🚩 A humble old shop, the chef's home-cooked dishes are delicious.
📍 Location and Transportation: The "Cabbage Chicken" small restaurant is located in the district of Xindian, New Taipei City. The nearest MRT station is Qizhang Station, Exit 2, which is a 7-minute walk. If driving, you can park at the nearby Dafeng Youhuo parking lot, which is a 3-minute drive away.
🏠 Space: The restaurant has been open for a long time and has no elaborate decorations, but it is clean and bright inside. It has 4 tables for 10 people and 2 tables for 8 people. Today, during lunch on a holiday, there were only two groups of customers.
💰 Ordering and Payment: The server takes orders verbally at the table, and customers pay after their meal, with cash payment only.
🍽️ Dishes:
We ordered quite a few dishes today, with the details written below ⬇️
💭 Summary:
This restaurant has been around for decades, and I've always wanted to try it. Normally, with just two people, we cannot come here to eat, but since we had a rare gathering with elders, we chose this restaurant. The staff feels like family, giving a sense of stepping into the boss's living room 🤣. However, the dishes are of a certain quality, with only one dish not very good. I think I will come again for the cabbage chicken soup when winter arrives 😋.
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Average per person: $500 💰
Dickson's Fooday food review is updated!
This time it's still a Hualien special!
This time we came to -
A no-menu Hakka cuisine in the countryside of Hualien 😧
Since it was a bit late,
A group of friends found that the restaurants they originally planned to go to were closing (The people of Hualien sleep too early!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Fortunately, there was a no-menu Hakka restaurant nearby with decent reviews,
So we decided to try it out!
Food: 🌕🌕🌘🌑🌑
Drinks: 🌕🌕🌘🌑🌑
Atmosphere: 🌕🌕🌖🌑🌑
Service: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
Price: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌘
Location: 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
The restaurant has a very traditional Hakka architectural atmosphere.
The design of the Sanhe courtyard is right in front of us.
Later, when chatting with the owner, he mentioned that it's called 'Four Generations of Farming' because they are currently in the fourth generation!
And every additional generation builds a new room~~
I see the fifth generation isn't too far away!
(Wow, such a big move—add a room for each generation)
The owner first led us into one of the rooms,
And the interior indeed has a very nostalgic Hakka style.
In the middle, there's a long table,
With many traditional Hakka farming implements arranged beside it.
As a Hakka descendant,
I have some understanding of Hakka decorations.
The long table in the middle
Is reminiscent of the New Year meals in my hometown when I was a child,
Everyone gathers around the long table for the reunion dinner.
They’ve captured this feeling quite well,
Including the slightly dim little room
And the not-so-cold air conditioning (??
Despite it being November, everyone was still sweating while eating.
When we inquired the owner, we found out that they didn’t know how to adjust the air conditioning 🤣🤣🤣
Until we randomly pressed buttons on the air conditioning
And inadvertently made it too cold 😂😂😂
In terms of food, it leans more towards home-cooked dishes,
There isn't anything extravagant or particularly unique.
These are indeed common Hakka dishes,
Just like having dinner at someone's house 🤣🤣
But maybe because I'm Hakka myself,
These dishes don't feel novel to me,
They're very similar to the meals I would have at home every evening.
Overall, the meal was quite acceptable—
If you seldom eat Hakka food,
It should be quite a novel experience!
As for the environment and atmosphere, it's subjective,
After all, it has that feeling of dining in a small countryside room from 30 years ago.
🤪🤪Dickson's Banter🤪🤪
If you want to take a girl to experience authentic Hakka life,
You definitely need to bring her here!!!
How Hakka can it be! What is truly Hakka
Let her savor the strength of the Hakka people!
Starting with energy-saving measures, including the dimly lit little room
And the not-so-cool air conditioning,
Let the girl begin to appreciate the feeling of being Hakka!
The value of electricity and how to become an energy-saving hero!
If she can understand and accept this Hakka vibe,
Then it would be easy! At least she knows she’s willing to save
Willing to endure a bit,
Not princess syndrome!!!
Using this to screen for princess syndrome seems like a valid method!
See there, it’s sometimes necessary to give the girl some challenges
To probe her depths! This way, we can know if it’s good to get along, right?
