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📍Zhongshan District, Taipei City (MRT Zhongshan Elementary School Station)
Recommended by Michelin Bib Gourmand: Congee and Side Dishes Restaurant 🍲🍚

Before visiting, I was worried it would be like the very popular congee place Xiao Lizzi, which I don’t like as much (confusing layout, very noisy, and the dishes were cold).

Fortunately, as soon as I arrived, the staff warmly welcomed us, and the dishes and environment exceeded my concerns 😆

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Orders:
🌶️ Spicy Chicken Cubes ($80):
This restaurant's signature dish is indeed delicious!
Compared to typical stir-fried restaurants with larger and chunkier chicken pieces, the meat here is small and the coating is not too thick, making it great to pair with congee.

🥚 Kung Pao Century Egg ($60):
People who love century eggs will adore this dish; it has a stronger flavor and is salty, making it very appetizing 🤤

🍅 Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry ($50):
Egg is the main ingredient here; it doesn’t have much tomato flavor. It’s even smoother and softer than some Hong Kong-style silky eggs and definitely worth eating! (Next time, I would want my own plate 🤤)

🍆 Dry-Fried Eggplant ($60):
The texture is between typical bento dishes and Din Tai Fung. Personally, I prefer eggplants to be softer like those in bento boxes.

🥔 Sour Shredded Potatoes ($60):
Tangy and crunchy, very appetizing.

🫘 Sweet Bean Paste ($40):
So this is what it’s called! 🤣 It has an orange hue, slightly sweet, and it’s not the kind with a thick sugary coating.

🍚 Plain Congee ($10):
Charged by the bowl.

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Would I revisit? Yes!

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Note:
🔸 Cash only 💰

Dining Time: 2025/02/28

Today, I went to Xinchao Restaurant on the 2nd floor of Breeze Xinyi, which is a restaurant in the same series as Yongxin Feng Tea. It has also been recommended by the Michelin Bib Gourmand and 500 Plates, so I was super excited for this meal!

This time I ordered:
⭐️ Tomato Crystal Sweet Shrimp 💰320
It's a sour and sweet appetizer featuring various colors of cherry tomatoes, fresh sweet shrimp (raw) and sweet and sour jelly. It was really appetizing.

⭐️ Grilled Scallop and Tobiko Fried Rice 💰560
The fried rice is indeed the restaurant's signature dish. The purple rice is due to the addition of dragon fruit, sprinkled with tobiiko and grilled scallops. It tasted savory and distinct, making you want to keep eating.

⭐️ Kung Fu Fragrant Chicken Soup 💰300
I saw it served in a teapot and thought it was novel, so I ordered it to try. It came in a very hot teapot, so be careful when holding it. It really had a rich and fragrant taste, like chicken essence. Besides the melt-in-your-mouth chicken, there were also mushrooms and shredded scallops inside. But this dish must be consumed hot; it would be terrible when cold (laughs).

⭐️ Sour Pickled Cabbage with Beef Short Ribs 💰520
The pickled cabbage wasn't very sour; just a little sourness heightened the appetite, paired with tender beef short ribs. So it was a great dish to have with rice, even though I had already eaten fried rice, I still wanted to order a bowl of white rice to go with it.

⭐️ Apple Osmanthus Oolong 💰180
The refreshing fragrance of osmanthus oolong combined with sweet apple juice made for a delicious combination!

⭐️ Signature Green Bean Paste Tiramisu 💰220
I didn’t expect green bean paste to go well with tiramisu. It was refreshing and not overly sweet. Highly recommended!

In summary, it's a restaurant with delicious creative Taiwanese dishes. There are still many dishes I want to try. If I have the chance next time, I would definitely like to come back to try other dishes!

Location: Zhongshan District, Taipei City

This breakfast shop has always been my favorite. I really love eating batter egg pancakes, but in Taipei, I had never found one that I truly loved until I discovered this place. There used to be another branch in Liuzhangli, which was a bit closer to my home, but it closed down for some unknown reason.

