What are the specialties in Shiqiang Village, Miaoli? Come to Qiao Xuan Restaurant and you will see. Strawberry, taro, and red dates are the local food materials for creative dishes in the menu. Shiqiang Village of Gongguan Township in Miaoli has the only red date tourism orchard in Taiwan. Every mid July to end of August is the harvest season for red dates. The fresh fruits are edible and the mouth feel is similar to that of apples. The dried red dates are rich in vitamin C, with a sweet taste.
The area of Qiao Xuan Restaurant is about 330m2 which used to be the red date orchard. Years ago, the Tian Ma Ma, Ruyu LAI, and her husband returned to their hometown from Miaoli city, and they plan hard and use the knowledge learned in Tian Ma Ma program as assistance so the local specialties such as red date, taro, strawberry are shown in Chinese, Hakka or seafood dishes. The sweetness of red date can be tasted in their “creative red date cuisines”, “red date Japanese style salad” and “red date fried rice” which are light and refreshing!
Sautéed Yam Cake

Handmade Chive Boiled Dumplings

The red date sausage, Tian Ma Ma hand made cookies and the yam cake can be souvenirs for customers to savor at home. Qiao Xuan Restaurant, striving to promote the local specialties, not only gains the great support of mothers, but also gathers the local strength. The restaurant is warmly glowing by the red date fields in the countryside of Miaoli.
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