German filmmaker Monika Treuts documentary The Raw and the Cooked takes a look at Taiwan’s vibrant and diverse food culture. In the film, Treut begins her culinary journey in Taipei, sampling traditional Taiwanese cuisine at the Taipei 101 skyscraper, watching how Chinese soup dumplings called xiaolongbao are made at Din Tai Fung restaurant, and checking out the myriad street-food vendors at night markets. “People are used to having at least four to five meals a day,” Treut says. “After work, everybody goes out to the night markets, and some people stay out there until midnight or after midnight, sitting there, having snacks and drinks, and talking to each other. It’s a very important part of the social fabric of everyday life. One little example for that is they greet each other by saying, ‘Have you eaten yet?’ You know, that’s a very nice way of showing how important it is.” “The one thing that really amazed me was the diversity of food in terms of how many different vegetables they’re using—and they’re using everything,” Treut says. “They’re using every part of the animal when they eat meat, and they’re using every part of fish when they eat fish. It’s very beautiful. In western culture, we tend to throw away half of the animal or half of the fish.” ~~ Straight Here is the trailer, please enjoy ^^
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:44:28 +0000
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