小巷亭食品有限公司 — Restaurant in Datong District

The restaurant or diner emphasizes traditional but simple Japanese flavor, such as sashimi, sushi, oden , miso soup, and other inexpensive dishes, including Taiwanese vegetable dishes and occasional hams or cold cut dishes.

The restaurant means in Food Vendor in Small Lane, and it is essentially self-served diner which requires customers to order and pick the dishes themselves, although waitresses will help if customers have too many dishes or their dishes needed to be warmed up or cooked or further processed.

The female staffs or waitresses, who are also cashiers, are relatively friendly, while male staffs are generally chefs.

Because of Covid -19 pandemics, the restaurant shut down for about 2 months and reopens from July 01 in small scale. As of 09/17/2021, the restaurant operates in limited scale, with seating allowed in one half of its regular seating area. Also, the restaurant closes at 07PM in...

Trivia: this is one of the film locations for the Netflix series Light the Night set in 1980s Taipei.

The alleyway and restaurant decor makes you feel like you fell back in time. I stumbled upon this shop when I noticed their Japanese-style oden stand at the entrance of the alley, which is unusual since most alley carts feature Taiwanese food. Walking through, I was starstruck upon recognizing the restaurant interior.

The flavors are Taiwanese-Japanese fusion and while the food is of middling quality at best, it was hearty, warm, and filling. I loved the outdoor ordering experience where you order your hot food to spec, then slide your tray along to grab pre-plated hot and cold side dishes and mains. This is the type of unique local experience that I think will linger in our memories.

4 - Will definitely come back...

Amazing taiwanese-japanese style of food. The restaurant itself is very cozy (feels like you're at home). The food was amazing!! It's more of a self service type of restaurant where you would go out to pick your dishes. They have plenty of choices for oden (the sauce that came with the oden is so good, mild yet flavorful). Other things to try are steam egg, nigiri, and the soup which comes in a tea kettle.

The restaurant gets busy during dinner hour so I would recommend to go early. The staff were very sweet and was able to communicate a bit in English. Would definitely visit this...