Let’s take a ride to Long Shan Temple in Taipei. Known as Mengjia, it is famous as one of the oldest temple in Taiwan and lots of local people will go to worship Guanshiyin Buddha and other divine spirits.

How to go to Menjia Long Shan Temple? Easy, just take a MRT in any Taipei subway station and stop in Long Shan Station

Don’t be surprise, I classified Taipei MRT as one of the most tidy subway in the world.

If you don’t know Chinese Mandarin, no worry because there’s lots of English translation on direction board in Taipei city.

Local people is the best GPS ever. Ask for their direction help if you are lost in the middle of Taipei or looking for Braised Pork Belly Snack

Here we go, stopping in the Long Shan station after switching one of the MRT transit line.

Mengjia Long Shan Temple Tour

Standing in front of Mengjia Long Shan, we see this famous temple has the design of palace architecture.

The thing that impressed me was the electronic billboard attached to the temple’s gate for words of introduction

Remember to plan for an hour stop in Long Shan temple visit.

Long Shan houses hundred of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian statues and sculptures inside as you circle around the temple.

Lots of people comes to pray in Mengjia Long Shan and the temple was a busy spot any days in the week.

Let’s pray for a better tomorrow and world peace, shall we

Have you ever place a bite on the Taiwanese Braised Pork Belly stuffed in sliced buns before? Known as Gua Bao in Chinese with the nickname of ‘Tiger Bites Pig’, the famous snack from Yi Lan has the simple recipe that will indulge you deep in the heart.

My feeling and instinct drives me to order the Taiwanese snack from one of the stall in Taipei Underground Mall.

That was just after my lunch in Xiao Liu La Mian Noodles and I got no regret on taking additional calories this round.

This Taiwanese snack going to cost me 50NTD and I am going to bite it like a tiger. Roar

Tiger Bites Pig Snack Recipe

The making of Taiwanese Braised Pork Belly stuffed in sliced buns.

The full name of this snack in Chinese was Hu Yao Zhu Gua Bao (虎咬猪刈包) where ‘Hu Yao Zhu’ means ‘Tiger Bites Pig’.

Creative name comes with a meaning and you will know before the meal get started

So what is the recipe for the Taiwanese Braised Pork Belly stuffed in sliced buns?

This snack has the mixture ingredients of sweet source (甜酱), peanut (花生), sour vegetable (咸菜), pork meat (猪肉) and coriander (香菜).

No further details on the ingredient composition as my job is to bite on the Taiwanese snack

Crouching Tiger Hidden Pig was born in the end. The tiger was bitting the pig with an open mouth in the middle of the snack.

That’s how the name of the ‘Tiger Bites Pig’ came and I really fall in love with this snack after my first bite without procrastination

Imagine the soft and smooth five flower pork  meat (五花肉) mixed with the tasty sour vegetable (咸菜) and peanut fragrance.

Two thumbs up for this famous snack of Yi Lan and without doubt, ‘Tiger Bites Pig’ will be one of my top 20 snack list in Taiwan