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This barbecue restaurant is located near the Liuhe Night Market, and its exterior is quite unique, featuring a wooden stake at the entrance that exudes a strong martial arts atmosphere. The interior environment is comfortable with good ventilation, and as soon as you enter, there is almost no oil smoke smell.

They offer table-side barbecue service, and the quality of the meat is top-notch, paired with skilled grillers, making it a very enjoyable experience. I especially recommend the server "Brother Niu," whose friendly and attentive service enhances the overall dining experience.

The barbecue items in the restaurant are perfect as side dishes for alcoholic beverages. This is a barbecue restaurant worth visiting again, and I recommend it to friends who love barbecue and fine wine!

The popular Shushiyuan, known throughout Japan, was my first stop in Tokyo. Although the view outside the Ueno Noborito branch isn’t as stunning as other places in Tokyo, its location right next to Ueno Onshi Park makes it very convenient.

Shushiyuan is very friendly for solo diners, allowing one person to enjoy the privacy of a double booth, and the service is attentive.

I must say that the staff at Shushiyuan are incredibly thoughtful and professional; they give guests plenty of space and time to peruse the menu, and the rhythm of food delivery is just right, allowing for a leisurely dining experience.

Online recommendations often promote the weekday lunch set at Shushiyuan as the most affordable. While I dined in the evening this time, there are still many relatively inexpensive set options to choose from.

The dishes enjoyed this time were:

📌 Green Onion and Salt Beef Tongue
Shushiyuan's signature dish. I found it super delicious! The green onion and salt seasoning is very fragrant and flavorful. Use the tongs to fold a slice of beef tongue around the green onion and salt, place it on the grill for 10-15 seconds until slightly red, then flip it over. After grilling, the juices overflow, and it’s incredibly tasty to just pop in your mouth—all without any greasiness, which I personally highly recommend.

📌 Seafood Platter
For those who don’t eat beef, Shushiyuan offers a luxurious seafood, pork, and chicken platter. In addition to chicken thigh meat and pork belly, it includes two large, sashimi-grade scallops and two sweet shrimp.

The chicken thigh is marinated and very flavorful.
The pork belly has a higher fat content, resembling Korean BBQ; it’s savory and delightful.
The scallops are impressively large and fresh and sweet.
The sweet shrimp are already shelled, so you can eat them straight off the grill; the meat is very tender.
The green onions and shiitake mushrooms that come with the platter also complement the meal nicely.

📌 Shushiyuan Salad
Mainly consisting of lettuce and cucumber, the dressing is a house-made oil, vinegar, and sesame sauce. I felt there was a bit too much dressing, making it quite rich, so you might prefer just ordering the lettuce wraps.

📌 Cold Tofu
Though simple, I found it delicious. Super soft white tofu with kombu and a special soy sauce makes for a very appetizing cold dish.

📌 Shushiyuan Cold Noodles (Thin Noodles)
This dish was my least favorite 😓. It was very different from what I expected. The noodles had a rubbery texture—hard and lacking flavor. There was also a piece that resembled beef shank, which I wasn’t fond of; opinions may vary on this. Overall, this bowl was the only disappointment I encountered.

In conclusion, the meats and seafood at Shushiyuan are of very high quality, the service is excellent, and the environment is comfortable. I really love their semi-private booth seating, adding to the sense of privacy.

It's a Japanese BBQ restaurant I would gladly visit again.

This Korean barbecue restaurant offers various pricing options for all types of diners, whether you are a meat lover or a seafood enthusiast, you can find a suitable plan for yourself:
Classic Carnivore 💰449/499
Classic Surf and Turf 💰548/598
Ultimate Surf and Turf 💰598/648

The meal options are abundant, especially suitable for meat lovers. The interior decor has an interesting style with a Korean touch. The restaurant uses a special grill plate that effectively drains excess oil, making the barbecue feel less greasy, and the meat quality is quite good, avoiding a cheap feel. Overall, it is a solid choice for Korean barbecue.

There’s plenty of parking nearby, highly recommended!

