Lydia L.
Yelp
I went to Taipei Cuisine for dinner with my grandparents again. We ordered a bunch of dishes, and my favorite was definitely the Salt & Pepper Pork Chop. After another visit, I really enjoy, again, how fresh everything tastes and how I don't go into a food coma from overly seasoned foods with tons of msg in it. Overall, compared to most Taiwanese restaurants, the dishes are a little pricier for a much better quality. I think its definitely worth it. Here are details about each dish that we shared today (I ranked from personally best to worst):
1.)Salt & Pepper Pork Chop - I always love salt and pepper pork chop but the pieces they gave us were pretty meaty, perfectly seasoned, and crispy on the outside. It is not anything special though, just a very solid pork chop. (I am just biased on this one because its crispy pork chop)
2.)Shredded Pork, Bamboo Shoots with Dry Bean Curd - This delicious dish was unique looking and really good. It is well seasoned and is great on top of rice. It was one of our saucier dishes and was the greasiest one served among the rest.
3.)Braised Eggplant with String Beans - Great vegetable dish with soft and tasty string beans. The eggplant was cut small enough to really get that perfect bite it with the string beans, meat, and rice.
4.)Mini Juicy Dumplings with Pork - These are simply solid mini soup dumplings. There was a good amount of soup inside. The only strange thing about these dumplings was that the meat inside tasted more like chinese turkey meatballs, and wasn't as compelling as a normal soup dumpling. However, they put a good chunk of meat inside each dumpling.
5.)Fish Filet with Sour Cabbage & Vermicelli Soup - There wasn't much fish inside, but it was a pretty subtle soup. This soup is a bit more vinegary (or sour) if that's your preference. We finished that dish pretty quickly despite the huge bowl they gave us.
6.)Stir Fried Pork w/ Calamari in black bean sauce- This dish was good but there was a ton of celery which could've been softer to eat. This dish looked similar to the "Shredded pork, bamboo shoots with dry bean curd" but was a little drier, which complemented the rest of the dishes pretty well.
7.)Pan Fried Pork Buns - These looked really yummy but when we cut them open, it was mostly bread. I was expecting more meat inside, which would've evened out the texture. The pork buns were also really greasy.
8.) Taiwanese style Stir Fried Vermicelli - I did not try this but my family did not comment anything special about it. I'm assuming it is just an average Vermicelli dish.