Jiǔ Jiǔ Tái Běi - Boston

I ordered the gua bao with braised pork, along with some Taiwanese vegetarian fried rice vermicelli and crispy tofu topped with soy sprinkles. Everything was delicious and the portions were generous. We enjoyed every bite! The food was ready for us when we arrived to pick it up, and the lady at the counter was very friendly and courteous. Parking can usually be a hassle, but since it was later in the evening, we were fortunate to find a spot right in front of the restaurant. Overall, it was a great experience!

The pork stew over rice was probably the best dish we tried, but I thought the meatballs could have had more flavor—they were quite bland, though still passable. As for the lotus cake, I’m usually not a fan, but it was surprisingly good. It could have used a bit more flavor on its own, but once dipped in the sauce, it became quite pleasant. We ordered several other dishes, but none of them stood out as particularly delicious. Most were either too bland or had overpowering flavors, usually too salty or sour. Regarding the service, it seemed the restaurant forgot some of our orders until we inquired about them. We heard them call the orders to the chef only after we mentioned them. Even though we mostly ordered pastries, it took around 30 minutes for them to arrive.

The "gay lo my" was quite good, while the dumplings were just okay—not remarkable enough to rave about. The minced meat dish was disappointing as it was lacking in both meat and sauce, leaving the rice dry. We requested that the noodles be made less spicy, but they still packed quite a punch. The mapo tofu was supposed to be spicy, but Jo Jo’s version was vegetarian and overpriced. The salt and pepper chicken was an even worse choice than the mapo tofu! In the picture, it looks like large pieces of chicken, but in reality, they were mostly bones. Authentic salt and pepper chicken does not contain bones like this. Once again, this restaurant had poor value, as 85% of what we received was bone.

To be honest, I don't think that an outstanding Taiwanese restaurant currently exists in boston, and jo taipei is certainly not. jo taipei will probably satisfy her demand for Taiwanese food, but do not expect to be blown away. I got three brunch elements when I went: chop meat rice with a egg, guava bao (taiwanese pork bell beans), and scalion pancake with a minced pork rice is often a good mess for me for high quality Taiwanese food. large Taiwanese restaurants often have chop meat, where each piece is cut so that there is almost 50% meat and 50% fat, the whole dish gives a full savory taste. jo taipei’s hackfleischreis uses floor pork that can buy almost everyone in a super market (like most Taiwanese restaurants in boston do to my disappointment.) the taste was good, although the egg was a bit too dry and boiled. the gua bao was similarly tasteful to serve. my favorite of the three dishes was actually probably the skordkuchen with a egg that had a nice salt taste on what I appreciated. I'd order the court again if I came back. the service to be honest was kind of bad. they forgot one of the courts we have ordered, and it took forever to get our neck so we could go. no good impression.

Great Taiwanese restaurant. One the best prices for authentic Chinese/Taiwanese food. GREAT SOUP DUMPLINGS. Great house fried rice with shrimp and pork. Usually pretty empty but still good