Environment
The decor features Japanese sumo-themed comics, and the seating consists of super comfortable sofas. Unlike most barbecue restaurants, the lighting inside is very bright. The self-service area offers the most abundant selection I've seen in a barbecue restaurant 🍖, with an all-you-can-eat array of vegetable sides that are extremely generous. In addition to the drink machine, there are many bottled beverages. If you're a drinker, you must come here as drinks are also available in unlimited quantities 🍻. The sauce area includes scallion salt, which I absolutely love 😍. The dessert area has cream puffs, cakes, and egg tarts; truly, this is the most extravagant barbecue restaurant I've ever seen.

Meal
A5 Japanese Wagyu (for three) 💰4710
Saikyo Chicken Leg / Thick-Cut Pork Belly / Mackerel 💚
Grilled Wagyu Sushi (with sauce / cheese)
Mixed Seafood Porridge
Pork Bone Chicken Soup

Scallion Oil Egg Fried Rice 💚
Tons of scallions! Plus, there’s crispy garlic and fried scallions 😋

A5 Wagyu Ribeye 💚
The marbling is stunning; it really melts in your mouth 👍

A5 Wagyu Sirloin
Ultra-Black Wagyu
Angus Beef Short Ribs 💚
Thick-Cut Beef Tongue with Scallion Salt
Pepper Salt Matsusaka Pork
Snowflake Pork
Premium Shrimp / Butter Scallop / Wine Steamed Clams 💚
Ice Cream Fish-shaped Cake

‼️ Birthday Month: Age = Number of Shrimp Given 🦐‼️
‼️ Check-in Review = Free Beef Tongue‼️
‼️ 10% service charge for dining time of two hours‼️

Parking
The restaurant has its own super spacious parking lot 🅿️, so there’s no need to worry.

Service
The most important thing for a barbecue restaurant is changing the grill net. Fortunately, the staff here diligently patrols the dining area and checks on every table. Although there is no grilling service, they are very dedicated to changing the grill nets.

Payment Methods
Cash 💵
Line Pay

In the urban area of Zhongli City, personal barbecue is relatively expensive, and the self-service bar offers salad. If the meal set exceeds 500 NT, you can upgrade to scallion oil mixed rice or scrambled egg rice for free. Each set includes Koshihikari rice, chicken kombu soup, Korean kimchi, and pepper salt scallions.

I ordered the pork platter, which I think is just right for girls. However, some of the meat is a bit fatty. I already mixed the scrambled egg rice before I remembered to take a photo 🤣; it has a raw egg cracked on top, and it's not too salty, but the rice is a bit too soft—overall, it's okay. If you want to refill the chicken soup, it costs 30 NT for a bowl.

From January to June 2025, on the 10th of each month, you can add a portion of plum pork chop for an additional 29 NT, a thick-cut flank steak for an additional 39 NT, or a giant shrimp for an additional 49 NT.

The location is on the second floor of the FamilyMart on Yanping Road; there are parking spaces outside for scooters, but it can be difficult to park.

🔅Actual visit date: 2025/02/23
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Came to celebrate a friend's birthday dinner at a place the birthday person liked. We dined for two hours, and I made a reservation around early January, which was quite easy to do. There are also several other branches in Taipei, but be aware that not every location has mentaiko sauce. That day, we weren't sure how much meat to order, so we ordered a lot of different dishes, and there were options for “challenge price” (self-grilled) and original price (grilled by staff), with the challenge price being almost double! It’s definitely better to self-grill. 😆

Since I was dining with friends, I don’t remember every flavor and texture in detail, but here’s a simple record:

▪️ Japanese premium wagyu moon-viewing gold brick (challenge) $580
▪️ Japanese premium wagyu BBQ chunks (challenge) $640
▪️ A5 wagyu ribeye/slices (thin cut) (challenge) $560
The gold brick was smaller than expected, but it was cut very neatly. Because it was thick, it needed a bit more grilling, and dipping it in egg liquid was pretty good. The BBQ chunks were tasty. The ribeye was super tender after just a quick grill!!

