Day 1 of the Food Exhibition: Aged Steak and Roast Whole Pig Free Sampling Draws Huge Crowds

▲ Tenren Hotel Group offers PRIME ONE Steakhouse’s charcoal-grilled 21-day aged American ribeye steak at 2pm daily. (Photo / Provided by Tenren Hotel Group)

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The 2015 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition launched on the 17th. Although visitor numbers were not as high as those at the travel exhibition and hotel meal voucher sales were average, the everyday food and snacks section was extremely popular. In particular, the Frog Hit Milk stall saw long queues, while the 21-day aged steak and open-fire roasted duck offered by Tenren Hotel also attracted large crowds queuing to try them. As for the booth of the Council of Indigenous Peoples, there was roast whole pig available for sampling, which was also hugely popular.

Besides offering various meal vouchers, this year’s culinary exhibition also featured numerous tasting events. The Tenren Hotel Group made its debut at the event by offering open-fire roasted duck (4 servings) and PRIME ONE Steakhouse’s charcoal-grilled 21-day aged American ribeye steak (10 ounces, 12 pieces) daily at 2pm. Even before the time arrived, there were already queues, and the open-fire roasted duck quickly ran out, while the 21-day aged American ribeye steak was all gone in under 10 minutes.


▲ The Council of Indigenous Peoples' roast whole pig. (Photo / Taken by Huang Shiyuan)

Other tasting events included:

Dadong Hotel
"Qiyan No.1" Sichuan-Hunan cuisine and "Xi Huan" Western Restaurant served chewy Sadness Cold Noodles and room-temperature fruit cakes—limited quantities available until sold out.

Huashan Flight Kitchen
Beef noodles, tea eggs, Wuxi spare ribs rice, red mushroom chicken soup, Provence beef pasta, mushroom soup, sesame oil mushroom and Matsusaka pork noodle soup, plain cheese cake, blueberry cheese cake, black sesame cheese cake, coffee cheese cake, etc., with two free tasting sessions daily at 11:00 and 15:00, 50 portions per session.

Hanbi Tower
Osmanthus cold rice cake, black tea plum cake, black tea smoked chicken, Hanbi Diamond Black Tea Pastry, and Red Jade Black Tea—four types of desserts, with one item sampled daily, limited to 100 portions per day.

Qingtai Hotel
Jinman Hall Chinese cuisine offered free tasting sessions at 11:30, 13:30, and 15:30 daily for “Full Moon Gift Box Oily Rice” and “Shark Fin Soup Base.”

Evergreen Laurel Hotel
Served (Keelung branch) honey cake, (Taichung branch) sanontou sugar cake, (Tainan branch) pine nut cake, (Jiaoxi branch) phoenix pastry for tasting.

Hai Ba Wang Enterprise Group
Offered on-site passion fruit and sakura shrimp rice cake for tasting.

Chenglv Tourism (Chenglv Jingzan) Hotel
Offered sakura shrimp rice cake, almond tofu, XO sauce, and Jingzan President’s beef for tasting.

Ideal Grand Resort
Handmade cakes were available for tasting at 100 portions daily at 3pm at the booth.

Rihpyuechi International Resort
Offered kimchi and XO sauce for tasting.

Long queue for frog hit milk at Gongguan


Roast whole pig at the indigenous peoples’ exhibition hall at the food exhibition