I went early on purpose, thinking that since it had just opened, there shouldn't be anyone there for lunch yet. But when I arrived, there were already several elderly people sitting inside waiting for the business to start 😂. I saw they all ordered beef noodle soup and cucumber, so I immediately followed suit and ordered the same!
Braised Beef Noodle Soup 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
Highly recommend the beef noodle soup! The flavor isn't overly salty or too heavy, with a bit of spiciness in the braised sauce. There are about 6-7 chunks of meat in the bowl (I didn't count specifically).
Cold Cucumber Salad (small) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
The cucumber 🥒 is very refreshing and quite fresh. The dressing is a mix of sesame sauce and soy sauce. It has a sweet and sour taste that's quite appetizing and matches well, not tasting odd at all.
Beef Offal Soup (small) 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Overall, it tastes very refreshing without any fishy flavor. It feels like it was simmered with big bones, and you can taste the aroma of the meat. I recommend it if you're having potstickers; it’s a good pairing and won't make you feel full too quickly.
Beef Potstickers 🌕🌕🌕🌕
Right when the dish was served, I could see it had a lot of oil when fried. It's not the kind that’s crispy and perfect; I think they just took ordinary dumplings and fried them. Overall, it was average and I wouldn't recommend going specifically for this.
Scallion Beef 🌕🌕🌕🌗
Overall, it's quite oily, and the beef is stir-fried a bit too long, turning chewy. It feels like vinegar was added for tanginess, but it doesn't really match the dish 🤨.
Most Taiwanese people actually have little chance to come into contact with halal-related foods in their daily lives.
So to make some brief explanations, halal certification refers to scientifically testing whether food contains substances that are not allowed to be added under Islamic law.
It was purely by chance that I ate this Xinjiang cuisine today.
Today I ate Xinjiang specialty beef handmade whistle noodles, priced at 120.
The noodle itself looks handmade, and the different thicknesses of the noodle provide various textures for this bowl of noodles.
Xinjiang-style spices and a large amount of carrots and white radish dices are evenly distributed in the bowl. The beef is not a traditional large piece of meat, but a combination of meat and tendons similar to thick shredded pork. The taste is very distinctive.
The sweet and sour taste of the whistle noodles itself is also very good.
Overall, if you want to experience halal food, you can try it.
Next time I might try mutton soup and handmade membranes, right?
The store's handwritten menu is quite cute.
