老店 東山鴨頭

I don't like staple foods, but I can eat snacks!

#Fourth meal working in Yilan: Dongshan duck head. It's hard to find delicious food in Taipei! 🤤

Dishes:
Duck joints, delicious! The braised sauce penetrated perfectly into the joints; the gelatinous texture mixed with the sauce made me keep wanting more. The boss said this is only available in Yilan! I should have bought an extra portion!

Duck skin was average; mainly, there were too many feather roots affecting the texture… The boss said this is only available in Yilan! I’ll buy it!

Duck hearts are bigger than chicken hearts, still bouncy and not bad to eat. XD

I forgot if I had duck gizzards; I'll skip that.

Rice blood cake has a black, braised outer skin, and tastes infused with duck meat sauce. The texture is quite moist and soft, paired with sweet glutinous rice. (I don't know if it's duck blood cake or pork blood cake.)

Sweet potato balls, my love! How does it taste after being braised in Dongshan duck head sauce! XD
I can eat any sweet potato balls, and this one is definitely no exception, so I’ll just mention it briefly!

Environment:
In a night market, but overall it looks very clean outside.

Service:
The boss introduced the dishes very earnestly, humorously telling me that it's something you can’t find in Taipei. I agree :)

Impressions:
Since it was takeout, I couldn't take a proper photo of the food. I did my best to look at it, but aside from the sweet potato balls being light-colored, everything else was black and indistinguishable, so I skipped taking a photo. Let me say, my first time eating Dongshan duck head was sweet, so when I tasted the slightly salty flavor of Yilan's Dongshan duck head, my mind was still thinking if I had simply eaten too little and had limited my taste preferences.