{"id":8309,"date":"2017-09-22T09:30:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T02:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatingintaipei.com\/?p=8309"},"modified":"2022-10-18T19:46:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:46:18","slug":"taipei-city-%e5%85%a9%e9%a4%90-%eb%91%90%eb%81%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eatingintaipei.com\/staging\/5148\/taipei-city-%e5%85%a9%e9%a4%90-%eb%91%90%eb%81%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Taipei restaurant – \u5169\u9910 \/ \ub450\ub07c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Updated September, 2022<\/em><\/p>location and opening hours updated<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n

Value for money: 10\/10<\/p>\n

Cleanliness: 7\/10<\/p>\n

Service: 7\/10<\/p>\n

Quality of food: 8\/10<\/p>\n

Overall: 8\/10<\/b><\/p>\n

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You’ve probably walked past this place and never even noticed it. It’s on the 3F of a tall building right on the corner of DaAn and ZhongXiao East Road intersection (\u5927\u5b89\u5fe0\u5b5d\u6771\u8def\u8def\u53e3).<\/p>\n

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I’ve yet to visit Korea myself, but every time I see Toppoki on a menu my eyes light up. So, seeing the yellow, purple, green, original, different shaped and different length toppoki here just blew my mind.<\/p>\n

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A few of each to start. I’ll be back for more later! The yellow ones are carrot, the purple ones are purple rice, and the green ones are Asian mugwort\u00a0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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These are also a type of Toppoki, just a slightly different style.<\/p>\n

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These things are weird, there’s no sugar coating that. I thought it was intestine, but on closer inspection it seems that they are the really popular Korean street snack Eomuk\/odeng (\uc5b4\ubb35(\uc624\ub385)). This street food is a style of fishcake, made by blending a variety of seafood into a paste and then either making it into a sausage-like shape, or what you can see here.<\/p>\n

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Instant noodle Christmas!!<\/p>\n

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There are a lot of sauces on offer here. My suggestion: try them all – why not?<\/p>\n

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In the foreground there are some delicious deep-fried fish bites, and in the background you can see some gyoza-like fried dumplings. Dunk these into the broth and let it soak it up – delicious.<\/p>\n

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If the masses of instant noodles offered up in the packages aren’t your thing, then pick up a ‘brick’ of noodles from here.<\/p>\n

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Fried rice station. After your hotpot is finished, leave some residue to make a wicked fried rice sauce. Then, get a bunch of these ingredients and slap them in with a bowl or two of rice.<\/p>\n

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For the hotpot, we went for some egg, mussels, cabbage, mushrooms, toppoki…<\/p>\n

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…and of course a shed load (there was more than 1 plate of this, btw). The cylinders on either end are small maki sushi-like deep fried bites – yes please!<\/p>\n

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Idiot proof instructions including lots of informative pictures.<\/p>\n

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We told the server that we wanted a little spice, but not too much \u5c0f\u8fa3 (xi\u01ceo l\u00e0). We were possibly a little worried about getting it too spicy (Koreans like SPICY food), and this suited us quite well. You could taste the spice, without it being overpowering and mouth-watering spice.<\/p>\n

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By the time we had come back to our seats after collecting our ingredients to pop into the hot pot, our broth was already bubbling away and smelling great.<\/p>\n

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After perusing the food on offer in the ‘all you can eat’ section, we decided to buy an extra portion of beef. However, I won’t be doing it again. In a hot pot you need some fatty meat, this was too lean and too chewy.<\/p>\n

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Oh, by the way, we also ordered melted cheese to dip everything into – TGIF!<\/p>\n

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Cheeeeeeeese<\/p>\n

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Another shot, just incase 1 wasn’t enough…<\/p>\n

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I wasn’t a huge fan of this. The texture was quite chewy and there wasn’t a huge amount of flavour (maybe it was lost in the cooking process).<\/p>\n

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Remember when you’re finished everything in the hot pot, to leave some of the residual broth in the bottom. Get your other fried rice ingredients ready.<\/p>\n

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We were recommended to add the pork in first.<\/p>\n

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The rice was OK, the kimchi was pretty good, and the corn added nice pops of sweetness that were welcomed.<\/p>\n

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I’ll be honest, I don’t really like the military style bowls. I feel like I’m camping or something. But, the fried rice was good.<\/p>\n

Overall, I love the idea of Korean all-you-can-eat, especially for $299!! There are options available, and for the price I think it is reasonable. However, I’d probably be happier paying another couple of hundred for some more options.<\/p>\n

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Tel:\u00a0<\/strong>02 2752 5011<\/p>\n

Opening Times:\u00a0<\/strong>11:00 – 22:00<\/p>\n

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3F ,No 166, ZhongXiao East Road, Section 4, DaAn District, Taipei City<\/p>\n

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