The beauty of Taiwan – Food – Chicken Soup
Chicken soup is a very important dish for Taiwanese. The history of having chicken soup as a supplement for healing sickness has been for thousands of years. Therefore, chicken soup is not only a soup anymore. It has become a very significant gourmet for any kind of occasion in Taiwan. You can easily get it in the restaurant and even your Taiwanese friend can make you a chicken soup. Taiwanese is not a big fan of having can-chicken-soup, so the chicken soup in Taiwan is better and more delicious.
When you desire to have a chicken soup, you will face a dilemma. How come? It is just a soup. You just too understate the meaning of chicken soup. First of all, chicken soup doesn’t have a fixed receipt. Thus, there are hundreds of chicken soups on the market. Chicken soup is not only chicken with soup. It added so many various traditional herbs and Chinese medicines and cooked for hours. Second, when you feel like to have a bowl of chicken soup, you would like to ask why you need chicken soup first. A sore throat? A fever? Less energy?... Every chicken soup has its own healing power. Therefore, know your condition will help you to choose a right chicken soup for yourself.
Please have your chicken soup when it is hot. The hot soup can warm your stomach up quickly and then your body can absorb the nutrition faster. the soup is more important than the chicken meat; you have to finish the soup. As for the meat, it all depends on your appetite. The best chicken soup calls chicken essence which made by whole chickens without a drop of water, so it is really good for your health and help you to regain your energy back very soon. Of course, the chicken essence is more expensive.
Want to have a try of Taiwanese chicken soup? You can go to Longsiangu, 龍涎居, which is a chain restaurant of chicken soup. I am not saying it is the best chicken soup in Taiwan, but it has a good quality of chicken soup and provides a good eating environment. If you love sesame oil, Longsiangu also provides many side dishes with sesame oil you can choose from.
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