Nong Lai Restaurant — Restaurant in Zhongshan District

My group of seven (five adults and two kids) were able to walk in at 18:45 on a Monday night without waiting. We ordered several dishes, including their delicious Salted Egg Pork Ribs, but the pace at which the dishes were brought out was painfully slow. It wasn't packed with patrons, so I'm not sure what happened. Did the chef take a nap and forget about part of our order? We will never know, but we do know that we had to ask about the status of multiple courses before they were later brought out. They only had a subset of the veggies available, and each NT$120 order was not enough for our table, so we had to order double. 😞 The flavors were all right but nothing to...

This is at a convenient walking distance from the nearest MRT station. It was extremely crowded when my husband and I arrived, and all we wanted was this one dish that we saw on the Internet called fishroe fried rice. The prices of the dishes are not cheap - just average for a sit-down restaurant, but the portion size is big enough that we did not want to order many of the other items we wanted to try. Fortunately, the owner lets us order just one dish and gave us tea! We had such an amazing dining experience there, we're definitely going back again next time we visit Taipei, and with family...

My friend and I were in the area and wasn't sure what to eat - we walked past Nong Lai and decided to give it a shot. 金沙, a mixture of fried salty egg yoke and garlic, is pretty much my favorite Taiwanese seasoning so naturally when I saw jin sha ribs, I went for it! I highly highly recommend 金沙排骨 from here - the tofu and fired rice were very good as well! What an awesome find!

Note that it's quite popular, so if you have a large group, make sure to make...