Lunch At Yong An

December 24, 2010 By: thenhbushman Geotag Icon Show on map Category: Food, local cuisine, Taiwan

Photos by MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS!

It’s been some time since we went to Yong An and the famous fishing port, so Hui-chen and I decided to head up there for lunch. Yong An has some of the best and freshest seafood in Taiwan.

We went to the restaurant area and were immediately besieged with the hard-sell restaurant owners, hawking their wares to us. It makes no sense at all because virtually all of the places have the exact same offerings – the difference is the chefs who do the cooking.

We ended up at a place were we’ve eaten before and had some good dishes.

Here’s some closeups of what’s in the tanks. Here we see spiny lobster.

And on the right, some regular fin fish.

Down below, more fish and a crab.

Bottom left, more fish awaiting their fate.

If you look closely at the tanks you can pick out some unusual things, such as this lobster head. It looks like the crab ate it. That probably cost the owner a thousand NT dollars.

In the top right is some kind of a bottom fish. The reason the last 2 photos aren’t so clear is because of the overflow water running down the front of the glass.

Now for the food we ordered (with Chinese names at the end):

Clams and basil. This dish was excellent! 炒海瓜子

Next out is “kung bao” squid (just like Kung Bao Chicken in the USA, only squid). 宮保花枝

A nice soup with a cilantro (coriander) garnish. This soup contains “mo larvae” 魩仔魚焿

Rice noodles with vegetables. 炒米粉

“Water lotus” with pork. This dish was very nice. 炒水蓮

My favorite: deep fried oysters! 炸鮮蚵

Grilled fish chins! These particular fish didn’t taste like the bottom of the lake, they being salt water free ranging wild fish. These chins were fantastic. 烤魚下巴

This final shot is an overview of the entire table! It was an epic meal to put it mildly!

Thanks for reading! We welcome your comments and recommendations below. You may use the ShareThis service below, or the Apture bar above for social media sharing.

Today's Ride 090814
Photos & Video by MJ Klein I took a nice long ride on Friday, along the coast and one of my favorite areas. I've blogged on the Yong An ri ...
Lunch After Class
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen, including some FOOD PHOTOS I took some of my Chinese language classmates out for lunch the other day. Where ...
Lunch At Costco
Hui-chen's pizza. We both got Costo chicken salad - they are very good!
This Week In Food, Part Four
Food and other photos by MJ Klein After the wedding, we went down to Kaohsiung to visit the family. Ping-chen suggested that we check out a Ko ...
Geocaching in Yong An: UPDATE!
Michael Turton took his vehicle to the Mistubishi repair shop to check it out after the accident. Work was halted when technicians found a snake ...

By Blogsdna

Don't miss anything! Subscribe to our RSS feed and never miss an article! It's easy! Just click on the icon to the left.

Printer Friendly Version

5 Responses to “ Lunch At Yong An ”

# 1 mike01905 Says:
December 25th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Hmmmm… spiny lobster. How is the lobster in Taiwan compared to the lobster in Maine/New England???
mike01905´s last [type] ..2010 New England International Auto Show

thenhbushman reply on December 25th, 2010 2:01 pm:

hi Mike. spiny lobster doesn’t have claws like the ones in New England. also Hui-chen and i think that the flavor is milder. recently we got a spiny lobster and were disappointed by the flavor, which was hard to distinguish from some of the other flavors that were in the dish. the only big piece of meat is the tail, and the legs are pretty useless, although some people like to spend time sucking out the meat from them. if you like New England lobster i think you would be disappointed by the spiny variety.
# 2 MJ Klein Says:
December 27th, 2010 at 8:33 am
Lunch At Yong An, Taiwan: http://t.co/ZAt3cj2
# 3 Brunty Says:
December 27th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Good to see you are eating well my friend. I really get jacked off at the hawkers or touts, thankfully it doesn’t happen in sleepy Isaan but Bangkok and such they can be a pain in the arse.

As you said, in some areas there are 10 restauraunts selling the identical thing at the same prices and if we find one that has served good food we keep going back there (boring I know)

Fish chins, are they like the gills??? What do they taste like? They look very cricpy.

I miss rock lobster (we call crayfish) from back home, have never tasted better than from off the boat fresh out of the live tank. Tried some of the lobster here in Thailand, it was good but not like home. Much like the steak here

Thanks for sharing and making me hungry.
Brunty´s last [type] ..Boxing Day in Isaan Thailand

thenhbushman reply on December 28th, 2010 4:03 pm:

Brunty, yeah i’m the say way – those hard sell pushy types irk me. i actually had to shush the woman because i was trying to hear what my wife was saying, and she kept interrupting with stuff about what they have on the menu.

the fish chins are also sometimes called fish “collars” – they are literally the bottom jaw of the fish and often include the front pectoral fins. if grilled properly they are crispy on the outside with the fat being soft and almost liquid inside. the chins feature dark meat and fat, and it makes a nice meal. fish fat rocks, IMO.

i would like to try the crayfish from Australia as i have never had it before. the spiny lobster we have here is rather disappointing. especially since Hui-chen has has the New England Maine lobster recently! thanks and take care Brunty.