Taiwan Station

For my first time at Taiwan Station. I got the black sugar milktea with less sweet, the drink was good. My friend got their red bean sweet soup, it was tasty! Must try! Staffs were incredible friendly. I really like this spot for a chitchat date or a quick bite. I’ll be back.

3.5 stars. Customer service was great but the food, not so much. My boyfriend and I came here around lunch time and ordered 3 bento box looking dishes: one with chicken leg, one with pork chop and another one with popcorn chicken. (Like always, my bf likes to order more than he can eat). Usually, he is able to finish most of his food but this time, he couldn’t and surprisingly, I couldn’t either. Why?
Well first off, there was a lot of this fatty thing on top of our rice. I didn’t mind it at first but it became overwhelming and tasted really greasy. I’m not sure why anyone would want to eat a pile of fat with their rice. At least make it more meaty or something? Secondly, I was kind of disappointed that the chicken leg and pork chop were both fried. The chicken leg, specifically, was mostly just fried skin. I highly suggest you order something else because when I read chicken leg, I envisioned BIG FAT and JUICY. The popcorn chicken or the pork chop are probably your two safest bets.
As for drinks, I ordered a regular bubble tea. It was only $ 2.50 with the lunch combo that we ordered so I thought, why not? My bf, on the other hand, didn’t like any of the $ 2.50 drinks so he ordered a strawberry slushie from the drink menu. Both were pretty decent. The bubble tea was on the sweeter end but it was to my liking. The tapioca was also soft and chewy. The strawberry slush wasn’t bad either but it came with whipped cream on top, which I thought was a bit weird.
Overall, this place was an interesting stop. Tried some new things but they didn’t win me over. For some reason, though, this place is super popular amongst families with kids. I don’t know if it’s the cute décor or the low prices or maybe some delicious food option I have yet to try? While this place probably has its own perks, I will resort to other lunch places for now.

This place is new and the inside is big. I got the popcorn chicken lunch bento set. There was a lot of food. I was surprised to see how much popcorn chicken they gave me. Didn’t really like the soup it came with tho, should of gone with a bubble tea or slush. Half their menu is drinks, and the other half little Taiwanese snacks and meal sets. Would definitely be coming back here.

Alright, I’ll start off saying that this restaurant looks decent on the inside and out. Their service was fine, and there coconut milk tea was average. However, their beef noodle soup (BNS) and their chicken wing teriyaki (CWT) is extremely underwhelming, especially for the price.
First, lets start with their CWT, the shumai was hard, it felt like it was 3 days old and just microwaved. The rice was made amateurish-​ly and the pork on top of it was just mushy fat. There wasn’t a lot of meat but honestly, I wouldn’t want more of it. The so called «chicken teriyaki» that creates the dish was very underwhelming — my mom cooks better chicken teriyaki. This dish was just so poorly made and felt like a waste of my money, I couldn’t even eat half of it.
Secondly, the BNS, this dish was not made any better. The beef was not tender — in fact it was hard, very hard. The soup in itself was confusing to my taste bud, it was a mixture of soy sauce, diluted in water with a hint of bitterness, but overwhelmingly sweet. The noodles in it was probably the only thing that I could consider «normal».
Lastly, save your money and go somewhere else. You can probably spend less and still buy something that’s more delicious and edible.

Foods really good, a bit pricey but the beef noodle soups amazing! The rice doesn’t have much meat but it’s still really good

After a few weeks anticipating the opening of a new lunch spot near work, I was able to try what Taiwan Station has to offer. Granted it being their first week open, they managed to have a full house — from the looks of it, mostly mothers with children from the Pediatrician’s office next door.
This review is for the «braised pork rice» which costs $ 4.50. I ordered takeout and the cashier informed me that the wait would be around 15 minutes. I didn’t expect speedy service as they are a new business, however, braised pork is normally pre-​made in big batches. 15 minutes is a little long to scoop meat onto rice, no? Anyway, that is not why I’m disappointed.
When I asked about portion size, she explained it wasn’t a large order but good enough for one person. Sure, maybe for a 4yo. There was barely any pork as shown in my photo — at least not enough to cover more than ¹⁄₃ of the rice, two slices of pickled daikon, and half a boiled egg. What little bits I had were the fat chunks from the pork belly they used for this dish. I remember other Taiwanese restaurants having more minced meat sauce in their chicken leg/​pork chop over rice dishes. The seasoning was okay but nothing to write home about. Also, more msg than I’d like.
Perhaps management wasn’t prepared for the lunchtime rush and decided to stretch out what little portion of braised pork they had remaining. But I don’t really think that’s the case because my coworkers ordered the «pork thick noodle» and «squid thick noodle» and they had the same amount of protein as I did. In hindsight, I would only pay a maximum of $ 2 and I think that’s generous. The flavor alone was not tasty enough to make it a worthy $ 4.50 dish.

I wanted to love this place, but I couldn’t. I ordered an oyster vermicelli, passion aiyu drink, bbq sausage, popcorn chicken, and pork thick soup. This place really needs reorganization. When you come in, you have to line up and order regardless if your staying or ordering take-​out. It was a Monday afternoon and it was packed with junior high kids coming from school and parents with strollers with kids. They didn’t have the matcha red bean slush. It has been 40 minutes and I am still waiting for the oyster vermicelli, bbq sausage and pork thick soup. I went and spoke to the 3 people at the cashier and the delay was due to forgetting to give the order to the cook so we wasted 40 minutes waiting. They give me a herbal pudding as an apology. I understand today was the first day so I hope they change for the better in the future.
The popcorn chicken is the closest thing to the Taiwanese taste that I ordered. The passion aiyu drink lacks aiyu. There’s a lot of passion fruit flavor. The pork soup and the oyster vermicelli is very similar with a bit of sour and spicy as its soup base.