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| - I came back here with a big group of friends to try more food. First off, the service here is pretty lousy. I don't think it's necessarily a function of apathy or incompetence, but rather that they are understaffed for the unexpected popularity they are now enjoying. So people looking for waiter/waitress jobs, please apply for this place haha. We had to ask for utensils, bowls, cups, water multiple times. My friend's appetizer came out last after all the entrees, two other dishes were really late, etc. Also, they forgot to include the tax on our bill, so they gave us another bill for the tax. Unfortunately, I realized after we left (calculated it myself) that they definitely overcharged us for tax, maybe close to 2x the actual amount. By then it was too late to go back and my party definitely didn't care.
Onto the food:
Beef noodle soup - excellent, like before
??? (braised pork rice) - definitely wary about this one considering how bad China Sea Express screwed it up but...wow it was really good! Got the egg and taste just right
Hakka dried bean curd - I thought the bean curd itself was a tad bland
Hakka squid and pork - this was the favorite dish of a couple of my friends, I thought it was very good, could have used more squid though. It has bean curd too, just a heads up, in case you don't want too many bean curd dishes haha.
??? (three cup chicken) - another Taiwanese dish, this involves a sauce with 1:1:1 ratio of soy sauce, sesame oil, and cooking wine, + basil. The sauce was very good, but a couple of the pieces of chicken had no meat, just fat and connective tissue. I personally like this dish with a stronger basil flavor (i.e. more leaves), but that's just me. Overall pretty good
Singapore rice noodle (??) - I've never had ?? with such a strong curry flavor, definitely unique. I guess in the end I liked it
Salt and pepper fish - no issues here, though I've heard it's pretty hard to screw this dish up
So in summary...
No self-respecting self-labeled "Taiwanese" restaurant should screw up beef noodle soup or braised pork rice, and this one nails those two dishes convincingly. The other food is overall very good as well, and good prices. Service needs a lot of work, and hopefully this will improve with time. Maybe avoid Phusion Cafe during the weekend dinner rush for now.
I think I'll be back for the beef noodle soup and/or braised pork rice, and definitely once they start trying any Taiwanese street food and breakfast.
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