"Seeing Dongshi Pears" event to debut at Calligraphy Greenway, Taichung Mayor invites tasting

To promote Dongshi's local agricultural products, the Taichung City Government's "Seeing Dongshi Pears" series of marketing events will kick off on August 5 at Calligraphy Greenway, not only selling the season's high-graft pears, but also offering the public hands-on experience of grafting pear techniques and tasting creative dishes made with Dongshi's local ingredients; the "Hakka Market" organized by Dongshi youth will also sell products with Hakka elements. Mayor Lin Chia-lung said that Taichung's high-graft pears are NO.1 in both output and quality across Taiwan, and invited everyone to enthusiastically taste local, seasonal fruit.

The press conference for the "Seeing Dongshi Pears" series of marketing events was held on the 3rd at the Taiwan Boulevard Municipal Building, with Mayor Lin Chia-lung, Deputy Director-General of the Agriculture Bureau Tsai Yung-sheng, and Dongshi District Chief Hsu Pei-ling all attending to show their support. At the event, the head chef of Holiday Inn Express Taichung Park was invited to demonstrate creative pear dishes, the Qingfeng Dance Theater brought a pear blossom dance, and the Dongshi Pear promotional tour train was displayed. City Councilor Su Ching-yun also sent staff to attend and offer greetings.

The Dongshi District Office said that the city government will launch the "Seeing Dongshi Pears" series of marketing events starting in August. In addition to the market event on August 5 at Taichung Calligraphy Greenway, the public can buy fresh pears sold directly by farmers on site and experience creative dishes made with Dongshi's local ingredients; on the day of the event, the "Hakka Market" organized by Dongshi youth will also sell products with Hakka elements.