大東屋日本活鰻店 總店 — Restaurant in Taichung

The second we stepped in, the guy behind the counter 2 metres away was impatiently shouting “how many of you?”, juggling with thermometer & alcohol spray. This happens to every party that walked in that evening. Definitely not the best way to greet customers, considering the distance between the door & counter, plus some may have hearing issues.

Chawanmushi was too dense, far from the silky & savory taste you would expect. No decorative topping, just a shrimp.

Unadon was a disappointment - the eel was thin and lacks bite.

The katsu had more batter than cutlet. The mustard dressing was sweetened. Much prefer having it as a dip than drizzle all over.

What happened to aromatic steamed white rice? There was way much kabayaki in our bentos. You could potentially suffer a sodium or MSG overdose!

雖然是老店但食物不和我們、店長態度不好。客人一把門打開、店長就在櫃檯後重複喊：...

Great Japanese restaurant in Taichung. Japanese style architecture with warm atmosphere. Couldn’t make a reservation in advance. But we didn’t wait too long on Sunday dinner time.

Unagidon had a lot of bone. Fish meat was tasty. Sashimi was pretty thick and fresh. Onigiri rice ball was sooooo big. There were some salmon inside. Hand rolls, soup and side dishes were normal.

High CP value restaurants. Big portion, nice service and reasonable price. Highly...

They are famous for Unagi (eel) rice bowel which was good. I would not say they best I ever had in Asia by any means. Mostly average level. Their pork katsu cutlet was kinda underwhelming or a little below average. I would just get the Unagi bowel. The sushi was pretty good and tasty. However the preparer left the plastic wrap on sushi which is kinda lazy...