The restaurant opens at 11:20am for lunch (yes, it is unusual to open at :20) and by the time we signed for a table around noon, there was already a 30 mins wait. There are no English menus, signs, or pictures of the food. So we where very happy that our fellow traveller was Australian with Chinese roots and was able to help out.

The inside of the place is absolutely nothing to write home about. It might as well have been a inconspicuous noodle bar. But behold, the food was definitely something to write home about (or blog!)

Since we could not read the menu, we basically just went with what was recommended to us. The highlight supposedly being the electric eel which is only served three months per year.

I’ll let the photos speak for themselves below. We walked out with a total bill of NT$1’500 for the four of us, which is around US$12 per person.

Here’s the address if you want to give it to your taxi driver: 台北市萬華區貴陽街二段116號

Otherwise just click on the Google Map below. Opening hours are 11:20am-2:30pm and then again 5:10pm-10pm.

Menu back page

Menu front page

We are at the top left of the waiting list

About a third of the food we were served

The electric eel

I had heard of shrimp fishing before, but never done it. Tempted when a friend brought up the idea, we ended up going to a local shrimp fishing joint.

The concept is quickly explained: there is a little indoor pond, you get a rod and bait and then start fishing for shrimp. There is an hourly refill of shrimp into the pond, so likely you’ll be busy for the first 20 minutes or so, reeling in shrimp after shrimp. After that it slows down quickly until the next refill. Luckily they also sell beer, so even after the first 20 minutes we didn’t get bored. Some of the regular visitors took things very seriously, evident by the professional mini-rods that they brought along.

After you have finished, they will throw the shrimps on the grill for you and you get to choose from a couple of cooking styles. Along with a couple of beers that we had with the locals, this made for a very pleasant evening. Not something I would take a first date to, but worth the experience once when going with some friends.

The fishing pond

Our catch of the day

Address of the fishing place we went to