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FYI SOUTH Magazine, January 2003. VOL.3 ISSUE 1

Long Beach Coffee Shop 27-3 YiNong road, Tainan City Phone: (06) 274-2925, 274-5919 Hours: 10am - 12pm

        Are you looking for delicious food at the right price? A set menu here costs NT$80 to NT$300. Long Beach is famous for its beef hot pot (NT$280). The boss needs one-and-a-half hours to prepare the special soup, which has a light, sweet beef flavor, and is not at all fatty. Also renowned is the pork steak hot pot, with a special price of just NT$98. The cook has sold this pork steak hot pot for years, and has become well known in the neighborhood. The meat is fried then simmered till tender and the broth is tasty. Every meal includes coffee. There are 20 flavors of coffee on the menu, the most popular being the cappacino for NT$110. The specialty dessert is baked pudding (NT$30), made the traditional way. This has an eggy flavor and a sweet-bitter taste, and is very suitable for an after-dinner treat. -- By Ariel Li, Translation by Maria King (¤ý¶®¥­)