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Chou restaurant's famous shrimp rolls
No. 408, Anping Road, Anping District, Tainan City, Taiwan 708The ancient capital of Tainan is not only famous for its numerous historical sites and scenic spots, but also as the culinary capital of Taiwan. The night markets with hundreds of stalls serve street food with bold southern flavors. The traditional dishes of the ancient capital are also preserved and developed by famous restaurants for many years. One of the favorite restaurants of Tainan people is Chou restaurant, whose kimbai dish is deep-fried shrimp rolls. The restaurant has a long history of development, being both a symbol of creativity and sophistication in the culinary taste of Tainan people, and a story of perseverance and relentless efforts.
Chau Tien Can, founder of the fried shrimp rolls of Zhou restaurant, said that his father started the snack business more than 50 years ago, with the beginning as a small shop specializing in selling food. grilled chopped fish. After taking over in 1965, Mr. Can constantly explores and creates new dishes, including deep-fried shrimp rolls. He also sought to grow the family business. He rented a small shop next to Quan Am Temple to sell snacks in the form of buffet (buffet). He noticed that among the dishes, the shrimp cake that he specially prepared received the most compliments from diners, so he gradually focused on selling shrimp rolls.
Although shrimp rolls were famous at that time, he was always researching and improving the recipe. By 1980, shrimp cakes had a significant change, mainly to suit the taste of many different young customers, with the main ingredient being fresh shrimp. And this dish created a push to make his name resound. He decided to use his last name to set up the restaurant as "Chau family shrimp rolls".
Fresh shrimps are carefully selected by him, marinated with spices, burned fragrantly over high heat, then mixed with ground pork, celery, and green onions. The skin of the cake is also not ordinary rice paper, but is made with fish fat, so the cake does not dry out. After rolling, the chef will sprinkle a layer of crispy dough around and fry the cake in a pan filled with oil. The fried shrimp cakes are brought out with a golden color, the skin is crispy but not oily, not greasy, the filling is processed sophisticatedly, so it can both retain the sweetness of the shrimp and have a moderate toughness from the ground meat.
After more than 10 years of hard work, the traditional fast food restaurant business model has been transformed into a modern food service business model. Chou restaurant today not only serves fried shrimp rolls, but also serves a variety of traditional dishes as well as famous dim sum dishes of Tainan in particular and Taiwan in general, such as Xiao dumplings. Long Bao, Buddha Jumping Wall soup, Bat Buu Chicken Wing, Chung cake, fish ball soup, shrimp ball soup,...
If you've tried street snacks in Tainan, don't hesitate to stop by Chou restaurant to taste this famous Tainan fried shrimp roll. The restaurant has welcomed many famous stars and singers from both Taiwan and Hong Kong such as Lam Chi Linh, Quan Boi An, the band Ngu Nguyet Thien, and even famous Chinese director Ang Lee. Currently, the restaurant has many branches in Tainan as well as small serving counters in the form of fast food. You can look up more information or ask a local, they will surely know and give you directions.
Main store address: No. 408, Anping Road, Anping Old Town, Tainan.
Opening hours: daily 11 : 30-14:30 / 17:30-22:00