National Treasure Potato Pork Hock Introduction
A stall selling Potato Pork Trotters has invigorated the economic activities at the southern end of Guo Hsing Bridge, creating an economic miracle for "National Treasure Potato Pork Trotters." The founder, Li Hsiu-Fen, initially sold watermelons and betel nuts at the south end of Guo Hsing Bridge. Through a recommendation while shopping in the market, she started selling Potato Pork Trotters, which unexpectedly became popular and successful, leading her to specialize in this dish. The stall has relocated four times due to road widening, lease expirations, and the landowner reclaiming the land for their restaurant, eventually moving to its current location in 2004. The ingredients for Potato Pork Trotters are: potatoes, flower beans, and pork trotters. The process involves purchasing pre-cut pork trotters, cleaning them, boiling them to remove the blood, and then setting them aside. The boiled trotters are then combined with potatoes and flower beans in a pot and simmered for over two hours. The freshly simmered Potato Pork Trotters have a strong broth flavor but can be diluted with water, seasoned, and served in bowls garnished with cilantro. National Treasure Potato Pork Trotters consists purely of the pork trotter parts without whole chunks of meat, allowing diners to enjoy the fun of gnawing on the trotters. Wu Ming- Ji, Li Hsiu-Fen's only son, comes to help with cooking the trotters every morning before starting his work and also assists at the stall on weekends, preparing to take over the family business as the second generation.
