Overall Review: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
Dickson's Fooday Food Review #222
This visit was to a newly opened Italian restaurant that opened not long ago last year.
Its location is situated in between Guting and the Taipower Building MRT stations.

The main dishes focus on pasta and other Italian risottos, etc.
The overall decor and atmosphere are quite nice, giving off a vintage yet renovated feel.
The seating in the restaurant is also quite ample.

The menu primarily features various Italian dishes, including pasta and several risottos.
If you want the roasted spring chicken, you need to reserve it in advance!

Overall, it can be considered a small Italian restaurant with a very authentic atmosphere!

Although the restaurant's location is a bit remote,
I highly recommend it for those interested in various Italian dishes or pasta.
After all, it is a new restaurant.

It's always nice to check out new places!
As for the food, overall it is above average—
so it's quite suitable for giving it a try!

Food: 🌕🌕🌕🌘🌑
Beverages: NA
Atmosphere: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Service: 🌕🌕🌖🌑🌑
Price: 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
Location: 🌕🌕🌖🌑🌑

⭐️Food Section
👉 Daily Special Scallop Risotto
The dish of the day is scallop risotto.
But personally, I feel there isn’t much difference compared to other Italian risottos.
There are two scallops on top, but the price is slightly high.

👉 Fireworks Surf Clams and Keelung Squid $480
A more unique pasta dish.
The quantity of squid on top is quite decent, but overall, it’s just the pasta and squid.
Combined with the squid, the flavor is rather special.

If you come, I recommend trying this dish,
After all, squid from Keelung paired with pasta brings out a new taste!

👉 Lemon Sicily and Fresh Shrimp $450
This pasta is more standard.
It’s a basic lemon Sicily and fresh shrimp pasta.
The taste didn’t provide any particular shock value; it's more of a flavor you can find elsewhere.

👉 Slow Roasted Spring Chicken $1380
You must ask the restaurant about the spring chicken when making your reservation,
As it is indeed a special dish that needs to be reserved ahead of time.
I personally feel that if you’re interested, you should definitely reserve this dish.

Although it doesn’t pair particularly well with the Italian aspect,
This spring chicken was the most memorable dish from the entire dining experience.

In certain parts, the chicken was a bit dry,
But because there were various sauces to accompany it,
The preparation of the chicken included many ingredients and seasonings,
So I quite recommend this dish!

⭐️Beverage Section
The restaurant will ask whether you want still water or sparkling water at the beginning.
Since I chose neither sparkling water nor any other beverage that day,
I won’t comment much on the drinks!

⭐️Atmosphere Section
Since the restaurant is relatively new,
The overall decor and exterior are very fresh.
Though it might look a bit like an old house that has been renovated from the outside,
It is still a very stylish and bright restaurant.
Looking in from outside gives a cozy and warm feeling.

The wooden tones inside create a nice ambiance,
Making the dining quality quite pleasant.

This restaurant's atmosphere is suitable for larger groups,
And also a great place for a date for two!

⭐️Service Section
The number of staff isn’t very high,
So there may be some wait time for dishes.
The service experience doesn't provide anything particularly special.

It’s quite basic in terms of ordering and serving food.

⭐️Price Section
Considering the generally high price of Italian pasta or risotto,
The restaurant’s prices are slightly high,
Probably around 10% to 15% more than other small Italian restaurants.

What’s unfortunate is
that I feel the ingredients and flavors don’t significantly differ from those at other places,
So this price feels a bit steep to me—
it gives off a feeling of “Wow, why is this so expensive?”

⭐️Location Section
As mentioned at the beginning, the restaurant is situated between Guting and Taipower Building MRT stations,
So whether you’re coming from the MRT or by bus,
You still need to walk a small distance to reach it.

Additionally, there aren’t any notable points or shops nearby to browse,
So it feels like a place you specifically come to just to eat.

Thus, in terms of location, I do feel it’s not very convenient!

⭐️In Summary
This is a newly opened Italian restaurant that initially had me quite excited.
In terms of overall décor and atmosphere,
I think they’ve created a very nice vibe.

However, it’s regrettable that the dishes
didn’t offer anything particularly outstanding or impressive.
They’re generally above average but lack memorable elements, which is unfortunate.

Still, if you’re interested in Italian cuisine or small restaurants,
Although transportation isn't very convenient,
If you happen to pass by this area,
I think it’s worth a visit to try their pasta!

🤪Dickson’s Riff Zone🤪
🙎🏻‍♂️: Let’s go; today we’re going for ‘fluffy’ food.
💁‍♀️: What do you mean ‘fluffy’! What are you feeding me? Fluffy toys?
🙎🏻‍♂️: Yeah, there’s a trendy ‘fluffy’ thing out lately~~

💁‍♀️: What ‘fluffy’—you have so much ‘fluffy’ to talk about👋👋👋
🙎🏻‍♂️: Oh, I was talking about ‘Fangmao’! The trendy ‘Fang’ from banyan trees!
💁‍♀️: Oh, why didn’t you say that earlier! That’s a very cool name, sounds impressive!
🙎🏻‍♂️: Right? I even pre-ordered the roasted spring chicken!

💁‍♀️: Oh my god, how considerate of you～～~ Love it, love it!😍😍😍

You see,
Taking your girl to a nice restaurant
Will surely win her stomach!
Your relationship will surely get better and better!

🤪Dickson’s Riff Zone, see you next time!🤪

(Date: 2/2/2024)

Rong mau is located on Kinmen Street in Taipei City. It is not easy to park in the area where the ancient pavilion is close to the river. This time we drove to the nearby Hakka theme park.

The restaurant should be renovated on the first floor of an old house. The space is not large, but it is warm and textured. As soon as you enter the door, there is a seating area and an open kitchen. There are about 14-16 seats, mainly tables for 2 or 4 people. You can see the cooking process of the chef in the open kitchen, but there is only one chef, so there may be less room to adjust the meal delivery process (the meal time is 90 minutes, the main meal ordered this time will be served around the 50th minute, and it will take about 75 minutes to finish) , it would be a bit rushed to add some desserts)

The ratings of the dishes ordered this time are as follows:
Italian Tomarchio Ginger Sparkling Drink｜$200
It is a type with thicker bubbles. The ginger gas that hit my nose just after I opened the bottle made me want to sneeze. It is a little sweet. Drinking it with ice cubes in summer should be very refreshing🧊

Charcoal-grilled spice mixed soft-foot salad, pomelo-flavored red pepper sauce｜$380
There are roasted soft feet, chickpeas, zucchini, corn, and sesame leaves. The taste is not strong, and the temperature and taste are quite mild. It is very suitable as an appetizer.

American Ribeye Steak with Seasonal Roasted Vegetables & Honey Roasted Grapes｜$1980
I didn't ask about the doneness of the steak when ordering, and it was about medium-well/medium-well (maybe a little more done) when it was served. Personally, I'm used to eating it medium rare. It's a little dry for me. I wonder if it's made in an Italian way? But it can also be paired with honey roasted grapes to complement the juicy taste. The side dishes also include roasted bell peppers, pumpkin, potatoes, onions, corn shoots, glutinous rice peppers, etc. Overall, they are not very impressive, but they are still delicious.

Dessert Affogato｜$280
In addition to the classic Espresso and vanilla ice cream, there are also Belgian lotus shortbread crumbs (probably?) and nuts to add texture, which is quite excellent.

Overall, the environment and food are of a high standard, but the price may be a little on the high side? (I’m not very good at judging prices, so I’ll refer to the opinions of my peers) I’ll probably try pasta again in the future.