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During the peak season for harvesting bamboo shoots from May to July, New Taipei City holds its annual bamboo shoot championship. This year, 100 farmers from 16 districts competed to see whose shoots are the best. The city also invited top chefs to use bamboo shoots in specialty dishes, including Italian-style pizza and tom yum soup.

This pizza is a unique combination of tomatoes, basil, and bamboo shoots, baked to bring out their sweetness. The next dish is inspired by a Japanese biscuit, pairing bamboo shoots with mullet roe for a sweet and savory treat. The shoots are even used in Thai tom yum soup for a sweet and sour combination.

Chen Hsi-hui
New Taipei Agriculture Bureau director
Bamboo shoots are New Taipei’s chief agricultural product and the one that generates the most value. Annual output is around 12,000 tons. This year the quality is as good as previous years, and in fact the sweetness level has reached 6.4 or higher.

New Taipei produces the most bamboo shoots of any area in Taiwan. The city holds an annual bamboo shoot competition, and this year, 100 farmers from 16 districts participated. A farmer from Sanxia District won the championship.

Chang Yung-chu
Sanxia Farmer’s Association director
Because Sanxia is at the foothills of the Xueshan mountain range, the soil is mostly sandy loam, which is great for farming. Sanxia has the largest bamboo shoot-growing area in New Taipei, comparable to Wugu at about 400 hectares. Thanks to its great soil, the bamboo shoots grown there are said to taste like pears.

Bamboo shoot season in New Taipei runs from May to July. When selecting bamboo shoots, ones that are short, thick, and slightly curved tend to have the best flavor.

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