Very good and authentic Asian food, Taiwanese specific. Good flavors and nice friendly staff. Yummy 🤤 Cash only if you are dining/take out

Authentic Taiwanese food. Beef noodle soup and popcorn chicken is on point!!! No frills place, dont expect 5 star service. Highly recommended!

Hole in the wall but tasty Beef Noodle Soup in Elmhurst. The Noodles were fresh, the beef was tender, the flavor was tasty. It was a nice hot soup during a winter's day.

This is my second time here, but my first time trying their rendition of Taiwanese Beef Noodle soup. While they do get bonus points for the bowl of sour cabbage provided for you on each table. Their Beef Noodle soup isn't worth while. It smells fantastic, but the broth itself is on the bland side. Their stinky tofu I found good - ironically it had a very bad lingering smell after you eat it (pretty good thing in my opinion). Their Oyster pancake was good, except it is drowned in sauce. I did enjoy their porkchop over rice as well as their popcorn chicken. But I can't see myself here as often as Taiwanese Gourmet just a block down. The interior is a bit bleak. It doesn't look lovely or all that welcoming. The lighting is low but no real decorations to help it.

The best beef noodle place in town. It's an authentic Taiwanese place with many delicious appetizers (go well with beers). The beef noodle soup is unique here because they use good quality long-shimmered beef cubes unlike other Asian places that typically use too much tendons or the beef stuff (not meat 🥺) the noodle quality is a little inconsistent. You may want to remind them to make it harder if you prefer al dente.

Had the minced pork with bean and it was great. There is some pickled vegetables that offset the taste of greasiness which is nice. It is also very affordable. Went there to eat and also tried later via Doordash and it is less affordable with online delivery. It makes more sense to go there.

My daughter had just returned from Taiwan, so our friend invited us to dinner here. It is a small establishment with a very big spirit. The food was amazing and the server was on point. The food is made to order. So everything is freshly prepared. Try the scallion pancake with beef, you will not be disappointed. Loved the pickled garlic cucumber and the sweet potato fries. The experience was good. The restaurant does need a face-lift. The owner came out to speak with her customers. I would go back.

This has been my go-to Taiwanese place whenever I'm in town; however, I think my loyalty to this restaurant is wearing out. I went in for a takeout as usual and I had the cash ready. To my chagrin I was told a higher amount due than expected. The owner/manager immediately reacted to my reaction: "Let me give you an updated takeout menu". So the prices of most items on the menu have gone up. To add insult to injury, the takeout containers were now shallower and the division between the compartments were the size of the Panama Canal (see photo)! I know restaurants are cut-throat business, but I am sure the latest maneuver must have turned away many old timers, including myself. For that I am taking away 1 star. I would still come back for the "#32 Taiwanese Style Pork Soup" (肉羹) which is a well known Taiwanese snack. If Stinky Tofu and Oyster Pancake are too exotic for you, and Minced Pork Rice and Salt & Pepper Chicken Nuggets seem like a cop-out (too safe), then this could be your middle of the road pick for Taiwanese cuisine. The English name doesn't do the dish justice. The soup is thick and infused with bonito flakes and the pork is coated with grounded fish paste, yielding a very tender and addicting texture. Topped with cilantro, and you have a dish to die for.

We ordered the beef stew noddle soup, Taiwanese pork noodle soup, and calamari. The calamari portion was good for an appetizer. The Taiwanese pork noodle soup was underwhelming but the beef stew is excellent. All of the beef pieces were moist and silky. The noodles bowls will run you about $8-$9 and the portions are pretty generous. No extra charge for tea and the staff is pleasant.

Nice meaty portions of beef and tendon in the noodle soup and the soup had decent flavor. However, the noodles were only okay as they were a tad overcooked and tasted like the mass-produced ones you buy from the market. I was expecting the noodles to be better since they have 'noodle' in their name. The appetizers almost made up for it: crispy scallion pancakes with a slight chew in the center and nicely-flavored crunchy thinly sliced pig ears. We went for a late lunch and the restaurant was dark and cold - not sure if they were trying to save on the utility bills when there are fewer customers but it was a little odd to me (and I don't mind eating in holes-in-the-wall).

Friend recommended me this little noodle joint. Maybe it was my high expectation since my friend was praising it as the most delicious beef noodle soup ever. It was not, it was below average, i can only taste MSG and salt with other spices and sauce. I can only compare this place to pho best.

12/23/23 Update - Looks like the restaurant got renovated! They got new tables and the lighting is much better. We walked in at a weird time between lunch and dinner, so we got a seat of our choosing. The restaurant was dimly lit, and the tables had this weird bumpy cracked texture to it, which was a bit off-putting but I was here to eat and not buy furniture so it was trivial in the grand scheme of things. I ordered the Beef Noodle Soup like everyone else, and it delivered. The broth is definitely more on the clearer side, compared to other, darker and richer beef noodle soups I've had (E.g. Noodlecraft's Braised Beef noodle soup) so it's lighter and more drinkable as a result. The beef in the noodle soup was super tender and flavorful. I threw in some of the pickled cabbage they have at every table and it was a good combo. I would definitely order this again, especially now since the weather is getting colder. I also got their salt and pepper chicken and their lu rou fan, which were both pretty standard. I wish the lu rou fan was saucier, but it was pretty decent and I think they give more meat compared to Taiwanese Gourmet (but you pay more so the math works out). What really sealed the deal for me was how nice our waiter was about answering all our questions about the food, even offering to make the cold cucumber appetizer with more garlic, which is how I like it. I would come again, I really like the food and all you can eat pickled veggies.