鷄麵 CHILLMEN

📍 Zhongshan District, Taipei City
A popular restaurant with a line | Taiwanese chicken soup noodle shop open until late at night 🍜

Arrived at 7:30 PM on Tuesday. I needed to enter the store first to register the number of diners with the staff. They won't call to remind you—must wait outside. We waited a total of 20 minutes to be seated.

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Menu items:
🐔 Clam and Sous Vide Chicken Rich Soup Noodles ($220):
This bowl is my number one! The broth is amazing! The rich chicken broth gives a feeling similar to that of a Japanese ramen shop, and I can drink it all without getting too overwhelmed.

The noodles look like Taiwanese butter noodles but have a certain chewiness and texture to them.

The toppings aren’t as impressive as the broth:
Clams - quite large, around four or five pieces.
Sous vide chicken - slightly dry, doesn’t really taste like sous vide, it's about the quality you'd get at a healthy lunch box place.
Chicken meatballs - the meat texture is a bit loose.

🐷 Thick Pepper Pork Belly Chicken Soup Noodles ($200):
The broth is also thick like the previous bowl, and they both look yellowish, but the flavors of the two soups are quite different!
This bowl has a slightly stronger pepper flavor for me, and the ingredients seem to be cooked separately, not very flavorful.

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Will I return? Yes!
The broth is excellent! It’s my main reason for revisiting.

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Notes:
🔸 Cash only 💰
🔸 The air conditioning is super strong! It can get too cold if you stay too long 🤣