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:
- The pork was in large chunks but uneven in thickness, and there wasn’t much in terms of quantity.
- The rice noodles were thick and chewy, but again, the quantity wasn’t much.
- 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.