Taipei Station Cafe

As a Taiwanese American, I have the occasional cravings for Taiwanese food. It's just so comforting. And Taipei Station Cafe has the best fried pork chop over rice 🍚. It's my go-to Taiwanese dish. The portions are HUGE, at least for me. I also ordered popcorn chicken, because you can't NOT order this. And they no longer carry the Taiwanese cucumber appetizer as a standalone but they do include it with the fried tofu appetizer and the fried tofu is also good! This is a CASH only cafe so make sure you have enough cash on you prior to your visit. The waiting time for takeout did not take very long at all--I waited about 10 minutes but I did visit on a weekday evening around 4:30 so there wasn't a long wait in general. I was so happy with my meal, I'll be back soon! 🤩

The ambience is a real mismatch for the food. I thought I walked in to a 90s Italian restaurant. Only reason we braved ahead was because of a friend's recommendation. Glad we stayed, the food was great. The noodles were hand made, bao fresh and fluffy, and beef melts in my mouth. The extra care in the food prep is worth the 2x price for the same dish in other Chinese restaurants.

I rarely give 5 stars but this place definitely blew me away. Two dishes I ordered were both good: beef tendon appetizer and marinated chicken over rice. I especially love the egg and the soup that came along with the chicken rice. Ugh so good. Plus the portion is huge. My bf and I have big appetite but we were extremely full walking out the door. Definitely go back. Only downside: cash only.

Truly authentic Republic of China Taiwanese food! Traditional and spicy popcorn chicken & sausage. #1 gao bao: huge, great peanut flavor & crunch, moist pork belly, sansai. Worthy the wait! Only on weekends. Weekday is mini version (Slider bao?) Didn't whine about the Wine chicken too! Cash Only as only great hole-in-the-wall Asian stalls.

This restaurant was not very good. Everything was fine. The food looked great but the noodle dishes were soooo bland. No flavor to anything. Either it was just spice if you got spicy or a non spicy one you just tasted the cilantro. Same for the beef that came with it. And also the broth had no flavor. On top of that all they only take cash. Such a disappointment I would not recommend this to anyone I know.