🌟 Cheese Corn Egg Pancake
The egg pancake is fried until very crispy. When you take a bite, the pancake's batter combines beautifully with the sweetness of the cheese and corn. It's incredibly delicious. You can add chili and pickled vegetables, and the pickled vegetables are the perfect finishing touch, making it super tasty😋 and enhancing the texture. I highly recommend it.

🌟 Sausage Egg Pancake
The sausage has a rich wine flavor, which is quite unique. Coupled with the incredibly tasty egg pancake skin, it never feels out of place. Each bite is filled with texture, and it's sure to make anyone who loves egg pancakes fall in love.

🌟 Side Dishes - Sweet Potato Balls and Tempura
The tempura feels very much like sweet crispy chicken but in a sweet form. It's fried to a perfect crunch and is the crispy type, not the soft and mushy kind, which I prefer. The sweet potato balls come in two flavors and are also very delicious. I recommend them to anyone looking to order a set meal.

Since this restaurant received a Michelin recommendation last year, there have been tons of foreign customers coming in. It's quite strange to hear so many people speaking English, but it's really nice to see more people getting to know this delicious restaurant. Although now there’s a line to get in, which makes me cry🥲.

Famous duck restaurant 🦆
It’s a very popular place with locals and tourists alike!
I went on a weekend night, and there was quite a long line. After taking a number, the calling number was displayed on a monitor, which made it easy to understand! We waited around 15–20 minutes with a group of six 👀

【Atmosphere of the restaurant】
There was a line for a restaurant across from the one I looked up on Google Maps, and I realized the one I was researching was for takeout only or for delivering ingredients! Be careful not to mix them up ⚠️
The three-story restaurant is spacious, and if you have a large group, you can sit at round tables!

【Food evaluation】

• Duck
  You can choose the front or back parts of the legs, and this time we had the back! It was tender and very juicy! There was no gamey smell, and even for someone like me who isn't very used to eating duck, it was delicious!

• Oil rice
  Although it's not in the picture, the oil rice was delicious! It had a fragrant aroma and a nice elasticity, pairing perfectly with the duck👌

Other dishes were also tasty, and it was a great place to enjoy Taiwanese cuisine at a reasonable price!

There are a few branches, but they seem to be independently operated. This one is the founder's store, and I just happened to find it more convenient to come here, so I come every time. It seems to have Michelin recommendations, but the point is that I personally like it. The traditional shaved ice shop has a good environment, the glutinous rice balls are chewy and delicious, and the fried dumplings are also good. Some popular items require ordering two portions for an extra charge. It has the traditional good flavors, and you can adjust the sugar and ice, which is great. I have to eat a bowl every time I come.

#Open during the New Year
Closed on New Year's Eve, open at regular hours on other days.

Kung Fu Yuxiang Chicken Soup $300, the broth is quite rich and delicious, served in a teapot with teacups, which is very special, although the pot is quite small and there aren’t many ingredients inside.

Thick Fried Pork Ribs Fried Rice $450, the fried rice is cooked really well, each grain is distinct and flavorful. The ribs are thick, crispy, and also very tasty, with a generous portion.

Overall, I am very satisfied with the meals. Everything was quite delicious. Of course, the prices are a bit on the higher side. A 10% service charge is applied.

The restaurant provides water.

The atmosphere and decor of the place are also quite nice, and the tableware feels upscale.

#Open during the New Year

As long as it seems to be nameless, it doesn't seem to be a disappointment, haha～ It's said that many old shops didn't have names in the early days, so they were later referred to as "nameless"… so far, I haven't encountered any disappointments.

There are relatively few specialized lamb restaurants, but they are really delicious. I came at seven in the morning and ordered the last bowl of lamb offal and cheek meat soup. The lamb offal was fresh and had no strong smell. The cheek meat was special for me to try for the first time, with a bit of chewy fat, giving it a bouncy texture that wasn't greasy. I really liked it. One bowl of lamb soup wasn't enough; it was so good.

