Good restaurants in donghu?

Cuisine Greater Taipei Restaurants
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by-the-way, bars in the USA are not cheaper. Just went to a local tap bar (lots of kinds of beer) and a pint was 5 bucks (for your normal average stella) and a burger with fries was 11 bucks. Gave the guy a 20 and I got back 2 bucks (after tax) and i left a dollar on the counter (they probably wouldve preferred i left 2 bucks).

So basically a pint and a burger cost you 20 bucks. That aint cheap.

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[quote=“tommy525”]by-the-way, bars in the USA are not cheaper. Just went to a local tap bar (lots of kinds of beer) and a pint was 5 bucks (for your normal average stella) and a burger with fries was 11 bucks. Gave the guy a 20 and I got back 2 bucks (after tax) and I left a dollar on the counter (they probably wouldve preferred I left 2 bucks).

So basically a pint and a burger cost you 20 bucks. That aint cheap.[/quote]

I went out on Friday and ended up in a club where a shot of vodka was NT$13. I also realised that I had grown out of clubs, despite the fact that it was awash with lovely Latinas. Not in Donghu though, just to keep slightly on-topic

BroonAged

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There are two new pizza places in Donghu, for anyone living there or nearby. Neither is excellent, but they are quick, cheap alternatives to the big chains:

  1. Buono Pizza, Donghu Rd., Lane 113, Alley 49, 43-1, 0987-493-088
    Pros: Thin crust, stone oven floor; inexpensive, and they have real pepperoni. A nominal 8" which is actually 10" is $150 for a pepperoni; a nominal 12" (actually 14") is $240. The toppings cover the nominal area, and the rest is a wide crust.
    Cons: The oven doesn’t get hot enough before the evening to finish the crust right. I wouldn’t recommend trying it during the day, at least not before late afternoon. And in the evening, it’s still not as good as Alleycat’s, something not quite right about the crust, but you may want to try it if you’re in the area.

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  1. In the Hala movie theater building at Kangning & Donghu Rd., on 1F, is a wood-fired oven pizzeria called, creatively, Pizzeria. 11:30a-9:30p. Pizzas are all 8", and only $70 for herb & sauce, $90 for pesto & mushroom, and so on, up to $150 for seafood. Calzones are $120 (veg.) -150 (smoked chicken & mushroom or seafood), and they’ve got soups, sides etc.
    Pros: quick, cheap
    Cons: they pile the precooked toppings on some pizzas (e.g. the smoked chicken shroom) too high, and by the time the pie is done, the crust is done, but the cheese is just melted, not browned, and the toppings are warmed, not hot and not as flavorful as they would be if they got lightly browned. Nothing like a good pizza at Alleycat’s. Same goes for the calzone; a decent cheap snack if you’re in Hala but if you are in the mood for quality, head over to Alleycat’s. Some of the more thinly topped pies are likely to turn out better than the chicken shroom.

There’s something not quite right about both joints, but I can’t seem to put my finger on what they’re doing wrong – perhaps they need to age their dough more, or use better ingredients overall. But that’s to be expected, at these prices.

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[quote=“Dragonbones”]
Cons: they pile the precooked toppings on some pizzas (e.g. the smoked chicken shroom) too high, and by the time the pie is done, the crust is done, but the cheese is just melted, not browned, and the toppings are warmed, not hot and not as flavorful as they would be if they got lightly browned. Nothing like a good pizza at Alleycat’s. Same goes for the calzone; a decent cheap snack if you’re in Hala but if you are in the mood for quality, head over to Alleycat’s. Some of the more thinly topped pies are likely to turn out better than the chicken shroom.

There’s something not quite right about both joints, but I can’t seem to put my finger on what they’re doing wrong – perhaps they need to age their dough more, or use better ingredients overall. But that’s to be expected, at these prices.[/quote]

I have to add another con about this place. I’ve never been able to get a seat. I’ve been there 3 times in the last 6 months, but there was never available seats. So I’ve never been able to try it.

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They’re designed to produce quickly, with a very hot oven, so if they don’t have seats available, you can get carry-out. Both of the above places will have carryout ready for you if you call ahead.

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I think both also do reservations… Alleycats even lets you make reservations online, I believe. So long as you do that, you’ll never have this problem.

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I want to try the one in Hala. I liked the one place I went that Dragonbones told me about. It isn’t perfect, but nothing here competes with the pizza I could get back the USA.

But ANYTHING is better than Domino’s or Pizza Hut.

I checked out the menu at the Hala one and it looked ok, and reasonable.

There are 3 gripes I have with what’s not available in Taiwan. Though I love it here.

  1. Light beer
  2. Pepperoni
  3. No leg of lamb cuts at Costco. To me leg of lamb is the best cut, and great for shish kebob
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I went there again this weekend and got lucky. Some people were leaving and we could quicly slide into their seats. Had two pizzas, and I think they were nice. (Seafood and Margarita).

While sitting there for about 20 mins I saw about 15~20 people who wanted to have some pizza, but left empty handed since there were no seats. There’s a lot of people waiting around in this area for movies to start in the Cinema above, and a lot of them would love to just sit down and munch some pizza while they’re waiting. Shit like this annoys me.