To repeat a comment previously made, I was grateful for the ability of Supera/Signet Tours (www.superatours.com) to identify interesting and outstanding food outside of the major cities. Another improbable location was the city of Lukang, with a population of about 80,000, where we had yet another outstanding meal featuring the local cuisine of Lukang. First came a pot of cabbage soup with quail eggs.
Next, a dish of thin oyster noodles. Closest thing to this I ever ate in the US was oyster sauce noodle and there's absolutely no resemblance.
This looked like ong choy (water spinach) except that it was a miniature version.
Who's ever eaten taro stuffed with ground meat?
Tofu, oyster and bamboo casserole.
More sticky fried rice. I don't think I recall seeing much regular fried rice on this trip.
Perhaps the shock of the evening was this dish of stir fried thousand year old eggs. Not that thousand year old eggs are an unusual item in a Chinese meal. But finding thing stir fried as an entree was a stunner. And a delicious one.
Yet another interesting dish, chestnuts with garlic and basil.
And yes, this is dessert. Looks like an onion pancake which it is. But it's filled with sweet bean paste.
After such a distinctive and delicious meal in this small city, nothing about the food in this trip would surprise me? Or would it?
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