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1010 Hunan Pop – 1010 新湘èœ
Posted in Chinese on February 1st, 2008 by mei| | 1 Comments.
I was going to write a blog post sometime ago entitled, “Beat this Meat” (in reference to 1010 Hunan Pop’s signature ribs, not man-meat, m’dears :>) but a previous visit and a lackluster serving of ribs made me forget about this restaurant. Until this week.
This visit has redeemed 1010 Hunan Pop to be Mei’s favorite Chinese restaurant in Taipei.
I don’t dole out accolades perfunctorily. I also lose interest fast if an establishment effs up. Well, here you have it – a restaurant that has finally managed to catch my attention and keep it. This is one restaurant where I’d gladly order anything on the menu. A small warning for those who can’t handle their spices – Hunan cuisine is hot stuff. Moreover, this is probably not the most vegetarian-friendly place to dine. However, pescetarians and those who would partake in seafood could appreciate the handful of surf( if not turf) offerings.
I’m not going to make many recommendations here since I believe that you can’t go too wrong with any of the dishes here but here are a few suggestions:
-preserved egg with roasted chilies (燒椒皮蛋 – I’m not a huge fan of preserved eggs but, boy, were these done right. I’ve never had chilies roasted and peeled in the Italian fashion before but it’s good stuff.)
-beef with pinenuts and rice cakes (æ¾å年糕牛肉 – It’s one of the few non-incendiary dishes.)
-seared peppers in fermented bean sauce (虎皮é’尖椒 – [pictured top right] I thought that it was the pièce de résistance during my most recent visit.)
If you would like a non-firery veggie dish I’d recommend the stir-fried green sprouts (ç‚’è³è‹—）since it’s a veggie that Is not all together that common in most Chinese restaurants.
The cumin-encrusted pork ribs (神仙åœç„¶è‚‹æŽ’骨) is a very popular dish at 1010 and it was a dish I had inhaled during my first few visits. However, I feel that the quality has gone done and that the ribs weren’t as flavorful as I recalled them to be.
Desserts don’t deliver the wow factor. But they are agreeable. I’d go for the warm chestnut soup with longan fruit (æ¡‚åœ“æ —å湯）or the black sesame soup (either warm or cold) with tapioca pearls (èŠéº»è¥¿ç±³éœ²).
Read Prince Roy’s blog post about 1010. I can’t help but nod my head vigorously in agreement with pretty much everything he says.
1010 Hunan Pop 1010 新湘èœ
www.1010restaurant.com (It’s currently not much of a website but if you want more information about the restaurant google the restaurant name in Mandarin and you’ll see how popular it is in the Taiwan blogsphere.)
Eslite Xinyi branch – 6F, No. 11, Song Gao Road
02 2722 0583
Fuxing North branch – No. 301 Fuxing North Road
02 2713 6345
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on March 15th, 2008 at 1:05 am
heard about this place from a lot of places, though i’m not s huge fan of spicy foods.. will have to try it out eventually!