肉 RÒU BY T-HAM (2F餐廳) — Restaurant in Da'an District

Cozy bistro with excellent meats from Taiwan and Europe. Polite staff who even speak Chinese to foreigners. Some excellent wines (I recommend the Portuguese douro). We had the ink-batter deep-fried cuttlefish (yum) and some sushi (ho-hum).

Totally spoiled by penny pinching. I ordered the charcuterie platter: 3 cooked hams, 1 raw (TW); salami, boar sausage and chorizo (EU); plus a range of nuts, dried fruits, pickles etc. I think the cheese was supposed to be Comte, but it was quietly replaced by two small slices of mediocre Grana Padano. When we asked for a couple of slices of bread to go with it, it turned out they charge $50 per slice. No kidding. And I'm not talking sky-scrapingly thick slices towering over your plate. They were about the thickness of your pinky and half the size of a $100 dollar note. Which is pretty funny, cos that's exactly how much they cost...

Here's the thing: if the wines had been $100 dearer, I still would have had two glasses, and the bill would have come out the same. If the dishes had been $50 dearer, we would not really have noticed--this is an expensive area. We would even willingly have paid $200 for the big bottle of water we drank. But we left with the feeling that we had been ripped off, and we won't be going back again....

Jamon iberico: the 48-month one has some nice nutty flavor but the 24-months one, not so much.

New York steak: nicely cooked and flavor/texture are on the money

Peppered bacon: aka pork pastrami. Good stuff and not overly salty

Iberia pork: it’s just ok. Sorry I couldn’t taste the same pork flavor as in Spain.

Truffle mushrooms and fries: I have to say truffle flavor was kind of faint. Nothing beats truffles in...

I love this place. The quality and selection of their cured meats & cheese is pretty amazing. I don’t expect to see something at this level of quality in Taiwan so this is such a great find! The price point is reasonable. Unfortunately, there is not sampling due to Covid but hopefully they can start that again at some point. They also offer dine in services and they service fresh meat...