Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan is going to promote another of its popular local street food, braised pork on rice, following the success in marketing beef noodles, a dish that has been heavily promoted.
The Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Economic Affairs will sponsor the Taiwan braised pork on rice festival, inviting between 50 and 100 shops famous for the dish to take part in the festival.
The officials said that to project the image of Taiwan as a "country of delicacies," it has targeted the street food for promotion, based on being included as one of Taiwan's best foods by such international media as CNN and its attraction from many tourists.
According to legend, in the past, people were poor and could only afford to buy meat during worshiping ceremonies for gods and their ancestors.
At other times, they would ask pork vendors to give them chopped offcuts or pigskin and would then braise it.
The department said that interested shops can register through June 16, and an assessment by jury will be completed by the end of the month.
Starting in August, there will be sampling of the dish from the top contenders, and it will also be promoted in the Hong Kong delicacy platform, OpenRice, in Southeast Asia as well as in Japan.
