Leaving home at 12:00 PM sharp, we arrived at Xinpu, Hsinchu (新竹新埔) well before 13:00 PM, still in time for lunch. Our first stop was near Jiuqionghu (九芎湖), at Liu’s Roast Chicken (劉家莊燜雞). This is a popular local attraction due to the traditional roasting techniques they use, and it is not your normal roasting methods. The chicken are cooked in iron boxes, surrounded by legit burning wood.