We were served with menus as soon as we settled down in the restaurant.
Interior was decorated in modern Taiwanese style with soothing background pop music mainly from Taiwanese Singers. One thing I noticed about the ceilings was that there are patches of water stains on the fore-ceiling which make me feel a little bit uncomfortable dining there.
Verbana tea comes in a pot, served with wooden tray with 2 porcelin cups. Having this herbal tea not only boost the mood, it also aids digestion. There are many kinds of teas available on the menu with their health benefits summarized.
Another attractive dish ordered was crispy salted chicken ramen. It was nicely done with portions of ingredients neatly place in the respective sector: Cripsy chicken, beansprouts, vegetables, shredded carrots, braised egg and braised minced meat with ramen all buried under them. We started by mixing everything together and get a "mess" in the bowl. Everything was good except that the noodle was a tad dry, perhaps there was not enough oil given for the noodles.
I like it that this restaurant sells mini pot steamboat like meal. I ordered their mapo toufu set. it was served in a mini steamboat like pot, so the food was kept hot for a longer time. the gravy was very tasty though a little on the salty side. it is best eaten with rice. the toufu was very smooth and it practically glides down my throat. the side dish includes braised cabbage, braised egg and some pork floss sausage. i would suggest to avoid lunch time, i waited a good half an hour before my food was served. there were not many seatings as well so we were unfortunately seated near the door.
This time round when i went to Tai Wan Xiao Chi, i decided to try their kimchi hotpot. look at what came with the hotpot. so many mini side dish. i feel that their kimchi hot pot broth could be a little more sour then it would taste perfect. but the soup did went well with the rice. there were so many ingredients inside that i totally could not finish it by myself. i reckon it could be shared by two people and still be very filling.
After seeing neighbouring tables order the hotplates, i decided to give it a try too. I ordered the korean pork teriyaki. the portion comprises of the teriyaki pork and a steamboat soup. the steamboat soup despite not being the main course did have alot of ingredients inside. the pork did not really taste korean. the teriyaki sauce flavour was more overpowering until i thought i was eating teriyaki pork. but it was really good.
I was feeling a little hungry so headed to Tai Wan Xiao Chi for some authentic taiwanese snacks. After the pleasant experience i had with the taiwanese omelette. i decided to try something new. I ordered their Yan Shu Ji and green milk tea. their green milk tea was really good. had a very tea fragrance, you can tell they used premium tea leaves to brew it. the Yan Shu ji was awesome too. the outside was very crispy and the chicken meat is tender and juicy. perfectly seasoned as well.
I stopped by Tai Wan Xiao Chi for a light snack before meeting my friends. I ordered their Taiwanese Omelette. It was one of the restaurant's signature dish. The egg roll looked a bit like roti prata. Crispy and light. there was a layer of egg in between. I like the pork floss in between, it gave the dish some sweetness. there were vegetables in between. i like their sauce they provided to dip the egg roll. great snack! only RM6.50.
