鶴田屋

Multiple visits
But I always feel that it used to taste a bit better.

This meal:
Nagasaki-style hamburger steak meal $280
The Nagasaki-style meal comes with rice, tomato spaghetti, salad, and onion soup.
The hamburger steak is a blend of pork and beef topped with red wine beef sauce.
Actually, I have visited Tsurutaya multiple times.
When there weren't many hamburger steak places from Japan in Taipei,
Tsurutaya was always a favorite for hamburger steak.
The hamburger steak is still very tasty! But this time, I felt it wasn't as juicy as before (or maybe I’ve just tried more hamburger steak places...?
I really like the Nagasaki-style tomato spaghetti.
It’s totally the kind of pasta you find in a Japanese family restaurant for kids. 😆
The complimentary onion soup is really delicious!

Pork cutlet $120
This was my first time ordering the pork cutlet, and it performed adequately.
It's somewhat like a crispier version of the pork cutlet from Fukuzentake.
It was drizzled with pork cutlet sauce on top.

I've always thought Tsurutaya has a small drawback,
which is that the two-person table in the middle of the restaurant is too small and a bit crowded,
just like many Japanese chain diners. 😆
Although I feel it was better in the past,
I will continue to revisit.
Sometimes, what tastes good is also largely based on memories!