豪爺-萬隆 炒粿條 UNCLE HOW's KUETIAW BANDUNG

📍Location: Taichung, North District
Overall Personal Rating: It's worth trying occasionally; if you want a filling meal, this might be a bit insufficient, but if you're looking to change things up once in a while, it's a pretty good choice.

That day, I wanted to have dinner and also treat myself to something I usually wouldn’t indulge in.
I turned the corner and spotted a place selling "fried rice noodles." Traditional fried rice noodles are genuinely fragrant, filled with wok hei, and delicious. There's typically no one selling fried rice noodles around here, so I immediately ordered a takeout to try at home.

The owner really put some effort into the stir-frying. Some places only stir-fry for a couple of seconds and call it good, but you could tell the owner continued to stir-fry a bit more, even after it had already been cooking for a while. The owner kept saying, “Just a little more, let's stir it a bit longer.”

At home, the wok hei was definitely present. However, overall, it didn’t have the exquisite quality of a restaurant; it felt more like a snack level:

1. The pork was in large chunks but uneven in thickness, and there wasn’t much in terms of quantity.
2. The rice noodles were thick and chewy, but again, the quantity wasn’t much.
3. The entire box was filled with bean sprouts, making the proportion of bean sprouts a bit too high in every bite.

After finishing, I didn't feel full and might have to eat something else. For a regular meal priced at $100, it left me still hungry, so I felt the value for money was somewhat lacking.

But since fried rice noodles are indeed rare, and I really enjoy them, and the taste of this place wasn’t bad, I’ll give it a little extra credit in my heart.