▪️ American prime beef short ribs (challenge) $330
▪️ Prime filet mignon with garlic butter (challenge) $420
The short ribs had beautiful marbling and tasted great when grilled; I even accidentally ordered a second portion because it was so good. The filet mignon initially looked thick and had a deeper color, so I didn’t think it would be that good, but it turned out to be top quality... it was super fragrant and juicy after grilling. 🥹 My friend is great at grilling! The garlic butter was quite garlicky, but I didn’t feel it added to the dish significantly.

▪️ Scallop with sea urchin (challenge) $140 each (total $420)
The scallops were big and just needed a quick grill since they were of sashimi grade. The sea urchin was sweet with no off-flavors, and since I’m sensitive to the taste of sea urchin, this one was pretty good!

▪️ Matsusaka pork (challenge) $180
▪️ Pork belly (thick cut) (challenge) $150
▪️ Iberico pork collar (challenge) $280
The pork dishes were quite good; they can all be grilled a bit longer for a nice crispy texture.

▪️ Japanese mountain yam (challenge) $90
▪️ King oyster mushrooms (challenge) $90
▪️ Taikeng No. 9 $20 per bowl
The sides were normally tasty, but the rice wasn’t particularly well-cooked; however, the wagyu was so fatty that I ended up eating a lot of it anyway.

▪️ Kavalan Mountain Chief Port-flavored single malt Highball $285
▪️ Aomori apple sparkling juice (less ice) $140
▪️ High mountain Jin Xuan tea $60
▪️ Roasted tea pudding $80
The drinks were normal, but! We actually didn’t get to eat the pudding before we left… the staff didn’t remind us during checkout. 🥲

Before ordering, I asked the staff for recommendations. A young guy gave a super detailed introduction!! Although I forgot most of it afterward, I felt his professionalism was quite impressive. Even though we ordered the challenge dishes, the staff came out with the dishes and still helped a bit, suggesting some grilling tips.

Overall, I think the quality of the meat was excellent, and there were many high-end and tasty sauces available for pairing (without realizing it, we ate a lot of kombu salt), but it was on the pricey side. If it were at full price, I definitely wouldn’t have been able to eat that much… Thanks to my friend for being great at grilling. I personally don’t love BBQ as much, so I probably wouldn’t return specifically for it. But I did enjoy the flavors a lot, so I’m still giving it a 3-star rating.

· No service charge, utensils are self-serve.

Hong Jin Bao's new all-you-can-eat barbecue on the 9th floor
It's one of the few restaurants open on New Year's Eve ٩99(๑•̀ω•́ ๑)۶
There's a Japanese-style landscape at the entrance where you can borrow free kimonos for photos, though the styles are limited.

There are many parking lots nearby, so you don't have to worry about finding a parking space. It's a 5-minute walk from the Min'an Road bus stop, making transportation convenient.
Downstairs, there is a playground for kids, a KTV, a cinema, and a shopping mall for browsing.

What's special about this place is that they offer hand-shaken drinks, which are also all-you-can-drink ٩99(๑•̀ω•́ ๑)۶. You can choose the sweetness level and add pearls or coconut jelly. There are many options for hand-shaken drinks, and they also have bar beer. The self-service area includes Chinese Douhua and Aiyu jelly. There are quite a few dessert options as well, and the most important thing is they have cotton candy ❤️.

The quality of the meat is average, and there isn't much seasoning. We opted for the 898 price tier, which had enough variety. All orders are placed via a tablet, but it felt like they were quite busy on New Year's Eve, and some dishes took longer to arrive.

If you're just there for the barbecue, you might not want to come. But if you enjoy drinking alcohol or like to have drinks and desserts, then it's worth a visit.

Environment
The personal barbecue brand of Zhu Jian, "Barbecue Smile," offers the cheapest chicken set for only 💰260, which includes access to a self-service drink and dessert bar. What’s particularly special about this place is that lettuce salad can be enjoyed unlimitedly, so those who love vegetables should definitely consider it. The meat options are fairly standard, and the restaurant also has various promotional activities for meat lovers.

Parking
Having its own parking lot is very convenient. 👍

Payment Methods
Cash 💵
Credit Card 💳
Various mobile payment options

#Tainan
We have a group of seven adults and three children.
I've heard about the reputation of Tan Toh Ma Li BBQ for a long time,
so I took the opportunity to try its delicious offerings during my trip to Tainan.

