Dishes
Stir-fried beef
炒牛肉
Also called: 炒牛舌 (stir-fried beef tongue)
Fresh local beef or beef tongue, flash-fried over high heat at a Tainan beef soup house.
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0How it is made
Tainan's tourism site says the beef tongue is quick-fried over high heat and stays tender and juicy.
How to eat it
Order it as a side with a bowl of beef soup and rice. Wen Zhang keeps late hours, so it works as a late-night meal.
In Tainan
Wen Zhang's broth is built from brisket, beef bones, onion, vegetables, pineapple and sugarcane with a few Chinese herbs, and the second generation now runs the shop.
Where to eat it in Tainan
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