Dig In! Old Taichung: A Historical Novelist's Street Food Journey

Reading about food and drink, tasting history: Reliving the flavors of old Taichung
A work by International Booker Prize winner, Yang Shuang-tzu

• Examines the food culture of old Taichung within its historical context, from the Japanese colonial period onwards.
• Twenty exquisite hand-drawn Japanese-style dessert illustrations.
• Includes a dessert map of Taichung's old city district, so you won't get lost while eating and drinking in Taichung.
  
• "History has a taste, food is unforgettable!"

Yang Shuang-tzu's Taichung food journey for every greedy gourmand: tracing the origins of twenty street snacks, leaving a culinary imprint of this era on the palate.

As a new city artificially planned during the Japanese colonial period, Taichung brought together immigrants from various places, leading to a fusion of north and south in its food culture. This made Taichung residents more open to new things, thus combining urban resources with the courage to innovate, developing snack foods that blend traditional cuisine with modern civilization. Centered around Taichung Station, this book lists authentic old shops with generational heritage and historical food traces, extending eastward to Hanxi and westward to Mayuan Touxi, roughly equidistant north and south.

We sincerely invite every new friend and local to—carry this small book and eat as you walk through the streets of Taichung!