Text / Compiled and reported by Chen Guanxin, MOOK Travel Life Network
The Taiwanese cuisine in the movie “The Chef” looks delicious and mouthwatering, and many of the Tainan locations where it was filmed make viewers eager to visit right away. To help the public more easily find these classic scenes from “The Chef,” the Tainan City Tourism Bureau has specially produced a “The Chef” movie location guide map. This map connects film locations with Tainan’s group meal restaurants, and will be available for free at Tainan Railway Station, Xinying Railway Station, THSR Tainan Station, Tainan Airport, and the No Rice No Life Tourism Service Center this Sunday. Netizens can also download it from the Tainan City Tourism Bureau’s official website.
Want to explore all the “The Chef” filming spots? The Tainan City Tourism Bureau is offering a free movie location guide map to help you enjoy the experience to the fullest. (Photo provided by Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau)
The guide map introduces and connects various Tainan filming locations, including Zhongxiao Street, Mazu Tower Tianhou Temple, the Love Tree, Houpi Railway Station, Highway 84, Nansi Police Station, Lutao Yang Jiang Family Ancestral Home, the Search for Water Chestnut Fields, Liukong Pier, and Guiren Renshou Temple. These span across Tainan’s West Central, East, Houpi, Guantian, Nansi, Liuying, Qigu, and Guiren districts, totaling 11 spots. For example, the scene where Chef Hai reminds Xiaowan about her forgotten luggage was filmed at Tainan Railway Station, while the spot where Xiaowan’s mother, the boastful Aunt Pengfeng, sings and dances to attract customers and runs the “Aifeng Snack Shop,” was filmed at Mazu Tower Tianhou Temple on Zhongxiao Street and the nearby residential buildings.
Wondering where the “Love Tree” is? Follow the movie location guide map to find out! (Photo provided by Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau)
In addition, to help the public experience traditional Taiwanese cuisine, the guide map recommends featured restaurants in the Tainan area that were either winners or finalists in the 2012 and 2013 “Taiwan Group Meal Showdown” event. After competitions among hundreds of restaurants nationwide, Tainan’s Axia Restaurant, Taiwan Sugar Evergreen Hotel, Fucheng Restaurant, and Daiwa Japanese Restaurant all made the list. Selected dishes such as red glutinous rice cake, stuffed chicken, five-spiced shredded fish, stir-fried eel, red-braised pork knuckle, and dried scallop and pork tripe soup are all well-known traditional Taiwanese dishes. Those interested in traditional Taiwanese cuisine or group meals are encouraged to visit and taste them in person. Tainan City Tourism Bureau: http://tour.tainan.gov.tw.
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The guide map not only takes you to movie locations but also recommends restaurants from the Taiwan Group Meal Showdown, making it easy to find delicious food. (Photo provided by Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau)