Online controversy as former president Tsai recommends double the cilantro
Online controversy as former president Tsai recommends double the cilantro
2026-01-07
A Korean influencer who likes to introduce Taiwanese food recently told her followers that when eating pork belly over rice, they should absolutely order a braised egg and fried tofu to go with it. It even caught the attention of cilantro-loving former president Tsai Ing-wen, who left a comment suggesting that people could add “double the cilantro” when getting Taiwanese food. The comment got over 70,000 likes and the influencer responded saying that Tsai is really a cilantro fan. But others questioned whether the former president was right.
Bouncy pork belly, fragrant and gelatinous, makes your mouth water just looking at it. The north and south have different ways of eating it, with green onion or pickles. But have you ever heard of pork belly with cilantro?
Member of public
Sure. I’m from the south, so we might also add some peanut powder. That’s also OK.
A Korean influencer who likes to share Taiwanese food with her 21,000 followers recently said that when you get pork rice, you have to order an egg and fried tofu with it. Who knew it would get the attention of former president Tsai Ing-wen, who left a message saying that “when you eat Taiwanese food, you can add double the cilantro. It’ll taste very Taiwanese.” The post got a lot of attention. But is the former president right?
Restaurant owner
Most young people don’t like cilantro. They think the flavor is too strong and don’t want it.
You have to get cilantro. If it doesn’t have cilantro, it won’t taste good. I recommend everyone eat at least at little.
Not long before this, cilantro-lover Tsai left another comment online admitting she wasn’t sure if adding cilantro to ice cream was everyone’s preferred way of eating it. This time, she’s taking a stand in the cilantro wars by saying that everyone should add double.
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韓籍網紅分享台灣小吃 釣出小英留言"可以加2倍香菜"
2026-01-07
一名韓籍網紅經常介紹台灣小吃，日前分享她吃控肉飯，還叫大家「一定要加滷蛋跟油豆腐」，沒想到，意外釣出「香菜控」的前總統蔡英文，親自留言推薦「吃台灣小吃的時候，可以加2倍香菜」，留言一出，湧進7萬多人按讚。網紅回覆，還稱呼蔡英文是"香菜英文"。倒是有民眾質疑，這樣對味嗎？
Q彈控肉，又香又黏牙，光看畫面就讓人口水直流，無論加蔥、加酸菜，南北吃法大不同，但您有聽過控肉加香菜嗎？
[[民眾]]
“可以喔，因為我是南部人，能還加一些花生粉，那個也很OK啦”
有2.1萬人追蹤的韓籍網紅，在社群平台介紹台灣小吃，最近分享「吃滷肉飯一定要加滷蛋跟油豆腐」，沒想到竟意外釣出身為香菜控的前總統蔡英文，在底下留言說，「吃台灣小吃的時候，可以加2倍香菜，會很有台灣味」，掀起網友熱議，不過加香菜，真的對味嗎？
[[控肉飯小吃業者]]
“大部分的年輕人，不會喜歡那個東西(香菜) ，會覺得那個，味道很重，不敢吃”
“香菜是一定要吃的，沒有香菜，東西怎麼會好吃，建議大家都要來一點”
身為「香菜控」的蔡英文，前不久才回覆網友香菜加冰淇淋，說不確定是擁有社會共識的吃法，這回大力推荐香菜double，也再度掀起話題。
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