About 45 minutes north of Taipei, there is a little town by the name of Jin Shan. We were there for some sight seeing and we ended up at a food stall in town just in the temple compound that sold thier famous steam duck fro lunch. The place was a bit odd for me as it was just in front of the temple and one place just sold duck and stirred fried dishes while on the opposite side it sold noodles.
I noticed that there were not many seating place between the two stalls and people just picked up thier food as cooking and take it somewhere else to eat with the plates. Business was so good that the owner of the duck stall didn't have to take any orders, she just cooked a batch of vegetables or crab or whatever and placed it at the counter and customers will just take what they wanted and go. And mind you business was so brisk that it doesn't go to waste, it finishes there and then. We were a bit late in the evening and there are still people taking the food, I can't imagine the scene during lunch or dinner time.
As for the food, the duck was ok and tender. It does not have the bad aroma that ducks meat produces if not cooked properly. The noodles was nice and smooth too. It doesn't have the after taste of preservatives like the noodles we get elsewhere. As for the rest it was ok. But the experience of seeing something new as in the way the stall was set up and food ordered was something new for me.
I noticed that there were not many seating place between the two stalls and people just picked up thier food as cooking and take it somewhere else to eat with the plates. Business was so good that the owner of the duck stall didn't have to take any orders, she just cooked a batch of vegetables or crab or whatever and placed it at the counter and customers will just take what they wanted and go. And mind you business was so brisk that it doesn't go to waste, it finishes there and then. We were a bit late in the evening and there are still people taking the food, I can't imagine the scene during lunch or dinner time.
As for the food, the duck was ok and tender. It does not have the bad aroma that ducks meat produces if not cooked properly. The noodles was nice and smooth too. It doesn't have the after taste of preservatives like the noodles we get elsewhere. As for the rest it was ok. But the experience of seeing something new as in the way the stall was set up and food ordered was something new for me.
Chopping up the duck.
Tubs of duck waiting to be eaten.
Cooked dishes waiting to be picked up.
Quarter steam duck with garlic.
Stirred fried Celery with Squid.
The noodles form the other stall.
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