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Taipei restaurant – Taiwan Bistro Restaurant 渣男

Updated September, 2022

Prices updated
Value for money: 7/10
Cleanliness: 8/10
Service: 6/10
Quality of food: 8/10
Overall: 7/10

 
 Taiwan Bistro
Order a Taiwan beer with classic braised food (luwei) at Taiwan Bistro and feel like a local.
 
If you’re hungry after going up Elephant mountain and don’t just want to dive into the nearest 7-11 you find, you’ll probably stumble across Taiwan Bistro first, anyway. It’s worth a try.
 
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Unfortunately, it was raining a lot when we visited, so pictures of the outside are out, sorry.
 
 
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There’s plenty of space inside Taiwan Bistro.
 
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We sat at the bar.
 
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I like to take a look at what you can order, first. It’s all clean and all looks (and smells) delicious.
 
 
 
Chef combination for 2 people
滷味拼盤 – 兩人份
Lǔwèi pīnpán – liǎng rén fèn
$400
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We shared this between 3, accompanied by a few other dishes, too. It was plenty, to be fair. If you’re really hungry, then I would suggest sharing this between 2 and getting a bowl of rice/noodles, too.
 
On the plate is an assortment of different types of tofu, salad leaves and some intestine, too. It’s pretty good, to be fair!
 
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This is my pick of the bunch at Taiwan Bistro, though. The intestines have a chewy and soft texture with plenty of flavour. Paired with the slightly sweet, almost smoked spicy sauce it works nicely – especially washed down with a beer!

Cherry smoked duck
煙燻櫻桃鴨
Yān xūn yīngtáo yā
$200

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I am always in search of smoked duck, of any kind. I really enjoy smoked meat. This duck was great. Shared between 3, the portion size is obviously too small. But, shared between 2 with the sharing plate as well, and you’ve got plenty of food.
 
The flavour of the duck was great at Taiwan Bistro, it tasted really fresh. I always enjoy some salad leaves accompanying it, too.
 
 
Bean sprout salad
涼拌豆芽
Liángbàn dòuyá
$70
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It’s not bad, but I won’t rave about it, either. It’s a fresh bean sprout salad.
 
 
Sweet potato congee
地瓜稀飯
Dìguā xīfàn
$50
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It took them around 30-40mins to get this to us, and it was more like soup than congee.
 
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Too watery, not much flavour, no seasoning and barely any rice inside. I won’t be getting it again, that’s for sure.
 
 
Taiwan beer
台灣啤酒
Táiwān píjiǔ
$160
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Taiwan beer is alright, but next time I will spend only around $50 more and get a nicer beer. They serve a lot of the Taiwan Tea Ales here, so I will be going for them, next time.
 
Opening Times:
Monday – Sunday
17:30 – 01:30
 
 
Tel:
02 2720 9820
 

台北市信義區信義路5段150巷315弄12號

No. 12, Alley 315, Lane 150, XinYi Road, Section 5, XinYi District, Taipei City

 
 
 
Happy Eating!