We were arranged in a semi-open private booth for our group of seven.
Seating was a bit tight, but the only disappointing aspect was having only one grill for seven people.
The speed of serving was quite fast, and soon our table was filled with dishes.
What stood out to me was the fruit and cheese thin crust pizza, which was very tasty.
The savory crackers paired with cheese weren’t overly rich and were refreshing with the addition of fruit.
As for the meats, I recommend the snowflake beef and sliced pork collar.
The snowflake beef was delicious, which is to be expected,
but the pork collar was surprisingly good, with a firm and tender texture and no strong meat smell.
The chicken dish that came as a side was also generously portioned.
For dessert, I highly recommend the almond cream brittle ice.
The almond topping was plentiful and not overly sweet,
combined with peanut brittle, it greatly enhanced the texture.

A little incident occurred when a child accidentally bumped into the table while playing,
and the staff from the neighboring booth immediately came over to check on us, which was very heartwarming.
They even provided a bag of ice for the child to apply to the bump.

Overall, the dining experience was quite good.
I thought the food was delicious and the portions were ample.
Although prices have increased, the quality remains excellent.
Additionally, the absence of a time limit for dining is fantastic,
especially when dining with a large group and children,
as it allows us to eat leisurely without feeling rushed or flustered.
If I come to Tainan again, I will definitely plan to revisit.

Dining Time: 2025/01/19

Originally, I planned to visit the Taiwan Folk Arts Museum in the back, but I discovered that there is an old well at the intersection. Perfectly, there was a reservation available after 30 minutes, so I immediately booked it to give it a try.

As soon as I walked in, I felt the enthusiastic service. After being seated, there was a paper menu available to look at, and the staff enthusiastically introduced the dishes. The ordering method was through a mobile ordering system, but of course, one can also ask the staff for assistance with ordering!

Since we only wanted to eat meat today, we discussed and decided to order a la carte instead of selecting a set menu. However, the restaurant didn’t hold back on any of the offerings, and everything was available for free refills!
⭐️ Chicken Soup
Although they don’t provide green onions like other places, pouring out the warm soup from the thermos was really comforting.
⭐️ Peach Vinegar Drink
Sour and sweet, it was very refreshing!
⭐️ Sauce Plate
Includes barbecue sauce, lemon juice, and kombu salt, but the meat was already slightly seasoned, so we didn’t use much.
⭐️ Side Dishes/Romaine Lettuce
Today’s sides were passion fruit radish and scallion salt beef tongue. While waiting for the meat to grill, it was a delicious appetizer.

This time we ordered a total of five types of meat:
⭐️ Japanese A5 Wagyu Fish Paste Zucchini
⭐️ Old Well's careful 1cm thick-cut beef tongue
⭐️ Angus Shoulder Short Ribs
⭐️ Angus Thick-Cut Beef
⭐️ Angus Flank Steak
⭐️ New Zealand Selected Beef Tongue with Scallion Salt

The meat was all delicious, with an even distribution of marbling. The seasoning was just right, allowing the fresh flavor of the beef to shine through. Additionally, there were fixed side dishes (like peeled chili peppers) that could be enjoyed together, which was very unique and tasty! I started with the thick-cut beef tongue and later had the selected beef tongue, which was a bit of a regret; I’ll definitely continue to order the thick-cut next time XD.

We also ordered Japanese cuisine, vegetables, and dessert:
⭐️ Falling Leaves Returning Home
Rice cakes filled with salmon roe and salmon cubes, paired with onions and wasabi—a bite full of salmon sweetness.

⭐️ Japanese Yam
Thinly sliced yam that, when grilled a bit drier, tastes like eating potato chips!

⭐️ Old Well Baked Crème Brûlée
Dessert always goes into another stomach, so even after getting full, I had to have a serving of crème brûlée (laughs). The top layer was crispy caramel paired with the lower layer of perfectly sweet and creamy pudding. So delicious!

In summary, in a place with such fierce competition in Taichung’s BBQ market, Old Well still has its place, showcasing its excellence. I definitely look forward to visiting again!