To turn Taiwanese on to the pleasures of Kiwi culinary arts, the New Zealand Trade Development Centre has organized a food and beverage fair at each of the capital’s three branches of City’super supermarkets and menu promotions at hotels in Taipei and Taichung.
The City’super promotional event, which showcases New Zealand products including cherry-honey jam, honey blueberry syrup, pickled kiwifruit with tequila, Maori beers, wines, Frenched lamb rack, mussels and more, runs until May 25.
During the promotion period, customers who purchase over NT$800 at one time in City’super or pick items from the hotels’ promotional menus will receive a lucky draw coupon to win a trip to New Zealand.
Award-winning chef Jason Dell has been in town giving cooking demonstrations and constructing the hotel menus.
The Chavalier Teppanyaki and Steakhouse at the Evergreen Laurel Taichung Hotel menu includes New Zealand salmon arancini with citrus miso dressing and tea smoked beef carpaccio as appetizers, crayfish bisque and Cloudy Bay seafood soup, risotto of green shell mussels, garnished with macadamia nut and lemon crumble, and roasted New Zealand lamb cutlets with tabbouleh, kofta, herbed goats cheese and sticky tamarind.
The set menu costs NT$1,580 plus 10 percent service charge and is available until June 20.
The promotional menu at Papillion, San Want Hotel, starts today and runs until June 13 and includes a set
meal for NT$1,380 plus 10 percent service charge.
Evergreen Laurel Taichung Hotel (長榮桂冠酒店台中), 6, Taichung Gang Rd Sec 2, Taichung City (台中市台中港路二段6號)
Tel: (04) 2313-9988 X2875
On the Net: www.evergreen-hotels.com
San Want Hotel (神旺大飯店), 2F, 172, Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市忠孝東路四段172號2樓). Tel: (02) 2772-2121
On the Net: www.sanwant.com
City’super The Mall branch (台北遠企店)
B1/B2, 203, Dunhua S Rd Sec 2 Taipei City (台北市敦化南路二段203號B1/B2)
Tel: 0809–088–680
City’super Fuxing branch (台北復興店)
B3, 300, Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市忠孝東路三段300號B3)
Tel: 0809–070–010
City’super Tianmu branch (台北天母店)
B1, 77, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 6, Taipei City
(台北市中山北路六段77號B1)
Tel: 0809–080–966
On the Net: www.citysuper.com.tw
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