Happy New Year!
Happy Lunar New Year everyone!
Here’s light-hearted cultural exchange idea:
One of the assumptions of Taiwanese cuisine is the Taiwan has best Chinese food and the highest-concentration of it anywhere in the world. In recent years, however, bloggers and reviewers have complained that the current generation of Chinese food just isn’t as good.
“Chinese cuisine has traveled to Taiwan for years. And just like the rivers that eventually flow into the sea, it’s all the same in the end.” - Eat Drink Man Woman
In light of these complaints, perhaps the government could create a grant system where chefs could apply to go to the place of their ethnic cuisine’s origin on the Mainland to get back in touch with the roots and reasons for why their food is prepared the way it is. Of course, the people who get these grants have to prove their intention of opening restaurants so they’re not just scamming the government into a free food-tasting trip.
