{"id":13025,"date":"2017-04-07T14:50:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T18:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=13025"},"modified":"2021-02-16T16:01:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T21:01:37","slug":"taiwanese-specialties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=13025","title":{"rendered":"Taiwanese Specialties"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTheir website<\/a> refers to it as Taiwanese Gourmet, their menu reads Taiwanese Specialties, but a rose by any other name, etc. Over the years, I’ve dined here more times than I can remember, \u00e0 deux with a friend, as part of a group, and as the organizer of a few other groups and I have never been disappointed. Here are some of the dishes, in no special order, that we enjoyed on one such occasion.<\/p>\n

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\nOyster Pancake. A classic Taiwanese appetizer. If you\u2019ve ever had Hangtown Fry, a dish dating from the days of California\u2019s Gold Rush, you\u2019ll see a connection, but in this case, there’s no bacon to be found.<\/p>\n

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\nPork Roll. Bean curd skin stuffed with succulent pieces of pork and more, fried to crunchy deliciousness.<\/p>\n

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\nSquash with Dried Scallops.<\/p>\n

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\nSauteed Live Eel with Yellow Chives. (“Live” simply means fresh.)<\/p>\n

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\nHouse Special Stir-Fried Rice Cake.<\/p>\n

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\nHakkanese Style Pork & Dried Bean Curd.<\/p>\n

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\nGinger Chicken with Sesame Oil, formally known as Three Cup Chicken. A Taiwanese classic, theoretically made using one cup of soy sauce, one cup of sesame oil, and one cup of rice wine, but usually tweaked a bit and fleshed out with additional ingredients including garlic and ginger.<\/p>\n

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\nFly’s Head. Or Fly Head, Flies Heads, Flies’ Heads – you get the picture. Another classic Taiwanese dish. No flies were harmed in the making of this dish: the dark spots are fermented black beans that accompany the minced pork and Chinese garlic chives.<\/p>\n

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\nTaiwanese Sausage Fried Rice.<\/p>\n

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\nBeer Duck. Duck that’s been braised in beer, of course.
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\nTaiwanese Specialties Gourmet Restaurant (take your pick) is located at 84-02 Broadway, Elmhurst, Queens.<\/em>
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