We’ll use this Hakka eatery and Hakka environment
To test her a bit~!
🌟 Wanchuan Pig Trotters and Kimchi are amazing, reservations are recommended.
"Flavor of Light" Chef Qiu Guang won the National Creative Pig Trotter Cooking Championship in 2010 with his "Creative Pig Trotters". His innovative dishes combine Sichuan, Cantonese, Thai, and local Hakka cuisine, and his homemade Sunshine Kimchi is particularly unique. "I am the only one in charge of cooking here in Pig Trotter Street," says Chef Qiu Zhengguang.
Starting the meal
Wanchuan Pig Trotters 💰 Market price
The first time eating Wanchuan Pig Trotters, I truly found them incredibly delicious. They are soft yet not mushy, chewy with texture and not greasy at all—highly recommended! They are perfect for enjoying with drinks or as a snack, not hard at all and very chewy.
Sunshine Kimchi (one jar)
Served with the meal, I later bought a jar to enjoy—it’s delicious!
Oyster with Bean Crumbs (small) 💰 160
Sautéed with a mound of shredded onions, slightly sweet and fragrant from the soy sauce.
Ginger Shredded Pork Intestines (small) 💰 160
This dish has enough acidity without just being sour; the intestines are stir-fried perfectly.
Scallion Beef (small) 💰 160
Salted Egg Mushrooms (small) 💰 180
Mushrooms are deep-fried until crispy and then stir-fried with salted egg for a great mix; we are all fans of salted egg yolks! 😄
Peanut Tofu (small) 💰 120
Pineapple Shrimp Balls (small) 💰 220
The shrimp is delicious, but I’m not a fan of the outer shell.
Hakka Fried Tofu (small) 💰 120
Tofu is deep-fried to a golden crisp, drizzled with garlic sauce.
Thai Style Clams (small) 💰 160
Each clam is full, salty and fragrant—perfect with rice!
Hakka Stir-Fry (small) 💰 160
The dried tofu is flavorful and not dry or tough; I love it!
Cabbage (small) 💰 120
Water Lily (small) 💰 120
Crispy and refreshing to eat.
Stir-Fried Rice Noodles 💰 70
Thoughts: This place offers great value for money, and the food is delicious. You must order the pig trotters; one serving is definitely not enough for us! Every dish left us praising, but I wasn’t a fan of the shell on the pineapple shrimp balls. 😄
If you value the meal: Pig trotters are a must-order, highly recommend the golden kimchi, and the Hakka stir-fry is also great; you can eat anything, it’s all fantastic.
If you value the environment: The space is large, and the air conditioning is nice.
If you value parking: Motorcycles and cars can park at nearby parking lots.
If you value the restroom: There’s one for each gender, which is a bit limited.
If you value waiting in line: Reservations are recommended.
If you value service: Average.
If you value cost-performance ratio: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (Purely discussing food and pricing.)
Shiting Hakka Bistro is an old restaurant in Hualien that has been in Hualien for more than 40 years.
Located directly opposite the main entrance of Mingyi Elementary School, it is an ancient restaurant with a beautiful courtyard.
Because there were only two people dining, the store arranged a private room for us to sit in. At first, the store's explanation was quite hasty and confusing. After finally understanding the meaning and sitting in the private room, we found out why.
Because at noon a few minutes later, there was a group of more than fifty people making reservations.
This preparation alone takes a lot of effort, so naturally there is no room for receiving individual visitors.
What I enjoyed today was fried mambo fish with pickled cabbage, beef with perilla, and burdock and asparagus soup, totaling about 900 yuan.
Fried Mambo Fish with Sauerkraut:
What’s interesting is that the price is the current price, and delicious mambo fish dishes are completely out of reach, so I bravely tried it.
The refreshing sauerkraut is slightly sour and salty, and it goes well with the gum-rich chewy mambo.
Although the mambo is a large fish, it has bones, but the large bones and cartilage are very easy to pick out, making it delicious and safe to eat.
Perilla beef:
I originally expected that the beef would be found in the perilla leaves, but when it was served, I realized that the perilla was found in the beef.
The perilla is made into a puree and stir-fried with the beef. The rich beef aroma has a refreshing perilla sweetness, which is very delicious.
