Spraying Water Chicken Rice, Chiayi, Taiwan

This is our second visit to this restaurant as we enjoyed their signature dish, chicken rice, on the first night we arrived in Taiwan. We stopped by here again en route to southern Taiwan to get another fix of their rice.

My wife and I ordered a bowl each, along with with a plate of Morning Glory vegetables as a side dish.

The rice arrived very quickly as there were staff making it constantly whilst we were there. It is a simple dish of rice, sauce and shredded pieces of chicken as shown below. All mixed together this tastes great. The secret maybe in the gravy sauce but the rice is well cooked also.

The morning glory is stir fried with a lot of garlic and some chilli to give it good flavour and was a nice accompaniment.

Rice in foreground, Vegetables in background

The restaurant is unassuming with basic furniture, plastic plates and bowls and communal napkin dispensers to get your serviettes. However, it was still busy with the lunch time business and was like this when we visited during the evening so the food speaks for itself, really. The staff seemed amiable enough (my wife did the talking in Mandarin) and very efficient. 

We left to continue our journey to southern Taiwan very satisfied and having had sufficient.

It is an oddly named restaurant but it is the direct translation from their Chinese name. I am not sure of the origin of the name in all honesty. So if you are ever in central Taiwan get yourself to this restaurant for a bowl of chicken rice for less than a pound.

Scores:
Food: 4/5
Presentation: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Setting: 2/5

Total: 12/20

Total Bill: 120NT about £1.50 a head.

I ate: Chicken Rice, Morning Glory.

I drank: Nothing.

I wore: Shorts & t-shirt.