The Food in My Hometown(5)-tortoise jelly of 東隆堂

This week, I would like to recommend a store in Dong Gang to you. Its name is 東隆堂. 東隆堂 is a store which is famous for its various kinds of Chinese medicinal cuisines. Among them, the most well-known product is tortoise jelly (龜苓膏). And it is my today’s main character.

Tortoise jelly is made from tortoise plastron(龜板膠) and dozens of precious Chinese herbal medicines(中藥材). The appearance of Tortoise jelly, based on its English name, is similar to jelly, but its color is quite different from the jellies that you usually can see in the convenient stores-it’s black. Seeing its strange color, you may have a question in mind: Is it really delicious? In my opinion, undoubtedly, it is delicious, especially with some honey which can mix the bitterness of tortoise jelly. Besides, it is beneficial to our health-it can activate the blood circulation of our body.

Next time, when you visit Dong Gong, in addition to eating Bluefin tuna, you can have a new choice-going to東隆堂, which is nearby the most renowned temple-東隆宮, to enjoy a bowl of tortoise jelly and other worthy eating Chinese medicinal cuisines .

Something unrelated to the topic:

You might have noticed that it is my first time to talk about the name of store on my blog. The reason why I mention its name is because the store has something to do with me-the owner’s daughter is one of my best friend, as well as my kindergarten classmate and junior high school classmate.