything from traditional cuts and home-cooked dishes to Taiwanese banquets, integrating a variety of With its food and beverage elements, it is a good place for office workers, families or friends to get together. People who like ancient and early-morning flavors should not miss it. A must-order item when visiting Ah Ju Restaurant is the "Black and White Cut", especially the signature rice sausage. Pork with a moderate fat-to-lean ratio is mixed with sweet potato flour with red rice flour, stuffed into casings, hand-made, and then boiled in slow-fire water until The rice sausage is cooked through without breaking. Ah Ju has been doing everything herself since she set up a stall selling snacks in her early years. When she opened a restaurant, she still insisted that all ingredients must be freshly prepared. In particular, the powdered ingredients for the rice rolls must be prepared by herself. They are filled and cooked on the same day. The cooked rice rolls are crimson and fragrant. Overflowing, you can eat the solid meat corner when you bite it. It is chewy and chewy. It is paired with offal such as crab balls, shark smoke, meat rolls, seafood rolls or pork liver. The black and white cut platter is what Ah Ju is proud of. The hand dish has attracted many discerning gourmets to come here for her dish.

Lin Guohua, director of the Tourism Bureau, said that in the early days, food was not rich and only big fish, meat or high-end ingredients could be enjoyed at banquets. However, as life became affluent and food was rich, people turned to seek the simple taste in their memories. Ah Ju is good at making ancient breakfast It also retains many ancient Taiwanese dishes, which has become a major feature of the restaurant. In the past, pumpkin rice noodles were a common dish in households. Put pumpkin, dried shrimps, mushrooms, shredded pork, fungus and scallions into a pan and sauté until fragrant. Then add rice noodles and stock and simmer together, allowing the soup to slowly blend into the rice noodles. Aju Restaurant uses fine wet rice noodles, which retain more moisture and are moist and smooth to the taste. Adding the scallions produced in Meinong, the aroma is more fragrant. Together with the sweetness of the pumpkin, it becomes the essence of this dish. With uncomplicated ingredients and pure deliciousness brought out by the chef’s cooking skills, Ah Ju Canteen’s pumpkin rice noodles are full of nostalgic taste with every bite. In the early days, Taiwanese people could only eat pork trotters during their birthdays or during confinement. Ah Ju Canteen cooked them in a braised manner, using leg trotters with thick meat, thick skin and rich gelatin. They were cooked intact and uncut with soy sauce until they were delicious. The deliciousness of the meat is locked in, and the salty and fragrant dried bamboo shoots are used to balance the greasy taste, making it smooth and fragrant in the mouth. The braised pork leg is also the signature of Ah Ju Canteen, an authentic Taiwanese taste. From snacks to big dishes, Aju’s dishes are just like the taste of mother’s, which makes people miss you again and again. When you come here, you feel like going home. You don’t have to eat expensive food, and you can taste the extraordinary in ordinary ingredients. tasty!

2024 coincides with Tainan 400. The Tourism Bureau has specially cooperated with Mr. Zhang Yunshu, the author of "Tainan Table Chef" to plan "Tainan 400‧Mobile Feast─Come and Serve a Table" and "Tainan 400‧Exquisite Food─Tshuē Restaurant" ” series of reports. Since September, a series of "Tainan 400 City Eats" activities have been launched, including the "Tainan 400 City Eats 37 Districts Touring Mobile Exhibition", inviting people to come to Tainan on weekends and holidays to eat, have fun and get to know Tainan. For details, please visit the " Tainan 400-City Food " website. You are welcome to follow the " Tainan Tourism Network " and " Tainan Tourism Fan Page " at any time to get the latest information on Tainan sightseeing and activities.

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