Taiwan: Ping Cheng Shi Jiu
Getting a hair cut is draining, but it's even more draining to wait while someone else gets their hair cut (sorry, Jiejie and Abby!). So after leaving the salon, Jiejie took Abby and me to Ping Cheng Shi Jiu for lunch:
The restaurant felt very cozy and intimate with its dim lighting and wooden decor:
In true Japanese fashion, you place your order at a ticket machine:
After paying (cash only) through the machine, you hand your ticket to the staff and then sit to wait for your meal.
The three of us decided to split a few things. We got the salmon don (200 NT / $6.40) and the scallion tuna don (260 NT / $8.30 for a large):
The scallion tuna don was the most interesting thing we had at Ping Cheng Shi Jiu. It even came with its own instructions on the proper way to eat it:
You're supposed to mix their house soy sauce with your desired amount of wasabi in a dish. Once mixed, you pour it over the egg yolk and tuna. Stir the yolk and the tuna together, but don't mix in the veggies or the rice! According to the instructions, you won't be able to properly taste the freshness and sweetness of the tuna if you do so.
I'm a sucker for mixed rice dishes, especially when there's egg yolk involved. Add in raw tuna? Brilliant.
Each don came with a miso soup that you could refill once:
We also ordered a sashimi combo platter (260 NT), but after the excitement of the rice bowls, it was kind of boring:
At the end of the meal, we were brought complimentary hot red bean soup for dessert:
You might be asking yourself, why did we eat so much Japanese food in Taiwan? Well, my friends, as Jiejie kept telling us, Japanese food is much cheaper in Taiwan than it is in the States. She wanted us to eat our fill before heading home, so that's exactly what we did.
I would get my hair cut at Jiejie's fancy salon just so I can eat at Ping Cheg Shi Jiu again. It's super delicious!
平成十九
台北市南京西路18巷6弄8號
+886 2 2559 6510
The restaurant felt very cozy and intimate with its dim lighting and wooden decor:
In true Japanese fashion, you place your order at a ticket machine:
After paying (cash only) through the machine, you hand your ticket to the staff and then sit to wait for your meal.
The three of us decided to split a few things. We got the salmon don (200 NT / $6.40) and the scallion tuna don (260 NT / $8.30 for a large):
The scallion tuna don was the most interesting thing we had at Ping Cheng Shi Jiu. It even came with its own instructions on the proper way to eat it:
You're supposed to mix their house soy sauce with your desired amount of wasabi in a dish. Once mixed, you pour it over the egg yolk and tuna. Stir the yolk and the tuna together, but don't mix in the veggies or the rice! According to the instructions, you won't be able to properly taste the freshness and sweetness of the tuna if you do so.
I'm a sucker for mixed rice dishes, especially when there's egg yolk involved. Add in raw tuna? Brilliant.
Each don came with a miso soup that you could refill once:
We also ordered a sashimi combo platter (260 NT), but after the excitement of the rice bowls, it was kind of boring:
At the end of the meal, we were brought complimentary hot red bean soup for dessert:
You might be asking yourself, why did we eat so much Japanese food in Taiwan? Well, my friends, as Jiejie kept telling us, Japanese food is much cheaper in Taiwan than it is in the States. She wanted us to eat our fill before heading home, so that's exactly what we did.
I would get my hair cut at Jiejie's fancy salon just so I can eat at Ping Cheg Shi Jiu again. It's super delicious!
平成十九
台北市南京西路18巷6弄8號
+886 2 2559 6510
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