Tripod Pot

Posted in Chinese on November 22nd, 2007 by mei| | .

tripod_pot.jpgSo, apparently I just had dinner at the it hot pot stop in town.

Tripod King (鼎王麻辣鍋) is a hot pot chain that started out in Taichung and has just recently made its way to Taipei. And oh, there’s a three hour wait to get a table for dinner.

I’m not going to wax lyrical about the joint but allow me to highlight in bullet points.
-order the yin yang pot (鴛鴦鍋) [half spicy and half basic broth (pictured above)].
-get the handmade seafood dumplings (pictured below)!
-try the two dipping sauces (pictured bottom right)saucy_sauces.jpgtwo_bit_dumplings.jpg
-wash everything down with Taiwan Beer (why, of course).

Yah. Best hot pot I’ve had in a damn long time.

(Kudos out to Pei Pei, my high school classmate, for passive-aggressively coercing my lazy ass into joining arranging this din din ;-> Congratulations once again on your engagement!)

To the rest of my (hopefully) loyal readers: Yes, Mei’s back. Sorta.

Tripod King 鼎王麻辣鍋
No. 89, Guangfu North Road
光復北路89號
02 2742 1166, 02 2528 2819
www.tripodking.com.tw

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  1. joanh said,

    on November 22nd, 2007 at 7:20 pm

    so it’s worth the 3 hour wait? or maybe you can make reservations!

  2. mei said,

    on November 27th, 2007 at 12:32 am

    well, actually i didn’t end up doing the waiting :> as for reservations, i believe that my friend told me that you can’t get reservations for “regular” dinner hours until early next year! we ended up having dinner at the joint at 9:30pm but i’d say it was worth it.

  3. ting said,

    on March 20th, 2008 at 12:40 am

    hi!! I’ll be gg taiwan in may and this hopot looks pretty good!! any idea what the average pricing is like?

  4. mei said,

    on March 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    well, it’s hard to say since it really depends on how much you’d like to order. i went with a mid-large group of people and tab came up to be around 500nt a person. you will be here in the summer? not exactly hotpot season but it’s all good :>

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