Matsu Western-style Japanese Cuisine Restaurant Introduction
Kaiseki cuisine is probably the most commonly eaten and accepted foreign cuisine among Taiwanese people, but the Japanese cuisine that Taiwanese are accustomed to seems to have little variation. It is not easy to create kaiseki creative cuisine in Taiwan, especially in Yunlin, which many consider a rural area. Boss Zhang of Songwu has been passionate about the development of Japanese cuisine, starting with a small Japanese stall on Donghua Road in Douliu over 20 years ago, and has consistently pursued the path of Japanese creative cuisine. Along the way, he partnered with friends to open a large Japanese banquet restaurant, but ultimately returned to his own creative path. Cooking is an art, and this can be fully felt from the dishes at Songwu. The boss changes the menu weekly, innovating dishes based on seasonal and local fresh ingredients, making it a feast for the eyes, aesthetics, and taste. There are sashimi appetizers featuring high-quality seafood imported from Japan like sweet shrimp and red snapper, stunning sea urchin tomato jelly, salmon roe romaine rolls with vinegared rice using Japanese roasted seaweed, fried needlefish, health-conscious steamed eggs with milk that only retain the egg whites, French lamb chops with foie gras, yam and clam soup, and a unique salad made with avocado, mango, sweet potato puree, and sakura shrimp, all beautifully presented and delicately delicious. Boss Zhang particularly emphasizes that here, “you can eat well and get full,” with portions that are definitely ample.
