There’s a new place called Toasteria, near Zhongxiao-Dunhua. I went to check it after reading the restaurant reviews column in last Friday’s Taipei Times.
[b]Toasteria serves panini-style grilled cheese sandwiches in 20 different varieties.
Photo: David Chen, Taipei Times
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It’s a goddamn small place but the toast was GODDAMN delicious. Someone hit the right formula I think…
[ul]Address: Zhongxiao East Road, Section 4, Lane 248, No.2, Taipei City (台北市忠孝東路四段248巷2號)
Telephone: (02) 2731-8004
Open: 11am to 11pm Monday through Thursday; 11am to 2am Friday and Saturday; 11am to 9pm on Sunday
Average meal: NT$140 to NT$250
Details: Chinese and English menus; credit cards not accepted
Website: www.toasteria.com.tw[/ul]
No and yes. There are a couple of tiny tables, and there is a bit of a ceiling over your head, but otherwise they are, for all intents and purposes, open to the elements.
[quote]Is there any indoor (read: air conditioned) seating at this place?[/quote] Indoor but not air-conditioned. Your best bet would be internal cooling - i.e. drinking the very reasonably priced beer.
I was up in Taipei for in-law shite and managed to break away for a few hours of solid drinking. A friend took me there on Friday afternoon - the food is fantastic (especially given the low prices), Tomer is a very nice chap, and the place had a nice vibe. If I lived in the area, it would be one of my local hangouts.
It’s next to the Zhongxiao Alleycat’s pizza joint.
Edit: While I was at the Toasteria I also had the pleasure of running into a forumosan I had not met in person, a marsupial posing under the mammalian name of “Fox.”
It’s No. 3, Lane 169, Section 1 Dūnhuà South Road, Taipei (台北市敦化南路1段169巷3號)
You can find complete info for all the Toasteria stores here and for the newest store here.
[color=#FFBF80]If you haven’t been yet, hiedi ho yo![/color]
[color=#0040FF]Open until 3:00 AM and if you are lucky enough to time your visit when Tomer the Owner (nice ring, ya?) is there, please tell him you are from Forumosa. He’ll show you much love, and I’m talking that good Mediterranean kinda love…[/color]
:discodance:
[color=#00BFFF]Mediterranean Sashimi[/color]
Damn that looks good.
It’s an amazing Tapas menu folks. Hottest new tip in town, so get on down.
I was just there on the weekend. The space is nice (especially the bar), but the music is too loud to hold a conversation. The food isn’t bad, but overpriced for what you get. I guess that can’t be avoided given the prime real estate though.
Meh.
That is my review of their sandwiches. Just…meh.
Nothing to write home about.
The bread is just your average Taiwanese nondescript crap bread.
If they improved their sandwich bread, it would help a lot.
That’s a pity.
I tried the place on dunhua a few years ago there was too much cheese in the sandwich pretty bad to be honest.
Their restaurants are nice though.
There’s always a bunch of whiners and cheapskates around these parts aren’t there…too much cheese! too expensive…
Toasteria was/is great for a good fix. Been there many times had a lot of good times there. Especially the old one they had at Shi Da. Those were fun days
Yeah but wasn’t the old one a third of the price or something.
Seriously the sandwich was just a mush of cheese it was pretty horrible. If I’m paying nigh on 300 ntd for a sandwich it should be decent.
Might have been a bad day.
If they make a good salad would try it again.
