A very humble tiny eatery with dilapidated simple décor have stood the test of time of over 30 years near the Taipei Railway Station, is there any closely guarded secret behind? I am intrigued to unveil it.

The owner is a middle-aged down to the earth man who sells his foods at quite a bargained price, and I think it is the quality of food rather than price alone that keeps his shop crammed with local and foreign pilgrimages most of the time.

Their famous Steamed Dumplings is of a bland palate, a lot of shredded cabbages along with some meat are used as filling, the wrapper of the dumpling is very thin and lushly green of the veggies inside can thus be shown easily through the translucent wrapper, very beautifully made healthy cuisine.

The Sour and Spicy soup is another gem of the shop, healthy ingredients such as tofu, wood ear fungus and cabbages are used, drizzled with sesame oil on top to finish it up, simple but re-invigorating and delicious.

Their XiaoLongBao are very good too, although much less exquisitely made, the wrapper looks thicker and less soup at the bottom than that of the Din Tai Fung’s, the taste is however very good, and the meat they use is very fresh and juicy too. Well done man, I wish your shop another 30 years in Taipei.