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in Yilan Luodong wants to eat local hometown food, Pingzi wants to recommend Grandma’s house ancient breakfast snacks The Grandma's cuisine, which opened a clean and retro restaurant on Nanmen Road in Luodong Town A small shop with an atmospheric decoration. It inherits the exquisite cooking skills of the grandma who is the head chef when I was a child. Yilan famous dishes, ancient cakes, table meat rolls, uncle-style fried fish balls, and cherry blossoms can only be eaten in Yilan. Shrimp oil rice, braised pork rice, mom's dry noodles, etc., you can try these delicacies for the price of a copper plate.
How to visit Grandma's cuisine? You can first take the Capital Bus to "Luodong Station" and then take the indoor bus. When driving, please navigate directly to the address: No. 116, Nanmen Road, Luodong Town, Yilan County.
Just looking at the facade of The Grandma's cuisine, I feel very retro. The strong hometown-style decoration, terrazzo floor, wooden doors and large floor-to-ceiling windows make it stand out among the rows of old retro Yilan restaurants, making people want to dine in. The name comes from the inheritance of my grandma's family. She is named after the good craftsmanship of the grandma who is the head chef. She has more than 30 years of experience in cooking.
has placed a signboard for the newly opened Grandma's South Gate Station, so that gourmets who visit here can take photos and check in. It is in line with the concept of checking in and taking photos in today's Internet beauty. It is particularly attentive. The Grandma's cuisine is closed on Wednesdays. If you want to eat, Foodies, remember not to visit on Wednesdays.
Pushing open the door and entering The Grandma's cuisine, what you see is very nostalgic. The terrazzo floor, cement walls, and red brick walls are all ingeniously decorated by the owner of the store. The traditional and nostalgic square dining table , paired with round benches, adds a sense of Yilan's place. The atmosphere of the entire restaurant is very bright. The sunlight refracts into the restaurant from the window, giving people warmth. In addition, the restaurant's very clean dining atmosphere makes people feel extra comfortable and at ease when dining.
The Grandma's cuisine provides six square tables indoors, as well as long tables on both sides. If you are dining alone, you are not afraid of embarrassment. If you are dining with multiple people, you can share the cooking together, which is very suitable for gatherings. The aisles between each table are not easy to collide, making the dining environment very comfortable.
The famous Yilan dishes that are often seen on the Yilan dining table are hung on the wall. Generally, you can't eat them in traditional gourmet restaurants. Grandma's cuisine, an ancient snack from Grandma's house, can be tasted here. It's very enjoyable and makes people no longer just nostalgic but imagine the taste.
A long bar table, suitable for one person to dine.
At the end is the counter area, a long bar. After ordering, remember to pay first, and then a friendly service staff will deliver the food. Just looking at the entire bar, you can tell that it is very clean. It is rare to find such a clean kitchen. Everything starts with the environment. Very simple.
The tableware and utensils are very Japanese style, combined with Taiwanese cuisine, which makes Pingzi look forward to The Grandma's cuisine, the ancient snacks from her grandmother's house.
Sauces and hot sauces are all from Grandma's house food, an ancient snack from my grandmother's house. I make them myself with extra care. If you like spicy food, you must get it. The hot sauce here is spicy and fragrant.
The Grandma's cuisine has a traditional menu design. You can directly draw what you want to eat. There are many items in the menu, from the basic traditional Mama's dry noodles, Lu pork rice, side dishes to Yilan's local dishes. , as well as homemade pickled plum juice, etc., the price is very cost-effective, the price of copper plate delicacies ranges from 25 to 70 yuan, which is very good value. There are like symbols painted on the front, which are recommended by the store.
Sakura shrimp Oil rice 40 yuan , choose Yilan Nanfang'ao cherry blossom shrimp and put it all over the oil rice. The vision becomes the focus. Each cherry blossom shrimp is plump and fresh. It has a crunchy texture when you bite it. It is very delicious. The grains are on the bottom. The crispy fried rice is made with shiitake mushrooms, shredded pork, and shallots, then sauteed with lard to enhance the flavor. It is cooked with grandma's unique marinade and stir-fried into the rice. It is eaten with sakura shrimp. It is very delicious. A seemingly ordinary bowl of sakura shrimp oil rice can be very good.
