Jindu Restaurant, rooted in Puli for 32 years, held a completion and opening ceremony for its food processing plant on the 4th at the Puli Local Specialty Industrial Micro Park. Nantou County Magistrate Hsu Shu-hua attended to offer congratulations, and toured the facility accompanied by Chairperson Lin Su-chen and General Manager Wang Wen-cheng. She affirmed Jindu's use of local ingredients and commitment to culinary quality, and hopes that through food processing and distribution planning, Nantou specialty cuisine can be promoted to national and international markets.
32 Years of Local Cultivation Extended to Food Manufacturing
Hsu Shu-hua said Jindu Restaurant incorporates local specialty ingredients such as water bamboo shoots and passion fruit into its cuisine, winning over many gourmets with care and creativity. With the launch of the food processing plant, years of accumulated restaurant experience will be extended to food manufacturing, allowing consumers to conveniently enjoy Puli flavors at home. During her tour, she was deeply impressed by Jindu's investment in quick-freezing equipment, noting that from cooking to preservation, the team demonstrates attention to quality, helping retain ingredient freshness and flavor, and bringing Puli cuisine to a wider market.
Lin Su-chen shared an unforgettable experience: director Ang Lee, during the filming of Eat Drink Man Woman and Life of Pi, tasted Jindu's golden-sand bitter melon made with Puli local bitter melon and praised it highly, becoming a precious memory of Jindu conveying hometown flavors through cuisine. She said Jindu was the first company to purchase land in the Puli Local Specialty Industrial Micro Park and the first to complete factory construction, finally completed after 4 years of effort, thanking the county government and all sectors for their assistance. Facing changing lifestyles, she hopes to transform 32 years of culinary experience into products convenient for families, and in the future hopes to expand overseas markets through meal kits, letting Taiwanese cuisine shine internationally.
First Wave of Signature Prepared Foods to Seize Distribution Channels
The Jindu Food Processing Plant covers about 3300 square meters. The first phase will develop signature dishes such as water bamboo shoot beauty meatballs and black garlic preserved-vegetable chicken soup into prepared foods, with plans to expand sales channels across Taiwan. Through process standardization, quality management and product development, it will continue the philosophy of eating local and seasonal, creating more market opportunities for local agricultural specialties. Hsu Shu-hua also thanked Jindu for caring for disadvantaged groups in Nantou and enthusiastically engaging in public welfare while developing its business, continuing to give back to the community.
The Puli Local Specialty Industrial Micro Park is near the Puli Interchange of National Freeway No. 6. It was built by the county government to drive local specialty industries by providing investment space for low-pollution small and medium enterprises. Jindu Garden Restaurant and Pu Workshop have already obtained occupancy permits, while other firms are proceeding with factory planning, design and construction. Once all firms complete construction, the park is expected to create about 300 jobs with annual output of NT$800 million to NT$1.2 billion, further linking local industry and tourism resources and revitalizing the local economy. Guests including County Councilors Chen Yi-chun, Lin Fang-yu, Wu Kuo-chang, Huang Shih-fang, Puli Township Mayor Liao Chih-cheng and former Magistrate Lin Ming-chen attended, jointly witnessing Jindu's new milestone from food service to food manufacturing.