A-Chong's Taro Culture Museum Introduction
"A-Chong's Taro Cultural Museum" offers a DIY experience for making taro pastries, allowing visitors to enjoy the fun of creating their own taro snacks. It also features a pastry cultural museum where guests can learn about the culture of taro, scallions, and pastries, as well as the story behind the A-Chong brand, creating a perfect place for both education and entertainment. The park is divided into six themed areas: A-Chong's Pastry Culture Museum, Taro Ecological Park, 3D Painted Wall (photo area), DIY Classroom, A-Chong's Souvenir Area, and Children's Reading Area. Visitors can freely explore or book DIY experiences. Guided tours allow guests to understand the challenges A-Chong has faced over the past half-century in entrepreneurship, how they promote the development of Dajia taro-related industries, and the integration of local cultural characteristics with the Greater Taichung tourism industry. It is an excellent place for family fun, employee outings, field trips, and couples to share romantic moments. The park has a spacious parking lot for your vehicle, allowing visitors to enjoy leisurely activities without worries. In the pastry culture museum, there is the world's largest taro and the most comprehensive information related to taro: it tells you where taro comes from, how to protect taro from typhoons, how to peel taro without hurting yourself, and how to consume taro for cancer prevention. It will also inform you that besides barbecuing during the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are new options like fortune-telling with moon cakes, listen to the story of the pastry ancestor who couldn't make pastries, and see the vintage piping machines and A-Chong's first electric oven. How much do you know about taro? The ecological park allows you to touch taro leaves, learn how to distinguish Dajia taro (betel nut heart taro), show you how to identify the toxic and enduring "Auntie Taro" with just a drop of water, introduce you to the most environmentally friendly umbrella for "Doudou Dragon," and see the taro leaves tainted by careless painters, learn about taro that makes you cry when you drink too much water, and discover many interesting and fun facts about taro! There is also the largest rolling pin and colorful egg beater in Taiwan outdoors, perfect for visitor selfies. The DIY classroom has a spacious and bright accessible space for you to enjoy making taro pastries, from rolling dough to wrapping; from being clumsy to becoming proficient, you can make four taro pastries in just 30 minutes, ensuring a lasting taste. The souvenir area features A-Chong's signature product—the small taro, made from natural ingredients. Awarded the title of "TV Snack," the fragrant taro strips will definitely leave you hooked, bite after bite. There are also butter pastries, taro puff pastries, pineapple cakes, almond-flavored Mazu cakes, sweet rice wine taro fermented tofu, and must-try taro ice cream that is 100% fragrant, along with a delicious taro roll. The fragrant memories from 30 years ago spread happiness. With the emergence of large supermarkets in the 90s, A-Chong embarked on a critical transformation, restarting with Western-style wedding cakes while maintaining an innovative spirit in pastry making. Breaking through the traditional concept of gift pastries, they created a European-style "Declaration of Love" tower-shaped wedding cake. A-Chong uses various seeds as fillings, symbolizing "many children, many blessings," and creates towers made from thick cakes, representing increasing affection. In 1998, with an oversupply of Dajia taro, worried relatives frequently brought a lot of betel nut heart taro. A-Chong devoted himself to researching day and night; the romantically designed taro pastry began to bloom with purple fragrance in Dajia. After extensive media coverage, "taro pastries" quickly gained fame across Taiwan, and A-Chong created another spring for the Dajia taro industry. A-Chong happily said, "I never dreamed that taro pastries would not only save Dajia taro farmers but also help my business reach new heights." Growing up in Da'an and thriving in Dajia, A-Chong has been tirelessly developing local taro-related products for over 50 years. Recently, he has often reminisced about the tastes of his mother's hometown, remembering how she used to cook dishes like omelets with dried radish, sweet potato noodles, and taro rice noodles, and as she fried vegetables, fried rice, fried noodles, and fried rice noodles, he would run to the vegetable garden planted by his father to pick a few scallions or garlic, hurry back to give them to his mother, creating that fragrant taste. Thus, understanding his longing, A-Chong meticulously developed new agricultural products combining Dajia's taro and Da'an's scallions to create a new product that carries both the taste of hometown and the essence of his mother—A-Chong's Fragrant Taro. Choosing the best betel nut heart taro from Dajia, fresh taro is cut into strips and baked at high temperatures without any additives, allowing the moisture to evaporate, then coated with imported healthy glutinous rice malt and mixed with finely tender, pure white, elongated Da'an scallions, finally garnished with fresh sesame and pepper for flavor, making it delicious and irresistible. After a tiring day of fun, there is a children's reading area where little book lovers can quietly read, allowing adults to take a moment to relax. A-Chong's Taro Cultural Museum adheres to its original intention: nature and simplicity, without flashy modern technology, only the truest heart, the most sincere intention, nurturing this taro park with real actions. Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 09:00-17:00 Museum address: 168 Xing'an Road, Daan District, Taichung City Phone number: 04-26713077 Guided tours: ■ Yes □ No ■ Reservation required (reservation for taro pastry DIY includes guided tour) Other services: ■ DIY experience: taro pastry ■ Cultural creative shop.
