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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Taste of Formosa

We made it all the way out to Taste of Formosa yesterday. I think the quality's really improved since I first ate there a few years ago.

Deep fried pork intestines was simply delicious. Really crispy on the outside, with green onions stuffed int he center. It was served with a sweet garlic soy sauce, of course.

Intestine soup with pickled greens was also delicious. Very light and refreshing, if you like sour soups.



Beef noodle soup was also delicious. I really like the noodles here: firm and chewy, they never soaked up enough soup to become soggy. The soup base and meat were tasty, though I could have done without the addition of sa cha (Chinese bbq sauce).

Oyster pancake was a loser. It wasn't downright bad, it just wasn't very good.


Scallion pancake I would not order again. It was more like a flakey, airy pastry than a standard doughy scallion pancake with a lot of green onion flavor.

Pan fried cakes filled with beef were actually pretty good. The dough tasted a little buttery, which threw me off since Taiwanese coooking uses oil and lard but rarely butter. Still, it was hot and juicy in the center. Pretty good.

1 comments:

Eileen said...

Love the intestine dishes! I think intestine is my favorite food!!