In order to escape from the hustle and bustle city life, my family and I decided to go to Yilan to embrace the natural beauty last weekend. Yilan county, a county in Northeastern Taiwan, has crowded in a large number of tourists when the Hsuehshan Tunnel officially completed in 2006. It only takes about 45 minutes, commuting from Taipei City to Yilan. That’s why Yilan has become one of the popular vacation places.
We’ve been to Yilan several times, and this time we chose Tayrio House to stay according to the recommendation from Business Weekly . It’s said that Tayrio House plants vegetables and go fishing by themselves; therefore, if you curious about their food, you have to stay over a night there because Tayrio offers food only for its guests. However, bad news came one day before we set off to Yilan. We just learned that Tayrio House would not offer dinner due to the insufficient fish caught in the morning.
In addition to no dinner, Tayrio House provided customers with poor service. They had guests to clean up the dinning table and take dishes out to the kitchen. Even though the host was friendly, I know that I would not come here again nor recommend this hotel to others. I guess the host forgets that people come to your place to relax not to do labor works.
Anyways, let’s forget about the nightmare at Tayrio House. There is one place that I highly recommend foodies to visit: Shen Yen Restaurant. Shen Yen means abundant food. It features Tanppenyaki cuisine. The chef takes advantages of local fresh seafood and traditional seasoning, bringing a series of visually tasty abundant food. There were some dishes that I’d like to highlight.
Wild oyster soup.
First one is wild oyster soup. Wild oysters are rare in Taiwan. The chef used only slice ginger and green unions to lift up the fresh taste of oyster. This soup a great light soup suitable to enjoy in hot summer.
Wild Oyster in Chinese is called 石蚵, which sounded like ten pieces of oysters. Thus, chef made a joke saying that if you found that there were more than ten pieces oysters in the soup, please return to him. Our chef is so humorous.
Heavenly tasty. The cheery duck with seasonal salad.
The dish, cheery duck with seasonal salad, was amazing. Skin-peeled red p
epper and thin slices pumpkin showed the chef’s serious attitude to treat each ingredient with a careful and respectful heart.
The succulent duck breast went perfectly with the fresh flavored salad. I wrapped a piece of duck breast with salad. In one bite, I sensed the sweet and fruity sour from the salad as well as the gravy duck breast danced mutually in my mouth. This is the taste from Heaven.
Sizzling Lushan eel.
- Lushan Eel and its abundant collagen.
Lushan Eel, a precious ingredient which is noted for its abundant collagen. Women love it, treating it like an upscale natural make-up, which could turn wrinkles face into a beautiful tight face. Seeing me taking photos of the Lushan Eel, the chef said ” you should take a photo of your face but not the eel because you are going to witness its legend. ” In the end, I still didn’t take photo of myself, but after eating Lushan Eel, somehow I felt that my skin was better than before. If you doubt it, you are very welcome to come to Shen Yen to witness it.
Wonderful Meals 