榕樹下米苔目*小滿雨生 — Restaurant in Taitung City

IG: foodie_foxx The place with almost 11k reviews is the best hots spot in the center of taitung. After a long train journey from tainan, we ended up having our lunch. This place was full by 11.30; we actually had to wait for 15 minutes. The most highlighted thing in this place is their noodles bowl, which cost only 50 $ntd for small and 55 $ntd for big portions. Noodles are so tasty and juicy with pork stock and veggies in it. The place runs for almost more than 30 years, serving these noodles at this price. Now comes the trickest part of their restaurant - the sides, which bring their main business, a bit pricy but super tasty and delicious. We tried the chciken sausage for $ 100ntd. Dry fried veggies with minced pork for 180$ntd (which was pricy but really tasty) and then the deep fried crispy fish fry 😋 for 180 $ NTD. Then, teas ranges from 25 to 50$ Ntd.

We loved the place so much; we were the only foreigners in there, chatting and laughing loud getting everyone attention lol 😆, the owners were so sweet and the people who served were also so cute and always smiling, they also have a cute robot who comes and delivers the sides for ur table and talks to you about ur orders.

Thank you, Rong Shu, for giving us an amazing food experience in taitung. Please open a branch in tainan; I will coke every day for the crispy fish and small bowl of noodles.

Bon appetite...

We would recommend the dry noodles if you like flavor. The soup one was very bland so you might need to add the black vinegar or spices on the table. We couldn't finish it. It was all carbs. A local ordered less mitaimu and more veggies for hers and that might the way to go if you don't want endless mitaimu carbs. Don't forget to add some fish balls for 10NT each. The aiyu was also good and just the perfect sweetness for a Taipei person (definite not sweet enough for someone from Tainan). We got two side dishes, Wonder Woman (salted egg yolk coated fried mushroom with some green peas also coated in salted egg yolk and fried) which I loved. The fried fish dish was like a thai flavor with a sour twist. Both were good but I wonder but it was way too much food (as recommend by the woman at the cashier) for two adults. Total bill 580NT which is on the pricier side. If you're super hungry then get the side dishes which are probably all good but stick with the dry mitaimu if you want something...

it's a very popular place, but i was slightly disappointed by it. however, the price was very fair for the portion. make sure you grab a table before lining up to order; the queue can be a bit lengthy. they are pretty well organized and efficient so the food comes quickly.

as for the food, the noodle felt overcooked and was too soft/ soggy. i wish it was more "Q". i shared a small soup noodle with my girlfriend and it was enough. the fried fish was drizzled in a delicious vinegary-based salsa (warning: contains cilantro).

expect to pay $50~100 per person. great value deal, mediocre food for the hype it gets. i would not go out of my way to recommend it to my friends, but it's a safe and...