Restaurant of Farmers’ Association in Xinpu Township
Address
No. 322, 1st Sec, Yangxin R., SiZuo Village, Xinpu Township, Hsinchu County
ContactPhone
+886-3-5891658
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Xinpu Township in Hsinchu County is abound in waxberry, apricot plum, dried persimmon, Maogu Tangerine, and grafted pears. Restaurant of Farmers’ Association in Xinpu Township is located by the vast greenish rice fields; upon our arrival, these passionate moms took out their homemade aged dried radish, pickled cucumbers, and improved Korean fruit kimchi to whet the customers’ appetite, as the prelude for the upcoming Hakka cuisine.
Grandma Zhangzhuang follows the traditional approach to make the aged dried radish, which disinhibits the heat and lowers the blood sugar as well as the blood pressure. It can be sautéed in dishes or used for stewing chicken soup and making rice dumpling. The taste can be a bit salty in the first bite, and the aftertaste turns sweet. The improved Korean fruit kimchi has fruits and vegetables such as pumpkins, apples, lemons and pineapples fermented naturally and it is preservatives free, the slightly sour and spicy flavor carries the natural sweetness of the fruits.
“Potherb and Mountain Fern”, “Red Yeast Rice and Pepper Salted Ribs” and “Hakka Crucian” are the signature Hakka dishes. “The Lucky Tangyuan” is the masterpiece by these Tian Ma Ma; they use the fresh fruit and vegetable juice (pumpkin juice, black rice, spinach, and Chinese yam) to dye the tangyuan with different colors. The dried persimmon is a specialty in Hakka villages; it is said to care of the trachea, so the chef uses the dried persimmon to replace the azuki beans and make the soup that is full of Hakka flavor of Xinpu area.
