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| - We were looking to grab lunch in the area, and came across this Taiwanese restaurant on Yelp. The large counter, tiled floors, open kitchen, TV, and a handful of small tables summed up the small interior. We were the only customers throughout the entire time, so there wasn't much of an atmosphere to report.
The paper menu came as a checklist of Taiwanese street food and old country flavors. I initially wanted the Taiwanese Pork Intestine Noodles ($7.99), but they were out and waiting for the ingredients to arrive from California. Instead, we ordered the Rice Cupcake ($4.50) where the wet, mushy sticky rice had already fell apart by the time it reached our table. Our server didn't seem to care whether we noticed the sloppy presentation. The other peculiar aspect of this dish was the red sauce. It was not supposed to be tomato based, but resembled ketchup.
The Taiwanese Meat Ball ($3.99) came with a very good glutinous exterior. The thickness, and firm chewy qualities was spot on along with the embedded ground pork. However, the Meat Ball also came with the same ketchup sauce, which ruined the experience.
Finally, the Minced Pork Rice Noodles ($6.99) came with ground pork and hard boiled egg that didn't carry the deep stewed flavors. Equally subpar was the broth that tasted like water.
Service was friendly, but the experience was so lackluster that we didn't care to stay for shaved ice or other desserts. In short, I rather eat at other mediocre Taiwanese restaurants than this one. It was not worth the visit.
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