Easy to Make at Home! Enjoying Lu Rou Fan to Boost Your Appetite
Braised Pork Rice (Lu Rou Fan)
TaiwanTaipei, Taipei 101 Shopping Center
- Food Travel Log
- Widely beloved family dishes are simple yet profound. I finally met the much-rumored "Lu Rou Fan" (braised pork rice). The sweet-salty stewed pork was irresistible, making the rice flow like tea in an ochazuke. Apparently, it’s easy to make at home. Well, I don't have a home, so I'll just have to go back to Taiwan!
- Taste Rating
- Price
- 135 New Taiwan Dollar
- Meal Date
- 5/6/2023
- Insights from the Gourmet AI
- Lu Rou Fan (滷肉飯) is a traditional Taiwanese home-cooked dish, characterized by finely chopped pork simmered with soy sauce, sugar, and five-spice powder, served over rice. Despite its simplicity, it offers a profound depth of flavor. The dish is thought to have originated from the introduction of soy sauce during the Japanese colonial period, and it has since evolved into unique styles across Taiwan. When preparing it at home, using pork belly and simmering it slowly can enhance the richness of its flavor. Interestingly, a man who wrote a blog about the dish lamented not having a family, yet found a positive reason to revisit Taiwan to enjoy Lu Rou Fan again. His catchphrase, "Since I don't have a family, I'll just go to Taiwan again!" surely embodies the spirit of a true modern gourmet explorer reveling in singlehood. One can easily imagine him discovering new gastronomic delights and further enjoying his solo adventures in his next travels!
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