Decades ago, if people intended to eat an abundant Taiwanese cuisine, NongLai Restaurant was the best choice. Until now, located in a silent alley of Taipei and with an understated sign board, it is hard to imagine the restaurant being full of people.
The first generation, Huang Hong-Zhong, engaged in making Taiwanese cuisine at the age of 14. The young Mr. Huang was hard-working and talented. He gradually grasped the spirit of Taiwanese cuisine. Mr. Huang’s wife, Yen Su-Yue said, “My husband and I had a dream to open a restaurant with delicious foods.” The dream has come true for thirty years. The restaurant not only has good reputation but invented new tastes as well.
Chef Huang Hong-Zhong insists on preserving the traditional taste and cooking skills of Taiwanese cuisine. The second generation, Huang Jing-Long, endows Taiwanese cuisine with a new life. Huang Jing-Long is the famous prince of Taiwanese cuisine, “Chef Long.” He won numerous awards before 40 years old and won in many competitions in Asia. Winning so many awards shows the uniqueness of Huang Jing-Long’s cuisine. He innovates many classic Taiwanese cuisines and gives life to them. That’s why the cuisines in NongLai are different from others.
For example, Golden Sand Pork Sparerib is made by frying marinated egg yolks and letting them cover a fried sparerib. It has multi-layered flavors, fragrant but not greasy. The sauce of Seafood Salad is the secret recipe. A great portion of luxurious seafood with light seasonings and sweet black beans makes people surprised when tasting it. Fried Rice with Mullet Roe can be eaten everywhere but customers say the dish is the best here. In addition, NongLai’s Chinese New Year’s meals are luxurious but inexpensive. It is the best choice of the meals in Chinese New Year’s Eve.
黃金排翅:排翅肥厚鮮美,干貝絲和竹笙讓排翅再升級。建議先喝一口原味高湯精華,再視個人口味添加銀芽、芫荽、紅醋。
Golden Sand Pork Sparerib: the signature dish is made by coating the sparerib with marinated egg yolks; it is sweet but not greasy, with rich tastes.
金沙排骨:店裡的招牌菜金沙排骨是利用鹹蛋黃的香,裹覆炸過的排骨,甜而不膩,層次豐富。
Fried shrimp balls with chili and nuts: fat and crispy shrimps, sweet and fresh scallions, chili and nuts adding flavors; spicy but can be accepted everyone.
帝王蟹和風沙拉:帝王蟹肉隻隻肥美,生菜新鮮,配著淋上和風醬的甜黑豆吃,分外清爽。
Japanese King Crab Salad: fat and beautiful king crabs and fresh vegetables going with Japanese sauce and sweet black beans makes the dish fresh.
紅蟳米糕:精選紅蟳,隻隻肥美,膏黃蟹肉都飽滿。以洋蔥、紅蘿蔔大火快炒紅蟳,米糕吸飽了紅蟳滋味,相得益彰。
Mud Crab Rice Cake: selected mud crab, fat and beautiful, satiated crab butter and crab meat. Frying mud crabs with onion and carrot with full flames lets the rice cake absorb the taste of the mud crabs.
宮保蝦仁:蝦仁飽滿、爽脆,蔥香鮮甜,宮保增添風味,但不喧賓奪主,是怕吃辣的人也能接受的辣度。
Fried shrimp balls with chili and nuts: fat and crispy shrimps, sweet and fresh scallions, chili and nuts adding flavors; spicy but can be accepted everyone.
地址:臺北市民生東路2段147巷11弄1號
周邊景點:行天宮、林安泰古厝、大佳河濱公園、臺北市立美術館、臺北國際花卉博覽會(圓山園區)、臺北故事館
Address:No.1, Aly. 11, Ln. 147, Sec. 2, Minsheng E. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 10483, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel:02-25050891
Opening:Monday to Sunday 11:30~14:00 17:00~21:30
Surrounding Attractions:Xingtien Temple, Lin An-Tai Historical Residence, Dajia Riverside Park, Taipei. Fine Arts Museum, Taipei International Floral Expo (Yuanshan area), Taipei Story Museum.
Features:Mud crab rice cake, fried prawn balls with chili and nuts, Golden Shark’s fin Soup, Japanese King Crab salad, Golden sand pork sparerib.
Transportation:north to Xongjiang Roadà turn right to Jinzhou Streetà turn right at the first traffic light; about 3-minute walk from MRT Xingtien Temple Station.