Dishes

Taiwanese fried pork chop

台式炸豬排

Also called: 炸排骨 · 排骨飯 (pork chop rice) · zha paigu · paigu fan

A thin pork chop marinated in soy, rice wine and five-spice, coated in sweet potato starch and fried crisp, eaten over rice or in lunchboxes.

Photo: 玄史生, Public domain

Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0

In Tainan

The Temple-front Eatery (沙淘宮廟海產) is named after its early years outside Shatao Temple and has cooked for nearly 60 years. Among its old-fashioned Taiwanese plates is a crisp, golden chop served with potato salad.

Where to eat it in Tainan

沙淘宮廟海產

SeafoodWest Central

The Temple-front Eatery

No-frills eatery of about 60 years that began in front of Shatao Temple and kept the name when it moved. It cooks old-fashioned Taiwanese plates, oden and charcoal-grilled seafood. Cash only.

MICHELIN Selected 2023–2026DinnerLate night