Le Palais in Taipei

In the past, when foreign friends or business partners visit Taiwan, maybe you will consider to take them to the night markets to taste some Taiwanese snacks. Recently, due to the cooking oil problems in Taiwan, you have better to choose a restaurant strictly so that you can confirm all the ingredients you eat are safe for human bodies. Therefore, high-class restaurants are likely to be an ideal choice, for they usually manage their ingredients with higher standard. 

The dining wares of  Le Palais 

 There are many high-class restaurants locate in Taipei providing exotic cuisines, but if I want to treat the friends from other countries, I will invite them to try Chinese food. The reason is that food is also a part of our culture which totally merging into our lives. “Le Palais” is the restaurant I recommend; and its Chinese name is “頤宮”. Le Palais not only chooses fresh ingredients in the season but also provides great atmosphere in the dining space which has high privacy. There are some popular dishes in Le Palais, such as barbecue pork pastry, roasted baby duck in chief’s special and steamed egg yolk custard buns.

 

The roasted baby duck in chief's special

The  barbecue pork pastry and roasted baby duck were so popular, a famous dancing star, Jen Liu, had recommended these two dishes on a famous TV show of Taiwan. As a result, If you feel like ordering these two cuisines, you can order these “must eat” dishes when doing reservation so that you won’t miss them. I’m a lucky person who has a smart friend, so when I first visit Le Palais, I can eat all the famous dishes! 

The barbecue pork pastry was a traditional Chinese cuisine. The cooks roast pork covering with sugar or honey. After roasting the pork, the cook will take pork out and cut it into slices. Actually, you can eat barbecue pork pastry at any corner of Taiwan. However, why the barbecue pork pastry of Le Palais becomes so delicious? What is the secret of the pork? First, they need to choose the pork of mature pig with enough fat because the fat on the pork can let the pork taste chewier after roasting. In addition, the roasting skills of the cooks also play an important role in preparing the barbecue pastry pork. They need to be care of the temperatures of the herd and the cooking time carefully; in consequence, the surface of the pork will become crispy and the gravy will be maintained in the pastry pork.

The barbecue pastry pork 

When it comes to the roasted baby duck of Le Palais, we must talk about the duck the cook chooses. The baby duck is not as gamy as other mature duck. Therefore, choosing the baby duck is the first successful step of the process. Besides, as I mentioned above, the roasting skills are essential in these Cantonese style barbecues. If you are worry that you don’t know how to cut the whole duck in slices, don’t worry! The cook will come to your table and cut the main part of the dark into slice in Le Palais. After this service, the cook will also inquire what you want to do with the remained duck and the duck bones. Customers can choose duck soup or duck porridge. Either the soup or porridge tastes fantastic. By doing this, people won’t waste any food!

Sliced roasted baby duck

Duck porridge

Sides of the duck porridge

After all these dishes, it's dessert time!!! What kind of traditional Chinese snacks should we choose? My answer is definitely the steamed egg yolk custard buns!! With a mediocre appearance, people may think those buns are quite bland. Conversely, when tearing the little bun apart, the gold egg yolk custard will flow out. When tasting these little buns, you will find they are so different from the custard breads from western countries. The taste of custard is sweet while the egg yolk taste kind of salty. Surprisingly, these two kinds of taste can incorporate with each other so perfectly. Thus, you can’t help but eat one after one!

The steamed egg yolk custard buns 

The gold liquid flows out

These three cuisines I introduced are the basic ones you must try when visiting Le Palais. There are still other Chinese dishes, snacks and desserts in Le Palais, for example, soybean milk film with shrimps and pork, chilled mango sago cream with pomelo and so on. Next time when you get a promotion, celebrate anniversary with your spouse or entertain important family members or friends, Le Palais is a restaurant you will never regret to choose! 

 

soybean milk film with shrimp and pork