Smooth fish ball soup 35 yuan , it is not the fish ball bought outside, it is made by the store by hand buying fish paste every day, using fresh fish paste and adding grandma's exclusive secret recipe, and hand-kneading it for private enjoyment The fish balls create a chewy texture, and the fish balls here just taste different from those outside.
Take a bite of the smooth fish balls. The whole thing has a soft and chewy texture. You can eat fish paste and shrimp paste fillings inside. It is paired with a refreshing soup. It looks like an ordinary clear soup. There are a lot of celery in the soup, which is very fresh. Full and delicious.
Table meat rolls 70 yuan . Anyone who is a local in Luodong, Yilan, who has eaten table dishes since childhood, will definitely have tasted this dish. It was recommended by Pingzi’s good friend in Yilan. I didn’t expect such food. You can eat it at such a traditional shop.
Water chestnuts, onions, coriander are made together with minced meat, fish paste, and dried shrimps. Preparing the ingredients alone is very time-consuming. Roll them up one by one with bean curd skin, wrap it in it, and then deep-fry it to give it a golden and crispy appearance. It is an inheritance. The good handmade cooking method that my grandma used to prepare foreign exchange tables. After biting into it, you can eat it soft and tender, QQ chewy, full of the umami flavor of the boiled stock, just like dancing on the tongue, it is so delicious that your mouth takes one mouthful after another. Very mouth-watering.
Uncle’s style fried fish balls 40 yuan . The fish balls are made in-house. After deep-frying, they are eaten with Yilan’s local sweet and spicy fish and cucumbers. The fish balls are crispy and fresh, and the inside is also edible. The fish paste filling has a solid and grainy texture. The ingredients are carefully prepared and the ingredients are carefully prepared.
Ancient flavor cake 60 yuan , this is the signature dish of Lanyang area, a very representative food. Nowadays, fewer and fewer people know how to make it. The workmanship is complicated, and the ancient method is extremely rare. The whole outer layer is a little crispy, and the inside is The filling has the umami flavor of boiled broth, has a soft and tender texture, and is very hot in the mouth. When fried, the surface cools down quickly, but the filling is still hot in the mouth. The characteristics of being cold on the outside and hot on the inside seem to describe the true temperament of Yilan people.
Just looking at the pieces of cake, they are super elastic and delicious. I have to say that the cakes here are of a high standard and inherit the delicious flavor of Yilan.
Mom’s dry noodles are NT$40 . The marinade prepared by my grandma’s head chef is made in-house. The lean meat is boiled and mixed with licorice. Dry noodles topped with marinade are the finishing touch and sprinkled with green onions. They are also very popular. Mutually.
Stir the marinade, which is a little salty but not greasy. Mix the green onions with the sauce. The noodles absorb the aroma of the marinade. The saltiness brings back the sweetness, which makes people like it.
Pork rinds 30 yuan, Fried tofu 15 yuan . When you come to Yilan to eat delicious food, of course you can’t miss this traditional hometown snack. You must eat fried tofu and pig rinds. After eating this braised food, your mouth will not be dry.
Whether it is fried tofu or pork rinds, you first prepare the marinade yourself, and then simmer it slowly over low heat. The exterior of the marinade is coffee-colored, and it is very tasty at first glance. After eating the braised pork rinds, it will not be too salty, and it will taste delicious. The marinade tastes delicious and full of gum. A must-try for those who dare to eat pork rinds.
Sour plum juice 25 yuan , served in a Japanese ceramic cup, boiled with Yilan and ground roselle flowers, the sour plum juice not only has a bit of acidity, but also has the sweetness of roselle flowers, the two are combined together , bringing out the characteristics of sour plum juice, and the sour plum juice can relieve greasiness, making it even more appetizing.
After eating The Grandma's cuisine, an ancient snack from her grandma's house, Pingzi highly recommends it to locals in Yilan to try it and reminisce about the cultural and traditional cuisine of Yilan. You can taste it for the price of a common copper plate, which will make you deeply moved. , if you are a foreign tourist, you must not miss it. If you try it, you will definitely admire the craftsmanship of this traditional snack.
