When President Chen Shui-bian hosted the president of the Dominican Republic in 2003, the state banquet included Ilan dishes such as pressed smoked duck, salted pork liver, and minced pork cake. The man who brought these innovative new takes on favorite local dishes to a state banquet is Chen Chao-lin, an Ilan native and a fourth-generation chef.
2003 年陳水扁總統宴請多明尼加總統，國宴上，赫然端出宜蘭鴨賞、膽肝、糕渣，這位大膽將地方特產揉以創新手法端上國宴的，就是來自宜蘭、家傳四代的總舖師──陳兆麟。