Tonight, for a change, we choose to eat some traditional taiwanese csine. The most mouth-watering food in Taiwan is some cuisines from the southern part of Taiwan, to be precisely at pointing the location, foods from Tainan. I have studied in Tainan for four years, and I have always tried to find really good Tainan food at Taipei city. However, I've always disppointed at the so-called Tainan food in Taipei, since the taste and everything is different from those I had in Tainan. But the urge lingers, and tonight we go into Yie Ji to try them out.
First we ordered Yi noodle, both dry noodle and with soup. The dry noodle definitely taste better since the soup is a bit greasy. And the taste is washed down the soup, making it almost tastless. After a good stir, the dry noodle tastes just like the ones I had back in Tainan. The noodles are elastic, making chewing thme a pleasure. And the braised meat is shredded in tiny pieces so the every mouthful of noodles allow you to capture the full flavor of the ingredients in the bowl. For people who want a stronger taste, I suggest them to add extra spice sauce. Though I don't think the spicy sauce tastes that good. It's better to try the original taste, and remember the taste in your mouth so you can compare the taste for future Yi noodles. The noodle gets three stars out of five.
The braised meat rice is a mess. It's sweet and greasy. Adding pepper or anything won't help at all. So don't try the dish, but definitely give it a try on the braised egg. Like tea egg, the braised egg is a local and common specialty everywhere. The white is hard-boiled with an outer skin of sauce. When bite inside, the yolk instantly melts into your mouth. And the combination is absolutely great. Everyone should try this.
The other dish that you can never miss is the red-oil wanton. It is several wantons dipped in red hot spice oil, dotted with fresh shredded green onions and vegetables. Though it is called red-oil, it is not that spicy. The sauce is based on broth, cooked with herbs and vinegar. After pour the broth into the bowl, put in the wantons and a spoonful of spicy oil. Then the combination makes a mouth-watering dish. The stuffing of wantons are fresh pork. When you eat it, you must use a spoon to have some broth and red oil init, then have a bite of wanton first. then put the rest in the spoon and swallow it. The tase lingers all your mouth. I will give four stars to this dish. Since it is the first one that I tasted so far that has the closest taste to the ones in Tainan.
So come here for a hearty dinner.
Yie Ji
tel: 02-2362-9916
No. 2, Lane 333, Sec. 3, Roosevelt Road.
台北市羅斯福路三段333巷2號
Have fun there!!
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