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Item: Taiwan T • Eat
Rating: 4
Author: foodie_fatty

Taiwan T • Eat

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738

Tin Hau

$51-100

Taiwan Tea Restaurant

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Feeling rather lazy on the weekend, we decided to order takeaway and noticed this little joint on online dining platform . It seemed reasonably priced and acceptable quality; the online photos didn't suggest anything to the contrary. We thought it was worth a go and ordered:

*Braised beef noodles
*Chicken rice*Dumplings

Braised beef noodles
The broth was rich, however a tad salty and oily for my taste. It wasn't like with ramen where you could sip it and enjoy it in its own right, but overall it was tolerable. The noodles weren't impressive at all as they went way past the point of being al dente and lacked much substance -breaking apart with very light contact. However, it wasn't all despair; the beef itself was the silver lining; soft, tender and just melted in your mouth.

Taiwanese beef noodle

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Chicken rice
The ratio of chicken to batter was decent (i.e. they didn't skimp on the meat) and the chicken itself was cooked just right. I was pleasantly surprised that, though being fried, the chicken wasn't so oily so you didn't have the guilty feeling building up inside after each bite.

Fried chicken with rice

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Dumplings
Actually, we were expecting something similar to the pan-fried Shanghai ("Sang Jin baau") dumplings, but instead we got something more akin to deep-fried gyozos . The pastry was quite thick and I'm not sure if it was just because of the time it took to deliver, but the texture was a bit spongy and dry so it gave you a somewhat bloated feeling afterwards. The filling tasted OK, it was finely minced and had some seasoning, but overall I didn't find the dumplings made me crave more and it was a bit of a chore to get through them if I am being honest.