Cheers with "almond tofu" at the National Day reception. Shi Wang: This trip is very good

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a National Day reception at the Taipei Hotel this evening (10th). President Lai Ching-te accompanied King Mswati III of Eswatini, Princess Zuma and the visiting delegation to visit food stalls such as "Xin Tiao Restaurant" and "Chunmei Ice and Fruit Room". Foreign Minister Lin Jialong also accompanied them. In response to questions from the media, Shi Wang said that this trip was "very good" and he was very excited.

Shi Wang also "cheers" to Lai Qingde and expressed "friendship" with the almond tofu from Chunmei Ice and Fruit Room, and also tasted the tender grass jelly jelly and the chicken rice from Wudeng Award.

The head of the mansion divided his troops into two groups tonight. Vice President Hsiao Meiqin, Executive Director Zhuo Rongtai, and Parliamentary Undersecretaries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wu Zhizhong and Chen Mingqi first led the envoys in Taiwan to visit the stalls, including Raymond Greene, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), Kazuyuki Katayama, representative of the Taipei Office of the Japan Taiwan Exchange Association, Lutz Güllner, director of the European Economic and Trade Office, and Robert Kennedy, head of the diplomatic mission and ambassador to St. Lucia. Lewis and others tasted taro cakes, chicken cakes and tea wine; Zhuo Rongtai also personally carried a plate of cakes to the media area and filming area to share it with the reporters present. Finally, the two groups met and went to the stage area to watch the performances of Jiutian Folk Arts Troupe and Atayal Original Dance Workshop.

Heart Tide Restaurant has been recommended by Michelin Bib Gourmand for three consecutive years from 2024 to 2026. It focuses on reinterpreting Taiwanese cuisine with contemporary techniques. This time, it serves four dishes: "Fragrant beef jelly", "mullet roe stuffed with green garlic fruit", "three-cup chicken rice rolls" and "flame-flavored duck soup". Among them, the three-cup chicken rice roll is a stir-fried popular dish turned into a rice roll, and the mullet roe is paired with apple puree and green garlic mayonnaise.

Chunmei Ice and Fruit Room, founded in 2017, prepares four desserts: "Almond Tofu", "Taro Milk Ice", "Pearl Milk Tea Ice" and "Tender Grass Jelly". The Pearl Milk Tea Ice is made of shaved ice made from pearl milk, and after the ice melts, it turns into pearl milk tea. The store describes it as "one product, two treats". Chunmei Ice and Fruit Room said that it was honored to be invited to participate in the National Day reception and hoped to allow distinguished guests from all over the world to taste the wonderful taste of Taiwan's local ingredients and traditional desserts.

The taro cakes that Xiao Meiqin and Zhuo Rongtai tasted came from "Lin Zhen Cake Shop" which has been established on Dihua Street for more than 16 years. The store also sells good peanut red turtle cakes and mini three-flavor grass cakes; the chicken cakes are from 2 The "Fishbone Chicken Cake", which started as a Vespa food truck in 2014, comes in sweet potato cheese, Tieguanyin Custard and milk custard flavors; the tea and wine are produced by "S.C" which originated from Shuangxi and Jinguashi tea farmers. Lab Dingshan Tea Wine" supplies, including marigold Tieguanyin sparkling tea wine, alcohol-free longan and osmanthus sparkling tea, etc. In addition, "Five Lanterns", which started in Sanchong, New Taipei Province in 1981, also serves pork rice, drumstick rice and chicken rice.

In terms of performances, Jiutian Folk Arts Troupe and Atayal Dance Workshop shared the stage for the first time, combining traditional drumming skills with Atayal singing and dancing. Finally, the two groups performed together to applaud Taiwan’s 30 years of democracy; the Taipei Chanson Orchestra also performed live.

The three-dimensional main visual of the reception site uses "mountains and waves, majestic Taiwan" as the core image, taking the main peak of Yushan as the main body of the mountain, and leaving a passage between the two metal sheet-shaped devices on the left and right, allowing guests to shuttle through it and becoming part of the welcoming line.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are approximately 228 important foreign guests from various countries this year, including 6 celebration groups with a total of 156 people, and 72 officials (including spouses) from friendly countries and non-diplomatic countries stationed in Taiwan; the state guest-level delegation from friendly countries is the delegation of King Shi, and the delegation of Lieutenant Governor Beckwith of Indiana in the United States and other friendly countries' dignitaries.