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Introduction Travel Writer / Margaret Lai

As a travel and culture writer, food for me, is a particularly important and indis-
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culture, and the best avenue to experience the essence of a place. So what is good
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my heart.

Yunlin, a county dominated by agriculture, is the northernmost county-level ad-
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produced a wide variety of agricultural products, with the county known as “Taiwan’s
breadbasket”. As the old Chinese saying goes, “before the troops move, fodder and
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synonymous with Yunlin. When I went to Yunlin for its hand puppet theater, the cof-
fee industry, natural wonders, and temples, the priority factor in my trip planning was
always “food”.

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and cultural heritage. Of course, each has also developed its own unique culinary
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“The 500 Highlights of Yunlin” series of guidebooks in 2021, which is bilingual with
illustrations and text to provide travelers from home and abroad with rich tourism
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100 Best Choices in Yunlin, and 100 Ways to Explore Yunlin. I am ecstatic to write
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