巴人川味 重慶江湖菜 — Restaurant in Tainan

Unfortunately I don't understand enough Chinese to see why everyone else gave this place such bad reviews. My wife and I loved it. Unlike to the popular Sichuan restaurant in Taipei, this place is the real deal. Their food packs a serious punch, both to the taste and the pain buds. Rather spicy, full of ma la (numbing spice), and great flavors in each of their dishes.

They speak 0 English here though. I had to stand by their menu and use trusty google translate to help me figure out what was available. We had the mapo tofu, a cold chicken dish, a potato dish, and an eggplant dish. Wish I knew the names of each one but I can tell you they were hella good.

It's a bit of a schlep from the city center, about a 30 minute walk from the Tainan train station. Worth the walk and the difficulty...

第一次來是大概五年以前的事情，那時候覺得真的是好吃到爆表（本人是非常熱愛吃川菜，尤其是那種又麻又辣的口感，充滿著濃濃的香料味），應該是當時我在台灣吃過最好吃的川菜，吃完之後念念不忘，可惜之後就一直沒有機會再訪

這一次剛好有機會經過，就順道來吃，沒想到整個口味已經完全不復昔日，變得非常的台式

口水雞算是今天點的四道菜中最好吃的，可惜醬汁也是不夠有層次，沒有麻而香的口感，雞肉可能煮太老或冰過頭，覺得很柴，雖然是雞腿肉，但是吃起來卻是雞胸肉的口感，幸好花生還有脆度，算是彌補了一點

道地的川菜土豆絲是大火炒嗆辣，土豆絲要夠脆而且要是細絲（很重刀工），而這邊的土豆絲口感算是有脆度，但是很粗（因為是用刨的不是用切的），酸度和辣度不足，所以沒有什麼香氣，更別說花椒的爆香也是完全沒有顯現出來

高麗菜的做法也是嗆辣，所以口味的問題跟土豆絲一樣，但可能是火候不夠大，這高麗菜也是覺得偏軟，沒有清脆的口感

酸菜魚湯是我今天覺得最失望的一道，整碗看到不酸菜（只有吃到一絲）,也沒有酸味，喝起來就像喝白開水加香油，讓我真的很懷疑這湯有熬煮過嗎？（一般酸菜魚應該還會加入綠花椒來提升香氣，這可能也是這湯平淡如水沒有香氣的原因？！）

整體而言，這餐廳對我來說真的是退步到極致，不知道是為了要降低成本（因為真正的川菜香料很重要，要用的好成本就很高）、還是為了要符合台南人的口味？！真的是非常可惜😬😬😬

看來現在台北的老壇香才是我...

還不錯啊 只是份量沒有很大 要多點幾樣～跟中國吃到味道像 台南偏甜可能吃不慣～～ 不過不吃台菜去這家不錯 👍 現在很多主打川菜但根本台菜 不喜歡改良的 可以來這家吃 個人是喜歡水煮牛肉、剁椒茄子、 香辣魷魚、麻辣魚片。。 可以調辣度 也能特製超辣～～ 加重花椒、辣椒等.

Not bad, but the portion is not big Have a few more~ it tastes like China Tainan may be too sweet to eat But it's good not to eat Taiwanese food to go to this place👍 Nowadays, many of the main dishes are Sichuan cuisine but basically Taiwanese cuisine Those who don’t like improvements can come here to eat Personally like boiled beef, chopped pepper and eggplant, Spicy squid, spicy fish fillet. . You can adjust the spiciness or make it super spicy Increase pepper,...