Kao Chi Xinsheng Restaurant — Restaurant in Da'an District

Old Shanghai, New Gao Chi, their advertisement says. I didn’t understand it until I got inside, not only are they confused with their own ability to stay true to their identity. A Shanghainese restaurant that leads with Hong Kong dim sum dish on their menu that has traditional Shanghainese dishes but is completely inadequate in its representation.

Gao was busy, only because鼎泰豐 was closed. We waited for about 30 mins even though told we would get a table in 15. We ordered a mix of dim sum dishes and Shanghainese dishes including their 小籠包, thinking it’ll at least be decent seeing that food is Taiwan is always good. Boy, were we wrong. Everything was below average and the service was even worse.

We asked for plain noodles but was told they couldn’t accommodate because they were busy. Then we asked for water, was told not only do we have to pay 100NT for regular water, warm water is also not available and no one should have offered it to us since it wasn’t allowed. Finally, after she gave us a scolding, she angrily “made an exception” for us. Then we were told the vegetable of the day we chose, mind you it’s only 5pm, it’s no longer available. Then the mediocre dishes started coming, they were underwhelming and rather plain, anyone could’ve made them at home and possibly better. In fact, their 醃篤鮮 was so flavorless, we had to file a complaint with the lady who couldn’t have cared less about it.

Anyhow, don’t bother! It’s a restaurant that caters to tourists and not a place where one would get a authentic meal in a city packed with...

Kao Chi serves authentic Shanghai style cuisine for many years in Taipei since 1949. The store was relocated from Yongkong Street to the current location on Xinsheng South Road. The taste remains as excellent as a childhood memory. Steam pork Xiao-long-boa, crispy pastry, glass noodles in chicken soup, too many dishes to choose but the stomach is so little 🥺. Thanks for keep serving black vinegar, it is the best companion with xiao-long-boa 👍🏻.

Service is gentle and polite, and provides outdoor seats for people who are waiting (though the chairs can be upgraded to more comfortable for seniors). The physical menu can be upgraded to touch-less or QR ordering to eliminate human errors. Receipt is paper based, and hope it can be digitized. Not sure if they provide multilingual service other then mandarin.

Cost price is tailored for tourist, and is considered a little bit higher priced for day to day / price-sensitive consumer. It’s a challenge task for the management team to cope with competitive market.

#steam pork xiao-long-boa #crispy pastry #glass noodle in chicken soup #red bean steam...

This is a tourist trap. They get you with the air conditioning, decor, and large space!

I was on YongKang Street looking for a "nicer" restaurant after already having scallion pancakes from the ladies on the corner, beef noodle soup from YongKang Beef Noodles, as well as Din Tai Fung earlier in the week. This place probably profits off of the spill over from the original din tai fung.

The food was extremely mediocre to bad, portion sizes are small and skimping, the buns are mostly dough and empty when any street market you get a bun that is filled to the brim. Dont get the pan fried buns that is advertised everywhere. They are not good!!!

I saw a picture on the google images for this restaurant and showed it to the waitress to ask them what this was? They didnt know and recommended something completely different.

I do not recommend this place as it is overpriced and not that great. There are so many other way better options on...