Conclusion: If I lived nearby and happened to be a poor student wanting to eat something a bit more refined and Japanese-style, I would occasionally think of coming here to eat.

2024/08/16 (Friday) 18:00 Dine-In
No waiting required / Reservations or pre-made meals are available
Dine-in seats are 90% full / Minimum spend of 150 or one dish

Recently, I remember when "Mince and Rice" and "Ka" first came to Taiwan, creating a burger patty craze in Taipei, with reservations and on-site queues being almost impossible to secure. Even the Hutong Group couldn't help but open "Yaki no Mince" to follow the trend. However, many people may not know that Taipei already had many burger patty specialty shops quietly working hard and deeply rooted in the alleys, and they are still standing strong today.
I usually don’t come to Tamsui, but this time I stumbled upon a restaurant marked as serving Japanese-style burger patties on Google Maps and thought it must be very authentic. With high hopes, I went there.

🥩 Fried Beef Steak:
The steak can be ordered at different levels of doneness, it's cheap and big, offering great value for money. The meat quality is actually quite appropriate for its price range and comes with rose salt and steak sauce.
The batter isn’t very crispy, just average, but it tastes good when dipped in the sauce.
On the side, there are the usual pea shoots, shredded cabbage, and jalapeños; I must say, the jalapeños alone are quite delicious.

🥩 Pork Cutlet Spicy Curry:
The meal is served as a set (miso soup, white rice, and a small dish of edamame).
The curry sauce is a bit watery, but still acceptable; although labeled as spicy, it’s not actually spicy.
The rice is cooked quite well, which deserves praise!
The pork cutlet tastes as expected, probably a bit better than at Fukubayashi, with a thin and substantial batter.
When the plate is empty, the shredded cabbage helps with the greasiness.

🍖 Red Miso Sauce Hamburger Patty:
Smaller than I expected, the accompanying red miso sauce is slightly watery and has a hard-to-describe iron-like taste; however, the hamburger patty itself was fine.
It’s obvious that the patty is made from pork ground meat mixed with some tofu, not very airy but has a chewy texture, probably because the meat isn’t ground too finely, which is a good thing.

Also, there's still a somewhat meaningless pea shoot on top; maybe it lost its freshness after staying in the fridge for a while. I'm not a fan of it.

🧈 Sesame Sauce Tofu:
This dish! Super amazing! Today's MVP! Must-order!
The sesame sauce is very rich, not like the typical mixed salad dressing outside.
Paired with white sesame, seaweed flakes, and alfalfa sprouts, the selection and combination of ingredients are excellent; just using the alfalfa sprouts dipped in a bit of sesame sauce adds a refreshing taste that cuts through the heaviness.
However, the pea shoots paired with the tofu is perfect this time, as the flavor of the sesame sauce can overpower the taste of the pea shoots, and the cold dish is genuinely tasty.

In conclusion, I think the overall food at this restaurant meets expectations, although a few dishes were a bit disappointing, there were still delicious options.
One downside is that the seating space is not large; in a two-person ordering mode like ours, it can really fill up the entire table, which can be troublesome if you don't eat quickly.

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