Want to learn about Taiwanese cuisine? Take a virtual trip to this East Asian country with Erchen Chang, co-founder of BAO restaurants in London.
Erchen Chang is creative director and co-creator of cult London restaurants BAO. Born in Taiwan, she moved to the UK as a teenager and now celebrates Taiwanese cuisine in her cooking, and many credit her with popularising bao buns in the UK.
Taiwanese cuisine
1) Hot pot
I always look forward to hot pot – sitting around a table with friends with a pot of simmering broth in the middle. Food comes to the table – marbled meat slices, freshly made prawn balls, double-fried breadsticks – ready to be cooked in the broth, then dipped in your own sauce. It’s super fun.