WHAT TO EAT
What to Eat in Pinglin
The thing to eat in Pinglin is food cooked with tea. HODE cooks with its own Pouchong tea, tea-seed oil and aged tea: à la carte for two, set menus for a table.
HODE · Tea dishes
Tea-Oil Pork Jowl
On both the NT$5,000 and 7,000 menus, and the tea-oil dish food writers mention most.
Tea Sausage
The à la carte item most often mentioned in press and reviews: sausage with a tea fragrance.
Tea-Oil Free-Range Chicken
On the NT$5,000 menu; the tourism site describes it as tea-scented and light.
Aged-Tea Beef Brisket Pot
On the NT$9,000 menu, slow-cooked with aged tea.
Tea-Vinegar Lemon Fish
A light fish dish recommended by reviewers and food writers.
Crispy Tea Shrimp
Crispy river shrimp tossed with tea leaves, peanuts and chilli; GOMAJI calls it tea-fried shrimp.
Green Tea Fern Salad
A cold salad of Pinglin's vegetable fern; reviewers say it is very tender.
Green Tea Pine-Nut Fried Rice
Green tea in the rice, pine nuts for aroma.
Salted-Egg Pumpkin
Pumpkin coated in salted egg yolk, recommended in food blogs.
Crispy-Skin Soft Tofu
Crisp outside, soft inside; a must-order in reviews.
Also on the menu
- Tea-Oil Thin Noodles The regulars' "must order" in reviews.
- Tea-Steamed Sea Bass / Grouper Each set menu has a fish steamed with tea leaves for freshness.
- Tea-Oil Nut Pesto Rice The staple of the NT$7,000 menu; TV introduced it as tea-oil pesto fried rice.
- Pouchong Pork-Rib Soup The soup of the NT$5,000 menu, simmered with Pinglin Pouchong tea.
- Salt-Baked Tea Shrimp On the NT$5,000 menu.
Dish names come from the chef's recommendations, set menus, press coverage and Google reviews.
How to order
2–4 people
Tea sausage and tea-oil noodles are the pairing reviewers mention most; add tea-oil pork jowl and a plate of greens.
6 or more
Book a 10-person set menu; three prices.
Drinks
Freshly brewed tea
- Pouchong tea
- Black tea
- Oriental Beauty
- Aged tea
- Pomelo Pouchong tea
Lattes & milk
- Pouchong tea latte
- Black tea latte
- Brown sugar milk
Coffee
- Americano
- Cappuccino
- Caffè latte
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