Burdock and Asparagus Soup:
For various reasons, there was no asparagus, just burdock soup.
Burdock's unique slightly bitter and special aroma goes well with the broth.
Overall, although there were so many reservations at noon that our serving time was delayed a lot, the delicious food was totally worth the wait.
After a full meal, it is also a pleasure to look at the beautiful small courtyard at the door.
Highly recommended to everyone!
Store location:
The location is very easy to find at the intersection of Chaozhou Street and Section 2 of Hangzhou South Road. Take Exit 6 of Guting MRT Station and walk there in about 5 minutes.
Meal experience:
✨Hakka noodles (dry)🍜 $70
You can move your index finger just by looking at it. The pasta is very springy and chewy. It has 3 slices of white meat and a braised egg. It is covered with bean sprouts. In addition to the usual shallots, bean sprouts and leeks, there is also a little more Sichuan peppercorns. Then add the Hakka style sauce and mix it, it’s really delicious👍. If you need to upgrade to a larger bowl, it will cost $20 more.
✨Fish Ball Soup🥣 $40
The soup base is delicious and the fish balls are moderately elastic. The ingredients are fresh and the taste is refreshing but not greasy. It is highly recommended.
There is a noodle shop near where I work and there are always a lot of people, especially the nearby office workers. Many of them take takeaways. From the outside, it looks like a small noodle stall with the name "Xinwu Hakka Noodles". I couldn't help but arouse my curiosity, so I came to try it. After visiting a few times, I felt that it was quite good, and the seasoning and texture were very appetizing. I highly recommend everyone to try it.
Shiting has been a long-established store in Hualien for nearly 30 years. It is adjacent to Mingyi Elementary School, the largest elementary school in Hualien, and is located in the urban area of Hualien. The very distinctive old Japanese house left over from the Japanese colonial period has been renovated into a Hakka restaurant with a small outdoor garden.
The table dishes are available in a variety of price ranges, including 2,000, 3,000, and 6,000. They are all very representative authentic Hakka dishes: salted pork with shredded ginger dipped in garlic vinegar and not greasy, sour ginger-shredded large intestine, and Q-bomb fried rice noodles. , special wild mountain amaranth soup, fresh local chicken, fresh steamed fish, not forgetting the classic salty Hakka stir-fry, the stir-fried dried tofu is delicious and goes well with rice, and the boss lady greets you kindly.
Finally, there is mochi made by the boss himself, which is just sweet enough to not stick to your teeth, so delicious! Soft Q.
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Meals 🌕
Guangyile Kitchen is located in the food court on the third floor of CITIC Nangang Software Park. Although it is said to be the dining area of the food court, there are many seats, sockets are available and there is no time limit. It is like a super large coffee shop. You can go there after your meal. It’s a good place to continue studying, use the computer or scroll through your mobile phone. If you’re thirsty, there are Turtle, Lefa and Quanlian nearby to buy drinks. If you need coffee, there are Starbucks and Louisa, so the environment score is very high!
But... the CP value of the meal is really low... Although the bowl of Hakka salty glutinous rice balls is quite big, but at the price of 150 yuan, it only contains minced meat, a little cabbage and the glutinous rice balls themselves, which is really not OK. , the appearance is also far from the promotional photo. If it is at least as good as the photo, it will at least pass 60 points. After all, anyone who has eaten salty glutinous rice balls should agree that eating salty glutinous rice balls should at least not have too few ingredients, such as mushrooms, shredded pork, chrysanthemum, The green vegetables are the essence of the salty glutinous rice balls, and the small glutinous rice balls are just a supporting role. It is really regrettable to present it this way... In terms of the taste of the soup, the taste of red onions is dominant. It is quite Taiwanese, but it is not the same as before. Compared to previous salty glutinous rice balls, the lack of chrysanthemum aroma due to the season is indeed quite different. I feel that the aroma sources such as mushrooms and shredded pork have not been fully fragrant. After eating, I feel extremely empty. I can only say that I don’t want to think about it at all. Repurchase🥹
The photos of Hakka Frozen Meat look good, but I probably won’t try this restaurant again in the near future. It’s so sad🤣