2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition Opens on the 5th: Experience That "Pureness Is Deliciousness"

(Taiwan TB News Network / Reporter Chen Nianzu) The 2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition, "Taiwan's Era of Pure Food," opened on the 5th at the Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1. With "Era of Pure Food" as its theme, the exhibition hopes visitors can experience that "pureness is deliciousness" and the healthiest approach of "eat in season, eat local."

The 2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition features 6 major exhibition zones, 19 themed pavilions and 820 booths, showcasing Taiwan's abundant ingredients, chefs' craftsmanship, exquisite tableware and distinctive snacks, offering a comprehensive and complete presentation of every aspect of Taiwanese cuisine.

The organizer, Lai Sezhen, Chairman of the Taiwan Visitors Association, thanked the Executive Yuan, the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Taiwan Railways Administration, the Council of Agriculture, the Ministry of Culture, the Hakka Affairs Council, the Council of Indigenous Peoples, and government departments at all levels including Hsinchu County, Taichung City, Changhua County and Chiayi County, as well as the culinary community for their strong support in jointly presenting the pure flavors of Taiwanese cuisine and building Taiwan's international brand image as a culinary kingdom. Lai Sezhen also emphasized that at this culinary exhibition, the participation of Guizhou, Jiangsu and Fujian provinces from the mainland is particularly meaningful.

The 2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition is divided into 6 major exhibition zones, "Art of Food, Ingredients of Food, Utensils of Food, Travels of Food, Gifts of Food and Utensils of Food," with 19 themed pavilions and a total of 820 booths, with highlights everywhere. The "Taiwan in Season" pavilion invited 48 chefs from well-known hotels or renowned restaurants across Taiwan to design "spring, summer, autumn and winter" set menus with creative ingenuity, seasonal ingredients and superb craftsmanship. Thanks to the chefs' ingenuity, the exquisite tableware and the support of famous chefs on site, "Taiwan in Season" attracted many visitors who stopped to look and take photos, marveling that Taiwan is a culinary kingdom.

The 2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition leads visitors to discover foods from all over. Changhua County's common-folk snack street, Hsinchu County's Fenghe Hsinchu County Pavilion, Chiayi County's Sunny Taiwan Pavilion, and Taichung City's floral expo meal to warm up for the 2018 World Floral Exposition.

Nantou County's "Sweet Nantou," Yunlin County, Keelung City and Yilan County's specialty pavilions each have their own features. Changhua County's common-folk snack street drew a constant stream of people, with visitors feasting on snacks such as Changhua meatballs and old-shop chicken feet jelly. Delicacies from Kagawa, Yamagata and the Seto Inland Sea region of Japan, as well as snacks and delicacies from Guizhou, Jiangsu and Fujian on the mainland.

Although udon, Hiroshima okonomiyaki, Yangzhou fried rice and wonton soup can also be eaten in Taiwan, authentic delicacies from their places of origin still attracted long lines of people. During the exhibition period, the Tea Garden of Hotel Royal Chiaohsi? no, Jūn Pǐn Hotel's Tea Garden presented a top-grade 10-ounce steak set menu limited to 500 sets per day, originally priced at 1,408 yuan, discounted to 499 yuan, sold out in seconds after opening; meal vouchers and accommodation vouchers from hotels such as Taipei Yuanshan, Regent, The Gaia Hotel and Victoria also triggered a buying frenzy.

The Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications' "Food Brings Good Fortune" pavilion will give away 90 free Taichung City PU SOUP soup redemption vouchers (originally priced at 120 yuan) at 12 noon on August 6, and at 5 p.m. at the same pavilion will also give away 50 packs of hand-picked organic sweet potato leaves free to 50 members of the public. With purchases totaling 1,000 yuan, visitors can also enter a draw for a table of "Advance to the Presidential Office" banquet dishes worth 15,000 yuan.