French Cuisine in Herb House

Escargot is the first thing Taiwanese people pop up when they heard of French cuisine. Yet, Herb House uses another ingredient to take the place of snails: Hericium erinaceus (lion's mane mushroom), a kind of edible mushroom which can be identified by its beared appearance. This kind of mushroom has very special texture which is said to be same as seafood. Combined with the sauce and pepper, the mushroom tastes flavored and chewy but fairly different from the mushroom we usually have in daily. There are green cauliflower, corn and asparagus beside the brown rice; these provide a milder taste which are just matched to sauced-mushroom.

Another recommended dish is England potato pie. The pie is combined with potato mash, mushroom, ginkgo seed, taco and topped with flavorsome cheese. You can also feel the potato pieces in the mash and the sweetness of pie later in every bite. Similar to the previous dish, vegetable and rise are served beside the pie; the rise is rather brown rise but plain one with pesto and several herbal spices. The mixture of cheese with potato and ingredients is just the wonderful combination, though this potato is not French cuisine but England dishes. 

The food is served as set meal which means that you don't need to worry about what to eat or which to choose. The salad has three kinds of dressing: island, fruit vinegar and France sauce; each one provide various flavor. In terns of the appetizers, there are 8 different kinds such as baked mushroom with cheddar which is popular food in the restaurant, Mozzarella with tomato, Thailand sesame bread, and so on. After the appetizers, pumpkin cream soup or vegetable and tomato soup is provided. The pumpkin is my favorite one because the soup taste heavy and is rich with the smashed pumpkin. Then beverage includes coffee, juice or tea. I ordered the mulberry vinegar and I love this sour, berry-flavored juice. The interesting thing is that you can tell the vinegar is not diluted  with lots of water from every rich sip. Get a nip if you are going to Herb House!

Herb House http://www.herbhouse888.com/


No.111, Wuquan W. 3rd St., West Dist., Taichung City 403,Taiwan