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Congee and Crispy Pork Belly Breakfast at Zhouji Meat Porridge, Taipei, Taiwan

Congee, Pork Cheek, and Crispy Pork Belly by Zhouji Meat Porridge, Taipei, Taiwan Zhouji Meat Porridge was one of the restaurants that kept coming up again and again when I was researching my trip to  Taiwan . This old-school family-run restaurant in  Taipei  received a ton of praise online for their delicious  crispy pork belly  and hearty rice porridge. One morning, I took the MRT out to Longshan Temple Station to have breakfast at Zhouji Meat Porridge and to see if the restaurant lives up to all of its online hype. The first dish I tried was crispy pork belly, one of the restaurant's signature dishes. The pork belly was thinly cut with much of the fatty part removed so as not to be too chewy. The pork was lightly breaded and fried to be crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. It was served with slices of young ginger and a smoky chili-based dipping sauce that really complemented the pieces of juicy pork. The pork was good, perhaps not as crispy as...

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