Taipei Times
Date: Jul 08, 2015

To promote Hakka cuisine, the Taichung City government will hold a Dongshih Hakka

Taichung City Mayor Lin Chia-lung, center, stands in front of a table of various Hakka dishes on Tuesday last week as he welcomes the public to sample classic delicacies in Taichung’s Dongshih Township.
台中市長林佳龍上週二站在一桌多樣的客家料理前歡迎大眾前來品嚐道地的佳餚。攝於台中東勢。
Photo: Lee Chung-hsien, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者李忠憲

Cuisine Outdoor Banquet next month. The venue will have one hundred banquet tables and can seat one thousand people. The public can indulge in Hakka cuisine while enjoying a wonderful program of performances and a raffle. Tickets to the event have already gone on sale, with a number of tickets still available; one ticket reserves one table. People that are interested may purchase tickets on the ibon online booking system.

Taichung City Mayor Lin Chia-lung used the slogan “South and north Taiwan eat to get full, while Taichung eats smart” to recommend everyone to head to Dongshih to try out the cuisine. Lin said, aside from eating smart, Taichung food is extordinarily varied, and the authentic cuisine of Dongshih has the purist Hakka flavor. For only NT$3,999, you can enjoy 12 Hakka dishes. Lin recommends that everyone register for the event as early as possible to have a good meal together and experience rich Hakka culture.

The Economic Development Bureau says the Dongshih Hakka Cuisine Outdoor Banquet will bring together Dongshih township’s local Hakka seal meat, drunken chicken and fresh shrimp, assorted Hakka grass jelly, pickled mustard-green pork soup and more, served at an outdoor banquet with one hundred tables and seating for one thousand people. The bureau hopes the event will raise the profile of Taichung’s Hakka food culture.     [FULL  STORY]