For a late 2pm Saturday lunch I stopped by Taipei Gourmet. The establishment was one-third full, so I received a seat immediately. I ordered the beef noodle soup ($15.95) and vegetarian leek pie ($9.95). Both came out within 10 minutes.
The beef noodle soup had the thin flat wheat noodle ubiquitous in Taiwanese noodle soups. The soup was well-flavored with stock. Too many of these sorts of places over-rely on soy sauce, making a salty yet thin and underflavored bowl. Not here. I will nitpick and say that I would like larger chunks of beef, not the sort of cubed stew beef you see at the supermarket.
The vegetarian leek pie (as it's called in the menu) is a pastry stuffed with chive (not leek), egg, and vermicelli. It was decently salted and hot.
The portion sizes were quite satisfying as well.
Closing thought - this place has, so far, the closest to what I would consider a decent bowl of Taiwanese beef noodle soup I've had in the Boston metro area so far. I'm always on the lookout for it
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Gregg Peterson
It's said they are new but I went to order from menu they have on Google and prices are different. I love variety of foods but when advertisements don't match, it's a turn off. It was my 1st time going to place and it disappointed that waitress acted as if she didn't understand switching to speak in their language and not granting that customer is right. NO GOOD.
Dikosha Aranid
The General Tso's chicken has barely any chicken, mostly the dough. Many of the pieces lacked the meat altogether. It was like eating fried dough. The cashier claimed that this is the proper way. I think it's ridiculous to even call it General Tso' CHICKEN when there is barely even any meat. I've ordered from many other restaurants and received actual meat, so I don't know why they would do this. Very disappointing.
Food: 1
sharon shan
Good food 😋
Acharaporn Punruckvong
Nice Chinese food local restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Chi Kwong Sito
Fresh food and arrive quickly. Easy parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Harish Seethapathy
Really tasty food. The fish fillets with tofu is our favorite along with the salt and pepper chicken. Always well taken care of!
ODonnell House
Excellent food, service is great. It IS tiny inside, so don’t be surprised if there is a wait. But it’s so worth it
jinou zhang
It is very Authentic Chinese food , is tasty so yummy and beautiful,I will coming back next time , thank you so much!
Pratip Banerji
This is a great casual Chinese restaurant to get a tasty and quick meal! I had a great lunch experience today! The hot and sour soup was tasty and the ma po tofu was perfectly spicy. Reasonably priced too.
I’m not from Taiwan or the region, so I’ll leave the remarks about authenticity to others. I did stumble on a Taiwanese restaurant during a trip to China, and had an eggplant dish that I’m still thinking about five years later. So I thought I’d give this place a try. I was just about the only non-Asian diner—on a Saturday, the place was full of families. They were kind to find a spot for a solo diner.I ordered the Taipei beef noodle soup, which is spicy but not in a sharp jalapeño way, more of a dark warm heat. I also had the eggplant in garlic sauce, which resembled that dish I had years ago, though it was sweet (actually as if sugar was added) and what I had before was a bit dryer, and had just a bit more of a roasted flavor. This was a lot of food, but it all was so good that I almost didn’t have any leftovers. I’ll definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Noodle Soup
Guangyang Li
Not the Taipei I used to like any more.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
M C
Delicious food. We enjoyed the pork belly over preserved vegetables, fish fillet dry pot, and west beef lake soup. I highly recommend all dishes.
Kid-friendliness: The waitress was very friendly and even brought a fork and spoon instead of of chopsticks for my toddler. Plenty of non-spicy food options for kids.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stan M
Excellent food. Really nice staff. Had a good dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lihui Su
It's called Taipei cuisine, but in fact it has various cuisines including Sichuan, Northeastern, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines. It's quite authentic and not an American-style Chinese restaurant. The background music is Taiwanese pop music from the 1970s and 1980s, which is nostalgic and warm. I heard a song by Yang Lin while sitting down and bought her tape when I was 15 years old. Take another look at the son opposite, he is 15 years old this year.
For a late 2pm Saturday lunch I stopped by Taipei Gourmet. The establishment was one-third full, so I received a seat immediately. I ordered the beef noodle soup ($15.95) and vegetarian leek pie ($9.95). Both came out within 10 minutes.
The beef noodle soup had the thin flat wheat noodle ubiquitous in Taiwanese noodle soups. The soup was well-flavored with stock. Too many of these sorts of places over-rely on soy sauce, making a salty yet thin and underflavored bowl. Not here. I will nitpick and say that I would like larger chunks of beef, not the sort of cubed stew beef you see at the supermarket.
The vegetarian leek pie (as it's called in the menu) is a pastry stuffed with chive (not leek), egg, and vermicelli. It was decently salted and hot.
The portion sizes were quite satisfying as well.
Closing thought - this place has, so far, the closest to what I would consider a decent bowl of Taiwanese beef noodle soup I've had in the Boston metro area so far. I'm always on the lookout for it
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
It's said they are new but I went to order from menu they have on Google and prices are different. I love variety of foods but when advertisements don't match, it's a turn off. It was my 1st time going to place and it disappointed that waitress acted as if she didn't understand switching to speak in their language and not granting that customer is right. NO GOOD.
The General Tso's chicken has barely any chicken, mostly the dough. Many of the pieces lacked the meat altogether. It was like eating fried dough. The cashier claimed that this is the proper way. I think it's ridiculous to even call it General Tso' CHICKEN when there is barely even any meat. I've ordered from many other restaurants and received actual meat, so I don't know why they would do this. Very disappointing.
Food: 1
Good food 😋
Nice Chinese food local restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Fresh food and arrive quickly. Easy parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really tasty food. The fish fillets with tofu is our favorite along with the salt and pepper chicken. Always well taken care of!
Excellent food, service is great. It IS tiny inside, so don’t be surprised if there is a wait. But it’s so worth it
It is very Authentic Chinese food , is tasty so yummy and beautiful,I will coming back next time , thank you so much!
This is a great casual Chinese restaurant to get a tasty and quick meal! I had a great lunch experience today! The hot and sour soup was tasty and the ma po tofu was perfectly spicy. Reasonably priced too.
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I’m not from Taiwan or the region, so I’ll leave the remarks about authenticity to others. I did stumble on a Taiwanese restaurant during a trip to China, and had an eggplant dish that I’m still thinking about five years later. So I thought I’d give this place a try. I was just about the only non-Asian diner—on a Saturday, the place was full of families. They were kind to find a spot for a solo diner.I ordered the Taipei beef noodle soup, which is spicy but not in a sharp jalapeño way, more of a dark warm heat. I also had the eggplant in garlic sauce, which resembled that dish I had years ago, though it was sweet (actually as if sugar was added) and what I had before was a bit dryer, and had just a bit more of a roasted flavor. This was a lot of food, but it all was so good that I almost didn’t have any leftovers. I’ll definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Noodle Soup
Not the Taipei I used to like any more.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Delicious food. We enjoyed the pork belly over preserved vegetables, fish fillet dry pot, and west beef lake soup. I highly recommend all dishes.
Kid-friendliness: The waitress was very friendly and even brought a fork and spoon instead of of chopsticks for my toddler. Plenty of non-spicy food options for kids.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent food. Really nice staff. Had a good dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's called Taipei cuisine, but in fact it has various cuisines including Sichuan, Northeastern, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines. It's quite authentic and not an American-style Chinese restaurant. The background music is Taiwanese pop music from the 1970s and 1980s, which is nostalgic and warm. I heard a song by Yang Lin while sitting down and bought her tape when I was 15 years old. Take another look at the son opposite, he is 15 years old this year.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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