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Jiaodongjia is a handmade water dumpling restaurant in Shengshan Village, Taiwan, serving fresh dumplings made daily with traditional fillings such as pork, Chinese chives, and cabbage. The shop has simple wooden furniture, warm lighting, and also offers frozen dumplings for takeaway and freezer-to-home delivery options.
The restaurant traces its roots to a pork butcher in the Daliao military community in Kaohsiung who initially made dumplings to feed his children and later brought his son to Taipei. The business was founded in 2014 and combines traditional family recipes with locally sourced, fresh ingredients.
The restaurant keeps recipes passed down from a military village in Kaohsiung, carrying forward a family tradition across generations. The walls display old photographs and family pictures that record the history of handmade craftsmanship sustained over many years.
The best way to reach the restaurant is by car or bus; it is roughly 15 minutes on foot from Zhishan metro station and parking is available nearby. The shop accepts cash only but offers a wide menu including dumplings, noodles, soups, and braised dishes, with unlimited self-service tea from Yilan.
The dumplings are unusually large, about one-third bigger than competitors, with generous filling and elastic texture that may squirt when bitten into. The pork variety and vegetable types come from specific regions such as Liyuanshan cabbage and Hualien chives and are selected for their freshness.
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