Remember my post on My Kitchen that had all the vegetarian Taiwanese food? This amazing place is also known for their meat-y delicacies and they are also equally mouth-watering! I’m sure if you’ve been to Taiwan, you know will know that they are well known for starters (小吃).
Pig’s ear! It’s stewed till the outside is really tender and the middle is really crunchy! It’s the fav of my parents and my hubs! It’s something you either like it or hate it I suppose. But in my family, we love it! hehe Mum said my grandma use to cook this but she doesn’t anymore. That explains why my dad loves it so much! hehe
Pan fried dumplings! I do love my dumplings. With lots and lots of vinegar! (: This came after our main for some reason and we were SO STUFFED. but still finished them all. haha
I ordered minced pork rice (卤肉饭)! I absolutely loved it! Worth every penny too! Just $4.95 for this small but mighty bowl of yumminess!
The hubs ordered the deep dried chicken cutlet. It was really crispy and was really well seasoned. It brought us back to Taiwan when we had the deep fried xxx-large chicken cutlet at the road side. This definitely came pretty close!
Mummy ordered braised pig trotters! Just looking at the photo makes me miss my grandma’s pig trotters even more! But these were really good too. Not too salty and the trotters were really tender, and the gravy. I could just have the gravy and rice to be honest. Think I might make some soon. haha
Dad had the dry noodles with mince. This sound and look ordinary but with the addition of the mince (similar to the rice) it was delicious. Could do more of the sauce though, cause it turned out a bit dry. The crunch of the zucchini was genious though. Added a bit of freshness with every mouthful! (:
The portions are really huge and we obviously didn’t learn from our first visit here and share our mains. haha Got too excited and just wanted to try everything on the menu! hehe Definitely a place you should try when you’re around the area!
Sighhh So jelaous! I really miss Taiwanese food and this place would be perfect hehe 🙂 Hope i get to go soonish…. 😀
Hehe book your tickets to Auckland asap dearie! Hehe I’m sure Mr Bao wouldn’t mind!
Aww love pig ears and dumplings! 🙂 Never been to Taiwan before but if the food is like this, I’d make the trip 🙂
Oh you have to make Taiwan your holiday destination soon babe. The food you get at the night markets are something you gotta sink your teeth into! Hehe 🙂
oh man! I miss taiwanese food (use to be a good joint in Sydney but it shutdown) these dishes look wonderful what a shame it’s in NZ 😦
We have to go on a hunt for good taiwanese food here in Melbourne! 🙂 I crave them often!
I love goyozas. I assume they would be similar to those panfried dumplings? Everything looks great. very jelous!
Yes! They are indeed similar! And I love them too! Hehe 🙂 great for entree or just a snack!