通庵 熟成咖哩 中山店
【Foodholic Naiko@Taipei】
If you haven’t found your destined curry rice yet, please come and try Tongan Ripe Curry. This Japanese curry restaurant ranks among the top three best curries in Taipei in my opinion.
The first time I ate Tong'an curry was at our restaurant on Tonghua Street. I remember that the queue was really long. Later, we opened Zhongshan and Shuanghe stores. This time we visited the Zhongshan store, which is walking distance from Shuanglian Station. about 5 minutes
Although there is usually a queue for Chitongan, because the time limit is 40 minutes, the table turning time is quite fast. We arrived at 6:30 on Sunday evening and waited for about 30 minutes to be seated.
There are only 11 seats in the store, 7 of them are in the bar area, and there is a group of tables for 4 people
The low-cost meal per person is a curry set meal, which includes half a soft-boiled egg, potato cubes, chopped onions, garlic sprouts, miso soup and side dishes.
(You can also refill rice and miso soup for free once for internal use!)
We both ordered the chicken aged curry set meal for $250
Tongan's mature curry is a thicker type of curry with a minced texture. It is cooked with spices imported from Japan, and a little bit of the store's homemade spices and chili oil are added. The taste is really unique ~
ps Chili oil is not very spicy, just slightly spicy. The clerk will ask if you want to add more. It is highly recommended. If you don’t want to eat spicy food at all, you can also ask the clerk not to add it.
Each piece of chicken is quite big. I gave 5 pieces, which I think is quite sincere. The chicken is super soft and tender, with no trace of dryness at all.
ps. Beef is also available. If you have a hard time choosing, you can eat both types of meat. The store thoughtfully provides a mixed option of beef and chicken.
Let’s talk about the best supporting role: miso soup!
I usually don’t care much about miso soup when eating Japanese food. I think it’s just for filling my stomach (?)
BUT! The miso soup at Tongan is very special and delicious. What’s the special method? It has a creamy aroma that you can smell just by putting your nose close to the mouth of the bowl. I personally like it very much! recommend!
The soft-boiled eggs and potato chunks feel like they have been fried, and they are also delicious; the accompanying side dish is pickled grapefruit and radish slices, which are very refreshing and suitable for eating together to relieve fatigue~
Overall, Tongan's set of curry set meals can be described as "top-notch" and the price is pretty affordable. I really think it's worth queuing up!
If you haven’t eaten curry that’s so delicious that it makes you want to dance, I highly recommend you to try Tongan, maybe you can encounter the destiny curry!