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Compact Taiwanese eatery focusing on beef noodle soups & locally sourced ingredients.
What to order: “Red Cooked” Beef Noodle Soup (choose thin or wide noodles, · Scallion Pancake · Savory Soy Milk with Pork FlossFrom Google Maps reviews.
This really surprised me - I liked it a lot. I thought it would be pretty mid/normal Taiwanese breakfast but it was great. The yo tiao in the fan Tuan was super crispy and delicious. The radish cake was a favourite. The savory soy milk and sweet were great. The breakfast roll was good. The breakfast for 2 was super big, and was enough for 3 of us. We got there at 11am on a Sunday and waited around 35 mins. There’s a waitlist so you can walk around while you wait and they’ll text you.
Got the breakfast set for 2, and it was okay. Didn’t love the sweet soy milk, and the fried dough was way too crunchy in the fan Tuan and savory soy milk soup. The texture in the soup was really cool, since the soy milk was slightly coagulated like a very soft tofu (which is exactly what it is) and the scallion pancake was fine and the radish cake was pretty good. Service was not great - servers forgot about dishes for almost everyone in the restaurant, it took 20 minutes to be seated in a half
Solid Taiwanese food. Arrive earlier than your planned mealtime so you can scan the QR code and join the waitlist. The beef noodle soup set for two was a LOT of food. Every dish was well-made. I personally don’t vibe with some of the spice blends here, but it boils down to preference, as every restaurant has their own recipe. The aroma from the beef noodle soup hits you as soon as it gets dropped on the table, mostly from star anise and doubanjiang. Flavor-wise, the broth’s heavy on the dried c
From the May 1, 2026 health inspection. Lower-priority items are listed after the serious ones.
Room-temperature ingredients weren't chilled quickly enough.
Cold food was held above 41°F, warm enough for bacteria to grow.
Food was left exposed to possible contamination during storage, prep, or serving.
Hot food was held below 140°F, cool enough for bacteria to grow.
Shelves, ledges, or equipment exteriors aren't clean or easy to clean.