How One Restaurant Owner Is Fighting for Her Tribe’s Cuisine - Eater

In Taiwan, a small restaurant is making a big statement

Taiwan How One Restaurant Owner Is Fighting for Her Tribe’s Cuisine In Taiwan, a small restaurant is making a big statement by Clarissa Wei Photography by Clarissa Wei Nov 30, 2017, 5:02 PM UTC Lily Wen cooking at her restaurant, Dawana. Lily Wen steps out of her pickup truck and walks straight into the tropical jungle of Taitung, Taiwan, rummaging through the understory to find what she needs. She spots a vine with heart-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves wrapped around the truck of the paper mulberry tree. Dangaw (Piper betle) is the vine's name in the Rukai language. Laoye 荖葉 is its Mandarin

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