築間麻辣火鍋 台北西門町店
📍Located on Zhonghua Road in the Ximen shopping district, above the Diao Min Sour Cabbage Fish restaurant.
To get straight to the point, if you have some spare money and want to try it out, you can come here; otherwise, at the same price point, I think you'll have a better experience at other restaurants.
🍽️ Environment
There are quite a few tables for dining in, with a decent amount of space between them. The air conditioning is quite strong, but you need to walk outside to find the restroom.
They offer a variety of seasonings and even provide a few suggested combinations, which taste pretty good, so that's commendable.
I visited during lunch hours, and there were about three staff members for about 5-6 tables, but the service staff were still proactive in asking if we wanted extra soup or broth. However, it would have been better if the servers had mentioned the dishes they were serving each time. 😅
🥘 Dishes
▪️ Classic Sichuan Set Meal $1880
This time I ordered a set meal suitable for 2-3 people, which included most of the recommended items on the menu, so I decided not to order additional dishes.
Also, each person is charged a $130 fee for the broth.
Overall, the meat quality was average and not particularly impressive. The seafood was below average, the spiciness of the mala soup was moderate, and the aroma was ordinary. It did improve a bit after adding more chili.
While I didn't order an additional broth, they still provided the basic pork bone broth and mushroom broth, which were decent for cooking vegetables.
For drinks, I ordered cold brew tea and dried plum juice, both of which were quite good.
In the end, there were no desserts, which felt like something was missing.
To summarize, spending 2400 TWD for this meal in terms of content and quality fell far below expectations. Eating at a place like Ximending Malatang might be a better option; at least it has a certain standard and you can enjoy Haagen-Dazs. 🙄