小時厚牛排 大里國光店

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🚩Location 🧭
Located at the intersection of Section 2, Guoguang Road, and Defang South Road in Dali District, Taichung City.

🪑 About the overall atmosphere 🎡
It's not easy to find parking nearby. The restaurant has a lot of seats, but during meal times, it can still get crowded. Fortunately, there's a designated waiting area with air conditioning. The self-service area features a coffee machine, ice cream machine, toast maker, popcorn, cookies, curry rice, corn chowder, and drinks—all-you-can-eat.

💰 About the pricing 💰
The Steak from Xiao Shi Hou costs $220, with a preset mushroom sauce; black pepper is available for self-service. Ordering is done via a QR code on the table, and you need to checkout at the self-service machine before the meal is served.

🍴 About the meals ☕
It's essentially a high-end version of the night market steak, featuring that familiar scene of cracking an egg on a hot plate, adding some oil noodles (spiral noodles can also be chosen), and placing a slice of steak on top. Noodles can be replenished for free if you want more. The noodles are not stir-fried, so you need to mix them with the sauce to get the flavor; the meat has some sinew, but it's not unchewable. There are options for medium and well-done; I chose medium, which had a bit of redness on one side, but searing it on the hot plate got rid of that. The meat is tender, not dry, and doesn’t taste like processed meat, which I think is reasonable for this price. The curry rice is great, but this time the rice seemed a bit too dry, not as good as my last visit. The Xiao Shi Hou milk tea is considered a signature drink, though it's a bit sweet; the popcorn is good, a sweet-and-salty mix that isn’t overwhelming; the toast options include butter and chocolate, and I think it tastes better when toasted twice. The ice cream this time is vanilla-flavored; it seems they change flavors regularly; it's not too sweet either.

🤨 Conclusion ♥
You can enjoy an all-you-can-eat steak for around $200. Each time I go during meal hours, it’s often packed with people, and there are only two restrooms, so there's usually a wait outside. However, for this price, there's really not much to complain about; sometimes I feel like I just want to eat curry rice along with the steak (did I get the order wrong?). After lunch, I'm still full in the evening, which really is quite a deal.