Yonghe Soy Milk King

Posted in Breakfast, Chinese on April 25th, 2007 by mei| | .

cbfast_sampler.jpgSome posts ago I mentioned that my favorite Chinese breakfast place had no name and that it was on the intersection of Fushing South and Ruian. Well, I lied… and lied. I ended up there this past weekend when a friend gave me a foody call for brunch. The name is Yonghe Soy Milk (Daan Branch). Whether it has any affiliation with the original in Yonghe that I personally found subpar I can’t be sure since most Chinese bfast places rip off the name anyways. And it’s not at the intersection of Ruian but a block south.

Since it was a hot and humid day my friend and I opted to go for the cold soy milk which I rarely have (Chinese doc’s orders - no cold stuff!). Her dairy-loving manfriend opted out and went to 7-11 for a Supersupau instead. Weak. Between the three of us, we ordered (from top to bottom clockwise) a pork bun (hiding underneath a plastic bag in the pix), a beignet wrapped with egg pancake and an order of xiao long baos. I found most of the experience unreproachable - good standard Chinese bfast fare. The only issue I had was the service. For starters it is a self-serve place. The place got so busy that we didn’t hear our order being called thus our food was sitting on the counter for a while before we even noticed that we had to go pick it up. The next thing that irked me was that there was no julienned ginger strips! If I was in one of my hissy-fit moods I would have poo-pooh the order and storm out with smoke trailing behind. It was too early in the morning. The dumplings were great with just soy sauce and vinegar in any case. Juciy broth and tender ground pork encapuslated in thin chewy dumpling wrapping - mmm, mmh! (Ms. Rose, you reading this? The kosher Jew in you is missing out!)

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Yonghe Soy Milk King (Daan Branch)
永和豆漿大王 (大安)
No. 102, Fushing South Road, Section 2
02 2703 5051
復興南路二段102號

Click on the tumbnail to view the trilingual menu! (And note their translations :>)


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  1. hungryintaipei said,

    on April 25th, 2007 at 11:00 am

    no cold stuff???? it’s so hot these days, i’m craving some shaved ice.

  2. mei said,

    on April 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

    and who says i always listen to my chinese doc? :P
    i’m craving some mango shaved ice from my fave stall in shilin as well…

  3. Rose said,

    on April 25th, 2007 at 4:11 pm

    I know, I know. I’m probably missing out on some of the best this island has to offer.

    The ‘beignet’thing looks delicious. The stall near my house makes a decent one, but not as good as one i’ve had in nangang (yeah, i know too far).

    i like to think that the poor service is part of the atmosphere and just not think about it afterwards (unless it really screws with my food…then i’m not a happy hungry rose).

  4. ysl said,

    on April 30th, 2007 at 5:44 pm

    hey there, we’ve been to this plc bcos we was staying nearby - the Fullerton near the Daan station.. we went in the dead of the nite for supper and even though there were alot of ppl, the service was good for us! :) absolutely loved their “you tiao” wrap!

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