No. 145, Siwei 2nd Rd, Lingya Dist
高雄市苓雅區思維二路145號
(07)722-4890
Monday-Sunday
10:00am-10:00pm
English friendly: no
vegetarian friendly: no
average cost: 60-80NTD
This restaurant may look somewhat unspectacular to unacquainted passers-by, but spectacular it is! It specializes in stuffed wontons of many enticing varieties, but most importantly (and the reason we're all here) of the CHEESE-filled variety.
That's the menu back there on the wall. Fillings include regular ol' meat (the "Hualien" wonton), salty egg, mushroom, cheese, shrimp, "spicy", and scallop(!), and you can get them in soup, with noodles, or with noodles in soup (AKA living the dream).
It's not a super English-friendly place, but the servers all seem real nice and I'm sure if you loudly repeat "CHEESE" a couple times you'll end up with what you want.
...Which would be this! Cheese-filled wontons with noodles. The noodles are served in that somewhat bland, somehow addicting traditional Taiwanese sauce, and have a really satisfying texture.
Inside each wonton is a ball of pork lovingly enveloping a gooey, stringy center of warm cheese. Also known as, happiness.
The salty egg wontons were also GREAT. Salt and egg yolks are really the perfect combination, and the pork + soup keeps everything nice and juicy.
We got the salty egg wontons in soup--the soup itself is nothing special, but there's soy sauce/vinegar/hot sauce available for those who want to make it a little more exciting.
In conclusion, I really like this place! It's cheap, someplace a Real Taiwanese Person would actually go, and a really neat combination of traditional flavors and modern innovation. (I mean, like, putting stuff INSIDE the stuff inside the wontons... Ingenious.) Also, most importantly, it is yummy.
OVERALL RATING: 4/5
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