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Jijia Zhuang offers a diverse range of chicken dishes. While the Three Flavors Chicken is not stunning, the Chickpea Tofu and Sweet and Sour Ribs are surprisingly delightful. The Crispy Skin Sausage and Chicken Rolls also receive favorable reviews. Overall, the meals maintain a traditional flavor, which is satisfying.
The restaurant has an atmosphere of traditional Taiwanese cuisine, making it suitable for gatherings or entertaining guests. Although the environment is somewhat noisy, it still maintains a certain standard.
The service process is not uniform, the wait time for dishes is relatively long, but it is easy to make a reservation. Overall, the dining experience is rich.
Reviews
User review: Has a restroom 🚾
This is a well-established Taiwanese restaurant called Ji Jia Zhuang located in Taipei, and it is also one of the Michelin Bib Gourmand recommended restaurants. The restaurant specializes in various chicken dishes, and I was lucky to secure a reservation, resulting in a very rich dining experience.
Here are the details of the meal:
• Three Flavors Chicken (White Cut, Smoked, Black Bone) $600
One of the restaurant's signatures, but personally, I found it just alright, not particularly impressive.
• Chicken Tofu $298
Chicken pieces paired with tender tofu, surprisingly a good choice.
• Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs $450
Using bone-in ribs, paired with black tomato, which is quite rare; the sweet and sour seasoning blends well with the fruity aroma, making it a highlight.
• Crispy Sausage $450
The outer skin is fried to a crisp, paired with garlic chives for flavor enhancement, probably one of my favorites this time.
• Chicken Roll $180
The filling is rich in layers, and the outer skin is slightly crispy, indicating quality ingredients.
• Vegetable Egg $230
Thick enough and not greasy when fried, a good choice with rice.
• Green Beans $298
Stir-fried to be refreshing while retaining crunchiness.
• Meat Jelly $280
Delicious paired with mayonnaise, salty and fragrant with a hint of freshness.
• Mushroom Chicken Soup $150
• Clam Chicken Soup $150
The soup base is sweet, and they are generous with the ingredients.
• Braised Pork $240
Fatty and lean interspersed, the flavor is on the heavier side, very good with rice.
• Braised Bamboo Shoots $278
Traditional flavor with a delicate texture.
• Egg Pudding (Complimentary)
Traditional pudding, smooth and not overly sweet.
• Chicken Rice & Sweet Potato Porridge ($50 per person, 4 people)
Unlimited refills, a plus.
Total: $4184
Overall, this is a Taiwanese restaurant that retains traditional flavors and maintains a certain standard, suitable for gatherings or treating guests, with mid-to-high pricing, but satisfying to eat.
Since the Michelin Guide Taipei debuted in 2018, it has been selected every year as a Bib Gourmand recommendation. Is Chicken House really that good?
On the day we made a reservation, the restaurant was packed with people, and many visitors had to leave empty-handed.
The dining experience was not very pleasant; the environment was quite noisy, and we waited half an hour for our dishes. The older waitstaff members even lacked a unified communication process: one server came to tell us that a dish had not yet been prepared in the kitchen and asked if we wanted to wait. We informed them that we would cancel it. A second server then asked if the dish had arrived yet, and we informed them that we had already canceled it. Then a third server brought out that dish anyway...
As for the dishes themselves, there were indeed some remarkable aspects. We ordered a few individual soups, among which the "Bitter Melon and Pork Rib Soup" showcased its bitter and sweet flavors perfectly, and it paired well with fermented black beans. Here’s a brief description of the dishes: