Anyone eaten at Subzone? I saw an ad on this site for the place. Is it any good?
Subzone’s good. They used to be a branch of subway, but they cunningly changed the name. It’s still basically Subway, but I think a little better. Also good for going with my wife, because she’s not into sandwiches. They have pasta and other stuff as well. The nachos didn’t look too good, but the baked potatoes are nice. Soup’s better than Subway’s too.
Brian
They have good turkey, much better than Subway.
I love the cinnamon rolls.
ax
I happen to know that one of our members here (I think his wife?) runs/owns a Subway franchise here. Is it the same one?
No, I know who you mean. Not the same place.
The Subzone is the former Subway on Hsinsheng S. Road just south of Hoping b[/b] .
Putting nacho chips into the mexican sandwich was…interesting…
I know one of the American guys that have the Subway franchise in Taiwan. Hmm…guess I will be loyal to them and stay away from this breakaway Subway. 
Our office used to order subs from a Subway once a week, and the owner even delivered. “Used to” is the key word.
One day a colleague in my office remarked, “Why is it that the sandwiches we get if we go to your shop ourselves have more meat and are made with fresh bread, and these that you bring us are underweight and made with day-old bread?”
Apparently, this rather irked the owner/delivery guy, because he turned to one of the local staff and asked, “Wow, is that guy a jew, or what?” We stopped ordering from them.
You may not be surprised to learn that the Subway in mention was the very same one that later changed its name to Subzone.
On a passing note, I do enjoy walking into that Subzone and remembering the commercial space’s heyday as Owl’s–I wonder what ever happened to shadow… 
That might explain why the Subzone changed their name. If they made anti-Semitic comments and the real franchise owner (the friend of mine from the USA) found out, then he would surely have disbanded them.
When Subzone was a Subway it was run by an American guy who’s been in Taiwan 12 years or so (married with kids). I don’t know if he’s still the manager there, but he seems to have something to do with them still, because he still comes in from time to time.
brian
Hmmm, if they’ve got a banner up here, they probably come in here once in a while too. We should get up a banner for the other place, the Subway, just because I really like the idea of promoting/supporting small business, especially those whose owners contribute to this forum. The other Sub guy is one of my favorite posters.
I found a Subway in Hsinchu. It is in the Lifehub thing up near that big blue UFO thing on top of the hill just off No 1 Freeway.
Anyway…first Subway last week was just great.
Today I ordered wheat and the bread was at least one day old. I took it back and explained politely in my new found limited Chinese (seeing as that is why I’m in Hsinchu today) that the bread was not todays. They made me another one using a different and I hoped more popular white bread.
Same thing.
Day old bread.
I’ve not experienced the lovely bread baking smell you’d expect from a Subway either. So, is this common? Subway franchisees don’t respect their commitment to do the job properly and shoot themselves in the foot by selling old bread to an ever decreasing customer base.
Shit and damn it. I think I’ll keep trying until they turn the oven on or kick me out for being unreasonable. Anybody got the franchise number in Taipei. Must be a head orifice on this thing.
I live 30 seconds from a Subway, the one on Nan-Jing E Rd Sec 4. Although I kill it for myself by overdoing it on subs, I have to say I still prefer Subway to Subzone.
The two Subzone outlets I have tried both kind of skimped on toppings, and I personally felt it was a lousy ripoff of the original Subway. Just my opinion.
At Subway, I know what I’m getting, and have felt it is very consistent country to country.
[quote=“Mer”]I live 30 seconds from a Subway, the one on Nanjing E Rd Sec 4. Although I kill it for myself by overdoing it on subs, I have to say I still prefer Subway to Subzone.
The two Subzone outlets I have tried both kind of skimped on toppings, and I personally felt it was a lousy ripoff of the original Subway. Just my opinion.
At Subway, I know what I’m getting, and have felt it is very consistent country to country.[/quote]
There’s only one Subzone – its not a franchise. Perhaps you’re thinking of Subber, which is a local Subway ripoff franchise and is – in true Taiwan fashion – an entirely chabuduo copy of the real thing.
[quote=“sandman”][quote=“Mer”]I live 30 seconds from a Subway, the one on Nanjing E Rd Sec 4. Although I kill it for myself by overdoing it on subs, I have to say I still prefer Subway to Subzone.
The two Subzone outlets I have tried both kind of skimped on toppings, and I personally felt it was a lousy ripoff of the original Subway. Just my opinion.
At Subway, I know what I’m getting, and have felt it is very consistent country to country.[/quote]
There’s only one Subzone – its not a franchise. Perhaps you’re thinking of Subber, which is a local Subway ripoff franchise and is – in true Taiwan fashion – an entirely chabuduo copy of the real thing.[/quote]
My bad. You’re right. I jumped the gun thinking Subber was Subzone. Subzone is the one by the Sizzler, right?
Subber does kind of suck, IMO. I thought the Subzone was gone, by the way.
When I last went there, if it is indeed the one near the corner of Hsin-Sheng and He-Ping, by the gas-station, Sizzler across the street, it was run by a Mormon guy.
That didn’t bother me, but when I ordered a tuna sub the last time I was there, and they are supposed to put four little scoops of tuna on a footlong sub, the serving guy ran out while making mine and only gave me 3 scoops and some dregs. I wasn’t impressed.
I’ve stuck to Subway since then. Besides getting bilked on my tuna, it just didn’t seem right.