#Open during the Lunar New Year
Normal business hours during the Lunar New Year.

This is a meat sauce rice dish recommended by the Michelin Bib Gourmand 🔥
The sign is not very noticeable; if I were just passing by, I might not have discovered such an amazing traditional shop here.
On my first visit, I thought I wouldn't have to queue, but it turned out they were sold out...
On my second visit, I learned my lesson. The shop opens at 7:15, and I arrived around 8:00. At that time on a weekday, the crowd wasn't too much, so after the owner cleared a few seats, I was able to sit down.
Before coming, I did some research online and found out that their meat sauce rice is quite fatty, which makes me, someone who is hesitant to eat fatty meat, both afraid and eager to challenge myself 💪🏻

✐ Fish Floss Meat Sauce Rice $45
· The combination of fish floss and meat sauce is really fantastic... I can't quite describe its seasoning; it might be a mysterious deliciousness.
The meat sauce doesn't feel very greasy; it has a jelly-like texture.
However, by the end, I still felt a bit rich; I wonder if it's because I'm not used to eating fatty meat (?).
Overall, I was quite impressed. A small bowl was really filling.

✐ Soft-Shell Duck Egg Wrap (Soft-Cooked) $20
· If you dare to eat soft-cooked eggs, you must try the soft-cooked duck egg wrap. It has a more unique aroma than regular chicken eggs, but it's not freshly pan-fried (the owner might be overwhelmed if it were…).

✐ Meatball Soup $25
· It's not the crunchy type, but it has a good meaty texture. The performance isn't particularly amazing, but the broth is pretty good, making it just right to pair with rice.

📍 Zhongshan District, Taipei City (near Xingtian Temple)
A breakfast place recommended by the 2024 Michelin Bib Gourmand, popular for long queues 🥣🥚

I had wanted to eat here even before it was selected for the Bib Gourmand, and after it was selected, I heard the queues and waiting times could be exceptionally long.

This time, I chose to come on a Wednesday, a weekday.
I arrived at 10:30 AM and could sit down immediately without waiting. There was a QR Code on the table for ordering, and I could pay directly online using LinePay.

After placing my order, there was a long wait. I waited for over half an hour at my seat before the dishes started coming out.

It's important to note that if you arrive when the place is full, you will need to take a number and wait outside. It's advisable to set aside extra time when coming to dine.

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Order items:
🍳 Classic Double Egg Pancake with Preserved Vegetable Set ($175):

• Fried Dumplings
• Hot Black Sesame Soy Milk

I came specifically for their signature rice flour pancake with eggs, and the wait was worth it! The outer layer is crispy, and the inside is soft, allowing you to taste the batter.

I personally feel that the thickness of the double eggs complements the rice flour pancake perfectly. If there were no wait, I’d love to eat this kind of breakfast every day 😻

As for the fried dumplings, they were quite ordinary.
The black sesame soy milk comes in a cute bowl, but unfortunately, it wasn't hot enough, and the black sesame flavor wasn't very strong.

🌿 Taiwanese Style Basil Pancake ($50):
The rice flour pancake is perfect again.
However, I could barely taste the basil, making it feel rather empty and somewhat overpriced.

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Will I revisit? Yes!
I would like to come back on a weekday for the double egg rice flour pancake 🥞

Hidden next to a hotel in an alley, this place offers discreet and friendly service, with a commitment to fresh ingredients and a diverse menu—making it a great spot for family and friends gatherings. Whether you prefer the industrial-style bar, the British-style sofas, or the traditional Chinese round tables, this Chinese restaurant has a cozy and tasteful ambiance reminiscent of a pub. The dishes are fresh and unique, boasting a variety of seafood, and both traditional Chinese cuisine and innovative dishes are delicious.